Peace Corps service is just the beginning. Thanks, Jasmine, for your commitment to our planet's future!

'Peace Corps gives you an opportunity to go completely outside of your comfort zone, where you can learn specific skills, including intercultural diversity, equity, inclusion and how to bridge across difference.' apple.co/3xcccH4

Our Peace Corps volunteers represent the best of the spirit of America, and leave a lasting positive impact on the communities they serve worldwide.

Last week, I was glad to welcome this extraordinary group of volunteers serving in Sri Lanka—a country I have a special bond with.

From all your friends at the Peace Corps, happy #AmeriCorpsWeek to everyone who has stepped up to serve with AmeriCorps & AmeriCorpsSr over the last 30 years to make a real, concrete & lasting difference in so many lives!

While Carol Spahn was in Sri Lanka this week for the swearing in of 20 Volunteers, she appeared on “At Hyde Park” to discuss the Peace Corps’ partnership with the people of Sri Lanka and Education projects that will be implemented there.

Watch here: bit.ly/49GKSz7

TY Senator Chris Van Hollen for being a part of this wonderful day. We know the special place that both Sri Lanka and the Peace Corps holds in your heart.

Today, with Ambassador Julie Chung, we are celebrating a major milestone! Congratulations to the first group of Peace Corps Volunteers to officially be sworn-in to serve in Sri Lanka since 1998.

Learn more: bit.ly/3wKIsB5

Thank you Ranil Wickremesinghe for meeting with me & Ambassador Julie Chung today and for your support of Sri Lanka's enduring partnership with the Peace Corps.

We believe in a promising future of continued collaboration and commitment to local impact and people to people ties that lies ahead.

TY Ambassador Julie Chung for the warm welcome! What a wonderful evening spent with partners, staff, former students, and returned Peace Corps Volunteers from around the world - people who bring to life our PC theme: optimism in action.

It is an honor to be back in Sri Lanka & to join with these Trainees as they officially become the first Volunteers in nearly three decades to serve here!

Stay tuned this week & watch below to see how far they’ve come.

Thank you Rep. Jamie Raskin for your commitment to global peace and friendship and for your tremendous support of the Peace Corps!

In honor of #PeaceCorps Week2024 , hear from Carol Spahn Carol Spahn in how changemakers from across our Peace Corps community are building hope for a brighter and more harmonious future.

#PeaceCorps #OptimisminAction

Our Quote of the Week marks the anniversary of a pivotal day for the Peace Corps: on March 1, 1961, President John Kennedy signed an executive order that brought the Peace Corps into existence. sargentshriver.org/blog/marking-a… #OTD

On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps
by EO 10924, which would send American citizens to developing countries around the globe to volunteer in the struggle against poverty, illiteracy, and disease.

Image: JFK w/Peace Corps Trainees, AR7405-H

Today is the anniversary of the U.S. Peace Corps. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the agency to connect foreign cultures to the people of the United States through meaningful change.

For more information, visit peacecorps.gov.

President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. Since then, over 240,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps Volunteers, representing our American value of service and contributing to mutual exchange and understanding between countries, cultures, and people.

The Peace Corps is celebrating 63 years of global impact, service and #OptimismInAction today!

Here's to the incredible counterparts, Volunteers, staff, and communities who make the Peace Corps journey so extraordinary! 🥳✨

Thank you to the Douglas Emhoff and The White House for the heartfelt birthday wishes! The Peace Corps is honored to celebrate 63 years of global impact, service, and #OptimismInAction today!

Learn how to put your optimism into action. 👉 bit.ly/3mi4l1Y

The #PeaceCorps is honored to celebrate 63 years of global impact, service, and #OptimismInAction today! Here's to the incredible counterparts, Volunteers, staff, and communities who make the Peace Corps journey so extraordinary! 🥳✨

Nothing inspires & brings us together like a good story well told. The stories of care & connection celebrated at our Growing Together: Stories from the Peace Corps event represent the true magic of Peace Corps, & reinforce the notion that peace is built 1 relationship at a time.