I just got an email about making an RPCV wiki.  What do you think?

American Idealist: The Story of Sargeant Shriver is on my local PBS station tonight! YAY

NorCalPCA welcomes Peace Corps alumni and friends to our annual general meeting, Saturday, February 23 at Sandpiper Community Center, 797 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City from 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm. Bring food to share for the potluck dinner, and socialize with fellow RPCVs and former Peace Corps staff. The World Harmony Chorus will sing at the event. Admission is free, and you do not need to be a member to attend (but only members may vote).

NorCal's Business meeting and elections will follow dinner.

NorCalPCA is a nonprofit, volunteer organization affiliated with the National Peace Corps Association. It encompasses much of Northern California including  the Greater Bay Area, Redding, Ukiah, Mendocino, Santa Cruz and Monterey. NorCal supports a network of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), former staff, their families and friends continuing the Peace Corps experience and ideals through local, national, and international activities. Regular membership is $19/year, free if you are in your first year home from Peace Corps.

For more information, please see our web site norcal.org. 

I'll be heading out to Malawi in mid-January to serve for a year with Crisis Corps (now called Peace Corps Response). I know it's more conservative than where I was before in West Africa, but can anyone give me any other information that I should know before I leave?

i find it to be entertaining, and a fun diversion from work, to surf around the cafepress website.  
but how antithetical is it that a search for "peace corps" churns out a majority of "marine corps" items?

I work at a school, and this year they hired eight new people.  Two of them are RPCVs.  With me, and the other one we already had, I think we might be able to take over the school in the next revolution.  Two of them served in Bolivia, though, so me and Tanzania guy might have to keep an eye out for them ganging up on us in the transition period.

Yes, I'm being silly. I just find it fun that  our director keeps hiring us!

Hey can someone with a paid lj account make this into an lj feed? Thanks in advance!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/PeaceCorpsPolyglot

I'm very excited...this labor day I'll be hosting an RPCV reunion for our group (Agroforestry 99, El Salvador). Most people I haven't seen in 5 to 6 years.

Name: Joanie
Years of Service: 2002-04
Region of Service: Africa
Country of Service: Tanzania (Mwanza)
Sector/Projects: Secondary Science Education ( biology & chemistry)

Education: Butler University 1998-2002 BS Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 2005-2007 BSN, JHU SON & School of Public Health 2007-2008...

Where do you live now? Baltimore, MD
What do you do for a living? nursing student

Anything else you want to share? Currently in South Africa in last clinical rotation, then off to TZ for 3 weeks then back to the states...

Name/Nickname:  Karen
Years of Service: Tanzania
Region of Service: Africa
Country of Service:  2000-2002
Sector/Projects:  Secondary Education (science)

Undergrad/Graduate Institution(s) and Years attended:  UNC Chapel Hill 1996-2000, UNC Sch of Public Health 2003-2005, Wake Forest Univ Sch of Med 2005-present
Degree(s)/Major(s):  BS biology, MPH Health Behavior/Health Education, medicine

Where do you live now? Winston Salem, NC
What do you do for a living? student entering health field

Anything else you want to share?  I miss Tanzania.  To this day, I am still readjusting.