Events of Interest

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Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jason speaks out on former president’s life, legacy
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How I used Hanukkah to teach my community about the diversity of America.
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Peace Corps Volunteers celebrate decades-old ties with Korea during 2024 Revisit program

Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jason speaks out on former president’s life, legacy

Editor’s note: As America mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, I have been amazed by the number of posts, blogs, and photo sharing by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who had the privilege to personally meet President Carter through their Peace Corps connection. Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn wrote “For over 50 years, President Carter, his mother Lillian Carter, and the entire Carter family have championed the Peace Corps’ work to advance world peace and friendship through international service.” Many RPCVs shared about meeting President Carter through the Lilian Carter Award; others through the Carter Center’s work to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa and Asia. I personally met Jimmy and Rosalyn a couple of times (though I regrettably have no photos of the occasions). At the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation, where I serve as chief advancement officer, we are honored to count Jason Carter (RPCV South Africa, . . .

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How I used Hanukkah to teach my community about the diversity of America.

Happy Holidays, everyone! We’ll be taking a break until January 2 (Peace Corps Community in the News will be issued this Saturday). In the meantime, enjoy this archived Peace Corps Volunteer’s story. How I used Hanukkah to teach my community about the diversity of America PeaceCorpsWorldwide.org

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Peace Corps Volunteers celebrate decades-old ties with Korea during 2024 Revisit program

  Posted by Glenn Blumhorst for Peace Corps Worldwide Excerpted from The Korea Times By Jon Dunbar Alan Taylor first arrived in Korea in 1966, as part of K-1 the first dispatch of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers. He and his wife spent two years in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, which he described as a “pre-industrial countryside.” “Gongju of the mid-1960s had no private automobiles, and one TV. Farming was done with oxen plowing, and there were few mechanical sound, and so… much physical labor for men and women,” he recalled. “We were immediately struck by how vital and animated Koreans were. I saw more smiling and less rushed pleasure in conversation than it seemed in the U.S. The Korean Peninsula had seen so much tragic violence and dislocation, but the energetic spirit of Koreans was striking to us.” He gave these remarks many times last week, while on a week-long . . .

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