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This month: Peace Corps Week Story Slam, Global Leadership Forum, NPCA Days of Advocacy, and our Mentorship Program
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Hi SEAPAX - happy Peace Corps Week (aka the best week of the year)! We hope you're celebrating, and also hope to see you Friday at our Story Slam (read on for details).
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Peace Corps Week Story Slam
We are hosting a Story Slam virtual event to help celebrate Peace Corps Week. The event will be open to all who would like to hear uplifting stories from abroad - mark your calendars!
Moments that inspired or moved me during service
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Date: Friday, March 5th, 2021
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Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. PST
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Registration: This is a free event, but all attendees must register through the SEAPAX website to access the event. A Zoom link will be provided via email after registering for the event.
Register Here »
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Global Leadership Forum
The Global Leadership Forum (GLF) is now accepting applications for its Senior-Level Executive Leader Cohort (GFL XVI), which launches April 22 – 23.
GLF strengthens globally oriented social-purpose leaders.
- This peer learning cohort program addresses global development management, leadership, and organizational development topics.
- Cohorts are co-led by faculty with deep experience in applying real-time, responsive guidance and tools to help individual leaders tackle challenging problems.
- Cohorts are rich in learning and partnership to improve lives in communities worldwide.
- Relationships and support continues after the program through the GLF Alumni Community.
The GLF XVI cohort will meet for ten 3-hour sessions over a 6-7 month duration.
Tuition for GLF XVI is $2,500. We encourage you to apply regardless of financial ability. Payment plans and scholarships are available for those in need, especially those historically underrepresented in leadership and global development.
A virtual info session will be hosted on Wednesday, March 3, from 4 – 5 p.m. Please RSVP to team@glfglobal.org for a Zoom link.
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Advocacy
Happy Peace Corps Day! Reminder that tonight (March 1) at 5:30 PM PST *note the time change* NPCA will host a kickoff event to mark the 17th annual Days of Advocacy. There will be remarks from RPCV Rep. John Garamendi, Sen. Susan Collins, and Rep. Garret Graves who have all advocated for Peace Corps during their tenures in Congress.
Register here »
The SEAPAX Advocacy Team is scheduling meetings in March and April with the following congressional representatives and it would be great to have RPCVs with ties to these districts to share a bit about their Peace Corps service. These meetings typically last ~30 minutes and are a direct way to show your support for Peace Corps-related legislation. We are concentrating on lawmakers outside of Seattle this time around. Don't know which district you live in? Find out here.
District 3 (Rep. Herrera-Beutler); District 4 (Rep. Newhouse); District 8 (Rep. Schrier); and District 10 (Rep. Strickland).
Email Beth for more information.
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Mentorship Program
SEAPAX's Mentorship Program is open to newly returned PCVs AND not-so-newly returned PCVs! How we can offer support:
- Finding housing
- Job/career/professional development
- Social networking events
- Reintegration and readjustment
- Graduate school
- Service/volunteer opportunities
- Navigating Seattle
- Talking about the Peace Corps experience
If you are interested in participating as a mentee, sign up here.
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Book Club |
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New Members |
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Join us for the next book club meeting!
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Sunday, April 11 | 3 pm
Stay tuned for the link in next month's newsletter.
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Welcome to our newest SEAPAX members who joined in February!
- Jeremy Goldsmith, The Gambia 2010-2012
- Shannon Bledsoe, Cameroon 2000-2002
- Faith Malay, Panama 2018-2020
- Carmen Forsman, Paraguay 1992-1994
- Ben Charles, Lesotho 2018-2020
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