Exhibits

Posting Peace; Peace Corps Posters 1961-2022

Iconic Calls to Join the Peace Corps

When you thought about joining the Peace Corps, were you responding to the poster: Make America a Better Place: Leave the Country? Those edgy Peace Corps posters set a tone and helped inspire more than 240,000 Americans to see How Much You Can Give and to Go In Peace by joining the Peace Corps.

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience exhibited 50 Peace Corps posters in 2022 at ArtReach Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Sheldon Hurst, Gallery Director, curated “Posting Peace; Peace Corps Posters 1961-2022” and edited the exhibit catalog.

Posting Peace; Peace Corps Posters 1961-2022

Opening Event

Exhibit Tour

Why Peace Corps posters?

Peace Corps began with a vision from civil rights activists and students; President John F. Kennedy brought the vision to life in 1961. Sargent Shriver, Founding Director, gave shape to the effort that has sent over 240,000 volunteers to work in 142 countries throughout the world. The posters in this exhibition call attention to Peace Corps and service. Words and images combine to inspire people about ways they themselves can cultivate peace. Countries invite the United States to send volunteers who work with host communities in education, health care, agriculture, and social and economic development. Building peace together transforms volunteers and host communities alike. Returned Peace Corps volunteers and collectors in Washington, D.C., Oregon, California, Illinois, and other states donated or lent posters to the exhibition, co-sponsored by Museum of the Peace Corps Experience, ArtReach Gallery at First Congregational UCC, Portland Peace Corps Association, and National Peace Corps Association.

“Posting Peace” Events July-October 2022

July 9-10 Opening

September 18 Oliver Lecture 2022
Jody Olsen, Peace Corps Director 2018-21
“Managing Global Health Emergencies: The Peace Corps Case Study”

October 6 Peace Corps Director
Carol Spahn, Peace Corps Director, “Answering the Call Today”

October 16 Documentary Screening and Closing
“A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps” (documentary)
Alana DeJoseph, Director and Documentarian

Co-sponsors

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience; ArtReach Gallery; Portland Peace Corps Association, National Peace Corps Association, First Congregational UCC

Date:

July 9 2022 – October 16 2022

Location:

ArtReach Gallery at First Congregational UCC
Portland, Oregon

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Mailing Address

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
PO Box 2427
Oregon City, OR 97045
USA

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“For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life, which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.”
– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961

The Committee for a Museum of the Peace Corps Experience is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit corporation not affiliated with the U.S. Peace Corps and not acting on behalf of the U.S. Peace Corps.