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SUMMARY:Peace by Design Story Slam
DESCRIPTION:Home for the Holidays with Peace Corps\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience for a special holiday Story Slam\, part of the Peace by Design exhibit programming series at the Library.   \n\n\n\nThis festive evening will feature returned Peace Corps volunteers sharing heartfelt\, humorous\, and unforgettable stories that capture the spirit of service and cross-cultural connection.  From holiday celebrations in distant villages to moments of unexpected generosity\, these stories remind us that peace is built in everyday acts of kindness and understanding.   \n\n\n\nDecember 17\, 2025 | 6:30–7:30 PM EST | In-personMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library\, 901 G St NWWashington\, DC\, 200015th Floor Auditorium \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/peace-by-design-story-slam
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SUMMARY:Peace Corps Service: Fueling Creativity\, Innovation & Imagination
DESCRIPTION:How does Peace Corps service shape creative lives and cultural leadership? Join us for an evening conversation with writers\, artists\, curators\, and educators whose careers in the arts and culture were catalyzed by their service. We’ll explore how storytelling\, design\, and community practice fuel innovation—and how the habits of empathy\, curiosity\, and collaboration travel from service into creative work. The program opens with brief welcomes from co-hosts\, followed by a moderated panel and audience Q&A. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/peace-corps-service-fueling-creativity-innovation-imagination
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Women's History with Jody Olsen\, Former Peace Corps Director and Author of A Million Miles
DESCRIPTION:A Million Miles:  My Peace Corps Journey\n\n\n\nA Conversation with Former Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen and FriendsVirtual event\, April 16 at 7:00pm EDT \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a book talk on Former Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen’s new memoir A Million Miles: My Peace Corps Journey (The University of Utah Press 2024)\, featuring Jonathan Zimmerman (RPCV Nepal 83-85)\, Meleia Rose (RPCV Malawi 07-09)\, and Jody Olsen (RPCV Tunisia 66-68).  The event will be hosted by Zack Klim\, Director of the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience.  The author and featured guests will discuss the book and the case for citizen diplomacy.   \n\n\n\nWhen Jody Olsen enlisted as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia in 1966\, she was fleeing familial tragedy and societal norms of her Salt Lake City upbringing. Her service in Tunisia upended her religious and cultural beliefs and propelled her into a six-decade career with the Peace Corps\, culminating in her directorship of the agency. \n\n\n\nOlsen’s captivating memoir reveals the personal and professional challenges she faced throughout her career\, which spanned the Reagan era\, 9/11\, and the Trump administration. She writes candidly about her struggles as a woman in leadership\, as well as personal hardships such as the sudden death of her brother and her emotionally difficult divorce after her husband’s coming out. This memoir is a sharp\, vulnerable portrait\, a testament to the transformative power of leadership and self-discovery.
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/celebrate-womens-history-with-jody-olsen-former-peace-corps-director-and-author-of-a-million-miles
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Yerba Mate
DESCRIPTION:Ticket cost $0 \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\nTea Drinking Circles\, Book Talk & Signing Event:Celebrating Yerba Mate’s Power to Connect People through Tea Sharing Circles and DialogueBook Talk & Signing: Yerba Mate: The Drink That Shaped a Nation\, by Julia Sarreal  \n\n\n\n\n\nTime: 1-3 pm\, Doors open at 12:30 PM | Program begins at 1:00 PMLocation: International Peace Museum\, Dayton\, OhioRegistration: TBD \n\n\n\nJoin us\, the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience\, and the International Peace Museum along with Guayaki Yerba Mate and Friends of Paraguay for a fun-filled event of mate and terere tea drinking circles; an exhibit of gourds/guampas\, bombillas and artisenal thermos’; an author book talk and live Paraguayan music and sing-along!  \n\n\n\n\n\n12:30pm – 1:30pm: guest arrival\, mingle\, join mate & terere drinking circles\, enjoy live Paraguayan guitarist; visit the exhibit table of gourds\, thermos and different types of yerba mate; visit the Guayaki booth to sample different types of bottled and canned yerba mate drinks\n\n\n\n1:30pm – 2:00pm: Book with author Julia Sarreal on her book\, ‘Yerba Mate: The Drink that Shaped a Nation’\, focused on Argentina \n\n\n\n2:00pm – 2:15pm: Q&A on yerba mate with author Julia Sarreal \n\n\n\n2:15pm – 2:30pm: Video and/or 2nd speaker\n\n\n\n2:30pm – 3:00pm: Paraguayan music and sing-along 
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/yerba-mate
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SUMMARY:The Longest Wait
DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n\n\n\n\nAuthor Talk and Book Signing with Grace JamesAsylum seeker shares her journey immigrating from the Pacific island of Kiribati to LA \n\n\n\nTime: 1-3 pmLocation: International Peace Museum\, Dayton\, OhioRegistration: TBD
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/the-longest-wait
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SUMMARY:Seeing and Being Seen: Sawubona\, Ubuntu\, and Intercultural Dialogue in a Fractured World
DESCRIPTION:Part of the UNESCO Intercultural Competence Webinar Series. Presented by Dr. Precious Simba\, Co-Chair\, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competence\, Stellenbosch University \n\n\n\n\n\nThere is no denying that in many ways we find ourselves in a time of human and planetary crisis. At such a time— marked by ecological degradation\, social fragmentation\, indignity on unimaginable scales—reimagining how we encounter others becomes an urgent imperative. This webinar explores the isiZulu notion of sawubona (“we see you”) as an ethical and relational practice rooted in ubuntu. \n\n\n\nDr. Simba will examine how sawubona in ubuntu practice can reshape intercultural dialogue\, offering a decolonial perspective that resists individualism\, violence and indignity. In a world fractured by crisis\, what does it mean to truly “see” one another? And how might sawubona shape more ethical\, relational forms of intercultural engagement? This webinar invites a global audience to engage with conceptual tools from the global South to reflect on these urgent globally pertinent questions.
URL:https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/event/seeing-and-being-seen-sawubona-ubuntu-and-intercultural-dialogue-in-a-fractured-world
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SUMMARY:A Season for Non-Violence
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening:Ubuntu in Action: Exploring Peace Corps Service and Shared HumanityTime: 6-8 pm\, Doors open at 5:30 PM | Program begins at 6:00 PMLocation: International Peace Museum\, Dayton\, Ohio \n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the launch of Ubuntu in Action\, an exhibit exploring the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu and its powerful connections to the Peace Corps mission. This thought-provoking exhibit highlights the values of interconnectedness\, compassion\, and shared humanity through the stories and artifacts of the Peace Corps. \n\n\n\nThis event marks the beginning of the 2025 Season for Non-violence\, a 64-day campaign honoring the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\, and dedicated to promoting peace and nonviolence in our communities.  It is the first partnership of this kind between the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience and the International Peace Museum
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