“Posting Peace” in Portland
Iconic Calls to Join the Peace Corps When you joined the Peace Corps, were you responding to the poster: Make America a Better Place: Leave the Country? Those edgy Peace
Iconic Calls to Join the Peace Corps When you joined the Peace Corps, were you responding to the poster: Make America a Better Place: Leave the Country? Those edgy Peace
Reporting to the President of the Board, the Director of the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) will help shape a compelling vision and strategy for the Museum. The
This summer and fall, Museum of the Peace Corps Experience will sponsor a WestCoast exhibit celebrating 60 years as seen through Peace Corps posters. PostingPeace: Peace Corps Posters 1961-2022, curated
PORTLAND, OREGON – The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience and ArtReach Gallery today announced an exhibition called Posting Peace, celebrating 60 years of Peace Corps with a selection of
The Museum has added to its website a searchable database of over 3,300 books by Peace Corps volunteers, past and present. The goal of Peace Corps Authors: A Bibliography is
On Wednesday, April 13 the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience lost a loyal champion and stalwart supporter of our effort to recognize the history of America’s more than 60
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) has compiled and published a toolkit so that returned Peace Corps volunteers can create their own temporary exhibits across the United States
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience has deepened its commitment to creating a national repository to honor the rich diversity of the Peace Corps experience. Museum board president Patricia
In September Marla Bush, who volunteers on the Museum’s collection team and served in Chad 1973-1975, gave the Museum a $20,000 gift and challenged us to match it. The seven-member Board
Museum of the Peace Corps Experience joined a team of RPCVs to plan an interactive session for the 2021 Peace Corps Connect Conference about diversity, equity, and inclusion on the
Conference attendees urged to “Save Your Place in History” Three collections preserving Peace Corps Volunteer experiences came together to offer an eye-opening session on preserving your experience during 2021
We are pleased to notify members that the video recording of “Peace Corps 2.0: A Symposium” on March 31, 2021 is available. The historic event was sponsored in conjunction with the
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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
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