Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
This photo was taken in Biikira Parish, Rakai district, in Southern Uganda. It is on the wall of the maternity ward at St. Joseph Health Center III. The student, John Paul, is painting a mural that encourages pregnant HIV positive women to go for...
I took this photo while biking on the road from my home in Spaldings, Jamaica to my work at Knox Community College. The photo evokes the scents and sounds of rural Jamaica to me.
While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
A Nyau dancer of the Chewa tribe looks through the mouth of a mask as he performs at a local cultural ceremony.
This photo was taken August 8, 2011 in Zambia. I booked the local village dancers to come for the first site visit I was hosting.
This photo, taken September 2011 in the uThukela District of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, shows a role play depicting stigma in the family, part of TAMCC's (Thukela Amajuba Mzinyathi Christian Council) initiative on Churches Challenging Stigma....