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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Springfield Washington Elections. Dear Abby Horoscopes Lifestyles Music. View Obituaries Place an Obituary Celebrations. My colleague caught whiffs of neocolonialism. Now, the U. Peace Corps, which marks its 60th anniversary Monday, is at a crossroads — in part because it is figuring out how to restart its programs after pulling all of its 7, volunteers home when the COVID pandemic hit a year ago.

Efforts to dismantle this tiny agency are nothing new. From the moment President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order establishing the Peace Corps on March 1, , critics have sought to defund and eliminate it.

This new push to abolish Peace Corps is different. It was started by three volunteers who were evacuated from their service in Africa in early They say they were inspired by the protests in the U. Kat Kobylt served in Iringa, Tanzania from She was an education volunteer teaching math and chemistry to high school students.

Kat left for Tanzania right after graduating from Penn State University with a degree in meteorology. She is from Philadelphia but moved to Chicago in and already has lots of Chicago pride! She currently works as a catastrophe modeler. I would love to get more involved with the Peace Corps community right here in Chicagoland. I hope to stay in Chicago upon graduating from Kellogg in June Tze is a third-year Philosophy major from Singapore.

This summer, Tze is working on the Development team and is looking forward to building an organization that, through compassion and service, will hopefully make a difference for the most underserved, silenced and marginalized youth in Chicago. Peggy Xu. This summer, she will be working in the Office of the First Lady as a White House Intern, but will also be contributing to the Media and Communications team remotely.

She has loved working with the Shriver cohort this year, and is beyond excited to see the kinds of meaningful connections and service opportunities that this program can foster in the spirit of Sargent Shriver.

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