Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association
Serving the Community and Peace Corps Volunteers
 

 

Welcome!
The Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association (SBPCA) is a network of returned Peace Corps Volunteers living in the Santa Barbara area whose purpose is to promote:

- understanding toward the diverse ethnic and culture groups around the world
- self-help among developing nations within a sound environmental framework
- projects for international peace and protection of human rights
- Peace Corps ideals while providing local activities and fellowship for our members

SBPCA members also volunteer locally to support Peace Corps' third goal
...bringing the world back home!

 
"A new generation of Americans has taken over this country...working for freedom as servants of peace around the world."
John F. Kennedy, 1960

 

 

 

Peace Corps beginnings...
Kennedy asking University of Michigan students to dedicate two years of their lives speech
Kennedy press conference on signing EO#10924 establishing the Peace Corps speech
Kennedy speaking to the very first group of Peace Corps Volunteers (Ghana) speech

Watch Peace Corps experiences from around the globe:

 


"Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight."
Robert Sargent Shriver
 
 

 

   


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Website created by Karlos Benavides, Barbara Hodgdon and Robert Stevens
 
 
 
Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association
P.O. Box 91406
Santa Barbara, CA 93190