2021 symposium considers “Peace Corps 2.0” sixty years later
On March 29-31, 1961, the National Student Association with American University (AU) and University of Michigan students hosted the National Conference on Youth Service Abroad
On March 29-31, 1961, the National Student Association with American University (AU) and University of Michigan students hosted the National Conference on Youth Service Abroad
On March 3, Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) virtually opened Peace Corps at 60: Inside the Volunteer Experience, its first major exhibit in ten
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps! Please join the virtual opening of the MPCE exhibition, Peace Corps at 60: Inside the Volunteer Experience, at the
Note: Fundraising Update The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience sends a special thank-you to everyone who contributed to our recent fundraising success. A tremendous
Hat’s off to the volunteers who are turning the Museum into a virtual and physical reality. Their contributions of time and talent, quietly lent behind the scenes,
Beloved dresses, baskets, sandals and even a saddle were carefully packed, carried thousands of miles from places like Chad and Otavalo to the U.S. Shirts
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience has much to celebrate. Through the efforts of twenty volunteers contributing thousands of hours, we have assembled museum
Screenings of “A Towering Task, The Story of the Peace Corps,” hosted by the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience through much of September, attracted
A major exhibition celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Peace Corps will be installed at American University (AU) Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., from January
Register for our upcoming virtual Panel with award-winning Producer/Director Alana DeJoseph and NPCA President Glenn Blumhorst https://museumofthepeacecorpsexperience.org/events/panel-a-towering-task
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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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