Colombia I RPCVs Return To 1961 Training Site
Colombia isn't invited? Why not do something there now that RPCVs had it opened?. Maybe we should invite them?
On November 4-5, 2010, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Colombia I Volunteers, the first Peace Corps group to assemble, and Rutgers University, the first Peace Corps training site, will celebrate the moment when the idea of a Peace Corps became a reality.
Keeping the Peace Corps spirit alive, these Colombia I RPCVs, and the University, will hold a Peace Corps forum on November 4. The next morning, Rutgers University’s President, Richard L. McCormick, will preside at a commemorative ceremony, culminating in the unveiling of a plaque on the spot where Colombia I began training for the Peace Corps on June 25,1961.
Colombia I RPCVs will host a cumbia-laden celebratory banquet on the evening of November 5, where “elaborations and exaggerations of the truth,” particularly with respect to Peace Corps exploits, will not only be allowed, but admired and encouraged.
Colombia isn’t invited? Why not do something there now that RPCVs had it opened?. Maybe we should invite them?