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Rahama Wright served in the Peace Corps in Mali from 2002 to 2004. Photo courtesy of Rahama Wright. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival presents The Peace Corps at 60 and Beyond: A Towering Task Screening & Panel Discussion Thursday, March 4. The panel discussion will envision the Peace Corps’ next chapter in a lively conversation featuring several prominent Returned Peace Corps Volunteers: Carol Spahn, acting director of the Peace Corps; film director Alana DeJoseph; Smithsonian curator emerita Rayna Green; and social entrepreneur Rahama Wright. “This pivotal moment in Peace Corps history, severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, allows us to look back on 60 years of world peace and friendship, while also looking forward to the future of the Peace Corps,” said Jim Deutsch, curator at the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. “In 2011, the Folklife Festival commemorated the agency’s 50th anniversary with a program that featured Peace Corps volunt

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