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

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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 and fellowship for our members

 

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


- John F. Kennedy, 1960

 

"I want to warn anyone
who sees the Peace Corps as
an alternative to the draft that
life may well be easier at
Fort Dix or at a post in Germany
than it will be with us."

- Robert Sargent Shriver

 


 

 

 

 

 

News to Note...

President Obama on Peace Corps

During his remarks at the University of Michigan Commencement on 5/1/10,
President Obama called Peace Corps, "one of the most successful
service projects in American history."
He also highlighted
President Kennedy's speech at the University 50 years ago that led to
the creation of Peace Corps and spoke about the importance of serving.
(Watch the speech or read the transcript here)
(Obama starts at 1 min 40 sec; his comments re: Peace Corps start at 28 min 30 sec)

Peace Corps Ranking Up There!

Peace Corps ranks 8th as Best Place to Launch a Career according to
Bloomberg BusinessWeek. This is the 5th year in a row Peace Corps has ranked
in the top 100 in the annual survey of college students. Employers have observed that
recent grads are globally minded and that grassroots international experience makes
Peace Corps Volunteers attractive job candidates when they return home.
(Read it here)

Get your 2010 International Calendar
while we still have a few left! And at 66% off!

Calendar sales are a big source of funding for our Mini Grants program.
They look so good up on walls and make great gifts!
With the year already well under way, we are steeply discounting them by 66% off;
(that's a mere $5!), so take advantage of the deal while supplies last!
Click here to find out how to get yours now!

Get your SBPCA T-Shirt while supplies last!

Like our calendars, our t-shirts are not only totally cool to have or give as gifts,
proceeds from their sales help fund our
our Mini Grants Program.
Click here to see the shirts and to find out how to get yours now!

2009 = Record Number of Peace Corps Applications!

Peace Corps recruited 15,386 applicants in fiscal year 2009. This represents the largest amount of applications since the agency began electronically recording applications in 1998 and is an 18 percent increase from fiscal year 2008! Way to go, Peace Corps!
Click here to read more on this.

 

Peace Corps News Releases
Read the lastest news releases issued by the Peace Corps.
Some recent releases:
Peace Corps Establishes Program in Indonesia (12.11.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Announces Top States & Metropolitan Areas (12.7.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Returns to Madagascar (11.16.09)
(read it here)
Peace Corps Returns to Sierra Leone (11.02.09)
(read it here)
Peace Corps Announces 18% Increase in Applications (10.22.09)
(read it here)
Peace Corps Suspends Volunteer Program in Guinea (10.20.09) (read it here)
Peace Corps Named one of BusinessWeek’s
“Best Places to Launch a Career” (9.14.09)
(read it here)
"Peace Corps Ranked as a Top Ideal Employer
by College Students in 2009 Universum Survey" (7.10.09)
(read it here)

Peace Corps Journals
Follow current Volunteers in real time from all over the
world as they blog and post photos and videos about their experiences.

Watch Peace Corps experiences from around the globe:

 

Peace Corps beginnings...
Kennedy asking University of Michigan students to dedicate 2 years of their lives (listen)
Kennedy press conference on signing EO#10924 establishing the Peace Corps (listen)
Kennedy speaking to the very first group of Peace Corps Volunteers (Ghana) (listen)



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Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association
P.O. Box 91406
Santa Barbara, CA 93190