Archive - October 1, 2024

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Transition of Peace Corps Worldwide Website
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PHS graduate departs to Colombia with Peace Corps

Transition of Peace Corps Worldwide Website

  Marian Haley Beil and I have been writing about changes and developments in the Peace Corps, as well as, noting the publication of articles, essays and books by RPCVs for over 35 years. We have also reported on what the agency and Volunteers are doing worldwide. These are our efforts, we believe, at the heart of the Third Goal — to “bring the world back home.” Who does what Marian, as the publisher, edits, designs, and distributes the site. In the days of our printed newsletters, she also arranged printing and mailing. Now that we are online she has designed our site (with the great help of her son), and maintains a number of databases including one for 680 Peace Corps experience books, and another for more than 1900 Peace Corps authors. I am primarily focused on finding out what RPCVs are doing since their tours and using our . . .

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PHS graduate departs to Colombia with Peace Corps

PCV in the news —   By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff 05:37PM / Sunday, September 29, 2024Print Story | Email Story PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   A 2018 Pittsfield High School graduate is dedicating her next couple of years to service in the Peace Corps.   Earlier this month, 24-year-old Kennedy Merriam departed to Colombia where she will serve as a co-English teacher for two years. She found her voice while studying Spanish in Pittsfield Public Schools and has made a career of it. “I feel like right now, there is no better time than for me to give back and to learn from others, to work with others, and I think my biggest reason to serve would be to be able to grow myself with helping others but also having others help me grow and expand my knowledge, my beliefs,” she said. “It all narrows back to that word of giving back. I . . .

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