RPCVs of Springfield

Happy Peace Corps Week 2024!

Peace Corps Week 2024 Peace Corps Week commemorates March 1, 1961, the day that President John F. Kennedy established the agency. The annual celebration honors how the Peace Corps fosters connections and contributes to meaningful change – in the United States and around the world.

To keep up with local Peace Corps events, check out this page of Missouri State's Peace Corps Prep program:

Events - Peace Corps Prep - Department of Sociology and Anthropology - Missouri State Events for the Peace Corps Prep program at Missouri State University.

https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/articles/posting-peace-peace-corps-posters-19612022

Posting Peace: Peace Corps Posters 1961–2022 An exhibition by ArtReach Gallery and the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience

Nadia here: It's been a pleasure maintaining this page and organizing our get-togethers at various restaurants around Springfield! With me moving away to go to grad school, this page will no longer be monitored or updated. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of our RPCVs of Springfield community.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our One Last Time for Nadia event tonight! It was great seeing you all!

Thanks so much to everyone who attending our event last night! It was wonderful to see so many interested students, to meet local RPCV's, and to hear from faculty/staff who served! Special thanks to our local RPCV's who came and shared their stories. What a great way to celebrate Peace Corps' 62nd birthday during

🌍 Happy Peace Corps Day!!🌎

Celebrated every March 1st, National Peace Corps Day commemorates the day President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps agency. This day is meant to celebrate the ways in which the Peace Corps and all its volunteers, employees, host families, and communities foster connections that contribute to meaningful change worldwide.

This year we look to our membership, Peace Corps Ukraine staff, counterparts, host families, and 3,500 Ukraine Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and give a heartfelt THANK YOU! This year has been devastating for our Ukrainian families, coworkers, and communities, but our community has shown up. You have funded Individual First Aid Kits. You have purchased cookbooks for community grants. You have proudly worn the Ukrainian tryzub and colors. You have shared social media posts and written op-eds. You have urged your representatives to support Ukraine, and some of you have even sponsored Ukrainians to come to the United States.

In the past year you have shown what it means to be a RPCV. You have embodied the Peace Corps mission of promoting world peace and friendship. Слава Україні!