Peace Corps: A Life Change
You are here Feb. 25, 2021
Ultimately, my staff employment at Peace Corps greatly influenced my decision to become a Volunteer. In June of 1971, I received my college degree. In July I left for Philadelphia to join a group of other Trainees.
There was a Peace Corps television commercial that featured two people lying on a beach and the voiceover told viewers to join the Peace Corps. At the time, I was a full-time student at Howard University and also worked a clerical job with the government of the District of Columbia my hometown. So, the thought of joining the Peace Corps as a Volunteer didn’t occur to me. But the idea of working for the agency was intriguing, and I thought that there must be staff positions at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.