Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

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May 25 2011 - 8:28pm   Photo Credit: May 19, 2011 | By Brock Parker, Town Correspondent, Globe Staff     Peace Corps volunteer Diane Gallagher (Cape Verde, 1990-1992) of Brookline, 74, accepts the 2011 Lillian Carter Award from former President Jimmy Carter and Peace Corps Deputy Director... more
May 19 2011 - 8:59pm Elbert Hardeman Elbert Hardeman served as a Small Business Volunteer in Morocco from 2004 – 2006.  Elbert worked in Tamslouht, Morocco, a small village outside of Marrakech, known for its pottery and textiles.  One of Elbert’s greatest moments of being a volunteer... more
May 15 2011 - 9:03pm We are very happy to share that the Peace Corps Voices website is now live: www.peacecorpsvoices.org.  The leaders of the website are pleased that it is up and available and ready for your participation. The radio documentary is on track to air at the end of August and into September.  ... more
Mar 1 2011 - 7:22pm BARPCV Board Member, Adam Rosenberg, recently wrote about his Peace Corps experience for the Cambridge Chronicle (the oldest surviving weekly newspaper in the United States).   Read the story online and enjoy the photos! more
Jan 31 2011 - 7:19am 1/31/11 - When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years will be published on February 21 by Beacon Press of Boston, a couple of weeks before the 50th anniversary of the JFK executive order creating the Peace Corps. The book's author, Stanley Meisler was... more

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  • Dec 13 2010 - 11:37pm Callie McDermott was a community based environmental volunteer in Peru from 2008 – November 2010. Callie became interested in joining... more
  • Dec 13 2010 - 11:12pm Doane Perry was a high school history teacher in Uganda from 1966 – 1969. Being in the Peace Corps helped turn Doane into an Africa... more
  • Nov 29 2010 - 8:42am On Saturday, November 20th, BARPCV celebrated its 2010 Annual Meeting at Coda Bar & Kitchen in Boston, MA. A lovely brunch reception... more
  • Oct 21 2010 - 6:26pm The Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (BARPCV) is a non-profit organization with approximately 400 members concentrated in... more
  • Oct 19 2010 - 9:44pm New England regional recruitment manager Erin Mone-Marquez recently joined the FOX25 Morning News to talk about today's Peace Corps.... more
  • Oct 19 2010 - 9:41pm NPR reports on 50 years of Peace Corps and the call to service that president John F. Kennedy made to young Americans on October 14, 1960. more
  • Sep 15 2010 - 6:56pm Submissions to the 2012 BARPCV Photo Contest were due by December 31st. Thanks to all who submitted their beautiful images.  Voting... more
  • Jul 18 2010 - 10:51am   Cafe Kuma, a collaboration with Peace Corps volunteers   In the mountains of Togo there are no big corporations, hardly any... more
  • Jul 8 2010 - 9:29pm One of our very own BARPCV members, Anna Omura, was recently presented with the Franklin H. Williams Award. This award honors... more
  • Jul 5 2010 - 3:06pm Restaurant Week takes place every year during Peace Corps week.  It's a way to celebrate culture with other Returned Peace Corps... more

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"Peace Corps was the greatest challenged he ever faced and he loved every moment of it." more

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Peace Corps was the greatest challenged he ever faced and he loved every moment of it. more
Callie's favorite moments were with her host family- cooking with her host mom, helping her siblings read and brewing beer with her dad more
Being in the Peace Corps helped turn Doane into an Africa lover. more
Gazing up at the moon it seems so odd that man has been there. And here I am, over 30 years after...in a village without electricity... more