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Photos from my group’s mid-service conference. We were there celebrating completing one year in our sites, showcasing our work from the past year...

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Today I showed some of my students “The Breakfast Club”. They especially enjoyed anything disgusting that Ally Sheedy did. Next week I’m going to...

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Victory Day! May 9th is Victory/Memorial Day here in Ukraine. The former Soviet Union countries celebrate the WWII victory over Nazi Germany. At...

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February 20, 2012

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President John F. Kennedy greets the first group of departing Peace Corps Volunteers, leaving for Tanganyika and Ghana, in the the Oval Office.

Photographer: Robert Knudsen/White House, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

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February 20, 2012

In honor of President’s Day and our founder, here’s a vintage public service announcement featuring President John F. Kennedy.

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August 8, 2011

Photo by Amy Donnelly, Boston Red Sox

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joe Kennedy III (Dominican Republic, 2004-2006), whose great uncle President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps in 1961, throws the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Boston Red Sox/Cleveland Indians game on Friday, August 4.

(Source: photo.amyedonnelly.com)

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