Y’ALL COME … TO NASHVILLE! Annual Peace Corps Connect event to take place in Nashville this June By Emily Bello
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fter the 50th Anniversary events in Washington, DC in 2011, which brought together members of the Peace Corps community from across the U.S., the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) resolved that there was a need for a more frequent gathering of the Peace Corps community. The result: a new annual event called Peace Corps Connect. We have held Peace Corps Connect in Minneapolis and Boston and this is year we are very excited to have Peace Corps Connect in Nashville, TN on June 19-20, 2014. With great support from the Tennessee Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, we’re looking forward to a fun and informative weekend.
“Peace Corps Connect in Music City will provide numerous opportunities for RPCVs from all over the world to connect through dialogue and experience,” says Tennessee Returned Peace Corps Volunteer President Angela Harris (Papua New Guinea 1991-1993). “A personal goal of mine for the entire conference is to unite first-generation Peace Corps Volunteers with more recently returned Volunteers.” The weekend will include: • Workshops based on various topics that are important to the Community • Short idea presentations from community members that they feel will help bring solutions to our global challenges
• An RPCV Graduate Research Conference • Special award recognition of community members • Annual updates about the NPCA and official NPCA member groups • Great opportunities to reconnect with old friends, and to make new ones! And come a day early for a free RPCV Career Conference and Fair hosted by the Peace Corps for RPCVs. Registration is now open! Visit www.peacecorpsconnect.org/ nashville2014 for more information about the weekend and to register. There are registration discounts for recently returned RPCVs, senior RPCVs and NPCA members. Early bird registration ends on April 20, 2014! For questions, please email us at events@peacecorpsconnect.org. WV Emily Bello (Benin 2002-2004) is the manager of membership and operations for the National Peace Corps Association.