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from the VIA blog, by Michael Bedford: Volunteerism gave me access to powerful lessons about myself in the world. After Peace Corps, I have committed...
Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the most senior member of the Peace Corps in the world on Tuesday, an 85-year-old Florida woman serving in ...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
Conservatives are topping even themselves, as they actually complain about the President calling for Americans to volunteer. If this keeps up, they are going to put The Onion out of business.
Al Eisele | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
McCormack, a 26-year-old former reporter for the Hill, is completing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Craig Crawford | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
I am honored to have written an upcoming book with the incomparable, indefatigable Helen Thomas. With no reservations we concluded that JFK was the best of our presidents in recent times.
Steven Waldman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Far from being an ideologue, Kennedy was invariably the guy going for the deal, as he was during the creation of AmeriCorps.
Lauren Melcher | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Today, as we remember the youngest Kennedy brother's life and achievements, I'm renewing my pledge to support the Serve America Act.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.26.2009 | World
I am traveling around Nepal with a group of leaders from eastern Nepal who are exploring what has happened to their country in the name of development.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.19.2009 | World
God left Kathmandu long ago, and I know this journey of mine will be far different from what I had anticipated.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
Sen. Leahy detailed how, during the Bush years, the Peace Corps had arrogantly ignored his repeated requests for information. I told him it was a new administration and a new time, but that didn't seem to matter.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Thursday, Leahy will have the power to give birth to a bold new Peace Corps or possibly to destroy that dream forever.
Garret LoPorto | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
Great service is about spreading great ideas. When you exemplify great ideas you strengthen them in yourself and in others.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Dodd's bill was born not in his office in the Russell Building but in the tiny village of Moncion in the Dominican Republic more than forty years ago.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
For the past few months, I have been involved with a small band of sisters and brothers leading tens of thousands in one of the most inspiring political dramas of our time.
Peter Yarrow | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Whatever programs lose their priority due to the current fiscal downturn/crisis, the Peace Corps simply must, be prioritized and fully funded. It's our most powerful message to the world.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics
The son of the founder of the Peace Corps leading our march was one of the most powerful acts of political symbolism I have ever seen.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
You will be there because you listened to Obama's promise during the campaign to double the size of the Peace Corps, to send Americans out in new lands with outreached hands and open hearts.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration's Peace Corps transition document is a blueprint of what must be done and how it can be done.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
This bold new Peace Corps needs a bold new leader with the initiative, energy and decisiveness to turn the organization from a child of the Sixties until a vibrant creature of the 21st century.
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
America's largest contributors to charity are not the rich, but everyday hard-working men and women like yourself.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
The Peace Corps is a broken bureaucracy. It has lost its way. It is a shell of what it once was. And in the most important moment in Peace Corps history since the Kennedy years, it is unready and unwell.
William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
In terms of the philanthropic world, Krisiko Asha was microscopic in purpose, serving to advance sixteen tiny villages in the remote hills of Nepal, one of the poorest, smallest countries in the world.
Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living
What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.
Gracye Cheng | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
The Public Service Academy, when it is built, will not only provide unprecedented access to public service for young people, but bring respect and prestige back to public service in our country.
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Posted 11.07.2009 | Impact