Suport volunteers who are sexually assaulted, raped or otherwise physically assaulted during service!

I am proud to say that I have a blog up and running now that is dedicated to working with Peace Corps on creating a policy to suport volunteers who are sexually assaulted, raped or otherwise physically assaulted during service! Please check it out at: http://firstresponseaction.blogspot.com. I have a list on the right of several ways you can help.

Peace Corps Reform Plan

I received the following via email and thought it worthy of posting here.  The reform plan that was attached to this email is 146 pages long which is too long to post here.  However, I really enojoyed reading it and I think you would too if you are in any way interested in the PC…esp. [...]

News Enterprise Interview

The following is an article that was published in today’s (7/11) News Enterprise newspaper.  It’s an interview I had with journalist Robert Villanueva on Wednesday.
PREPARING FOR THE PEACE CORPS
By ROBERT VILLANUEVA
 
rvillanueva@thenewsenterprise.com
 
CECILIA — Until recently, Sherry Wooden knew “nothing” about South Africa, aside from what she considered basic knowledge.
 
But since the 34-year-old Cecilia resident applied for [...]

Concerns About Peace Corps Service

I’ve received several emails and phone calls from friends and family in regards to their anxiety regarding my PC service. I posted one of the emails I received from a close friend at work below.  I believe her email sums up most of the fears\worries that my family and friends have voiced.  So, I posted [...]

Peace Corps Video Game

Checkout http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/ to play a really cool on-line Peace Corps video game!

Peace Corps Song: The Rest of the Story By Anna Huckabee Tull

On the Peace Corps 2 yahoo group, someone posted the following link: http://www.customcraftedsongs.com/content/therestofthestory-storybehindthesong/
The link takes you to folk singer Anna Huckabee Tull’s website. She has written a song entitled “The Rest of the Story (Katie’s Peace Corps Song)”.  The song is about Katie, a Peace Corps Volunteer in China.  I downloaded the song from the [...]

Naked Mole-Rats…Peace Corps Soup

This little animal really exists! It’s called a Naked Mole-Rat, and it makes its home in Africa.

I received this photo in an email today from Megan, one of my email buddies at work. I was very surprised to see the photo, because I just finished reading a book (Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in [...]