Black Peace Corps Journeys: Designing a Life After Service

A Look into the Black Peace Corps Experience By Arabella Estes The culminating event for the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience’s Peace by Design exhibit highlighted not only the humanity behind Peace Corps service, but also honed in on the experiences of one group that remains underrepresented among Peace Corps volunteers.  On Friday, February 13th, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) met to hear a range of perspectives on the experiences, both during and after their service, of Black Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) at “Black Peace Corps Journeys: Designing a Life After Service.”  Hosted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and intended to commemorate both Black History Month and the closure of the museum’s Peace by Design exhibit, the event provided a rare venue for African-American Peace Corps volunteers to connect and reflect on their service in the Peace Corps, how their experience informed their subsequent careers, and also how race impacted their Peace Corps service.... Read more