SEAPAX Annual Board Elections

Our annual Board elections are underway! All SEAPAX members are eligible to vote. If you are not a SEAPAX member, please join today.

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Voting will officially close at 5 pm on Thursday September 30th, 2021. Stay tuned for results in our October newsletter, or check our website and Facebook page.

We appreciate your participation, and please email us with any questions.

Open Non-Elected Board Positions

Would you like to get more involved with SEAPAX and our local RPCV community?

There is no better way to do so than to serve on our Board. We are looking for dependable individuals who can commit at least one year to serve in the following roles:

Regular Events Chair

• Leads Regular Events Committee, which is responsible for the planning and execution of regularly occurring events (i.e. happy hours, eats-out, book club, etc.)

Membership Chair

• Updates, manages, and communicates membership policy as needed
• Monitors SEAPAX email
• Manages and operates monthly Member Spotlight
• Leads Membership Committee
• Works to improve membership engagement

Community Service Chair

• Leads Community Service Committee, which works with local organizations to plan and promote service-related events for SEAPAX member participation
• Connects persons interested in talking about their Peace Corps experience to groups and organizations seeking speakers

If you are interested and/or would like to learn more, please email us.

Advocacy

1) September 22 will be a Day of Advocacy celebrating the day President Kennedy signed the Peace Corps Act officially creating the Peace Corps. See the full list of events here. Also, the NPCA Special 60^th Anniversary Conference will be continuing through this Saturday, the 25^th, with lots of virtual events to choose from!

2) Have you ever thought about writing a short op-ed for your local newspaper? Do you have a Peace Corps story you’d like to share with your community? If you answered yes to either of these questions, the Advocacy Team is here to help. As part of the 60^th Anniversary celebrations, we are working to coordinate RPCVs who are interested in sharing about Peace Corps in local publications. We have templates and resources that make this process easier for RPCVs to get their stories published. Email Beth at eliza.ahl@gmail.com to get started!

3) Lastly, a shoutout to Advocacy Co-Chair Erin Branigan who coordinated our outreach to SEAPAX members from different congressional districts in our area! Look out for emails from the Advocacy Team as we work to urge our congressional representatives to continue supporting Peace Corps legislation and funding.

Support Local Refugees

As Seattle resettles more and more Afhan refugees, we hope the SEAPAX community is ready to step up. The Peace Corps Community for Refugees (PCC4R) has invited SEAPAX to partner with the regional affiliate of the Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Service, Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW).

The latest LCSNW request is for toiletries, cleaning supplies, kitchen items, and diapers for 'starter kits.' Reach out to Edie Cooke (ecooke@lcsnw.org) and Mouammar Abouagila (mabouagila@lcsnw.org) if you can help, and view full starter kit information here.

LCSNW is also seeking people with weekday availability to transport clients to appointments and deliver donations, as well as people who can temporarily host refugees in their home. Please visit the LCSNW website or contact Sheridan Moore (smoore@plu.edu or 503-893-8853) or siv@lcsnw.org for current needs and opportunities.

You can also help out other organizations supporting refugees at this time.

Emergency Response Network Jobs with King County Public Health Department

The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is currently fielding a team of RPCVs as COVID-19 information resource coordinators (call center staff) with the King County Public Health Department. Following our contact tracing efforts last year and early this year, NPCA has provided this service to King County since April of this year, and is now looking to expand the team.

Positions are paid, full-time, and home-based. A minimum of 23 to 40 hours per week and a 6 to 12-month commitment are required. Positions include benefits depending on the number of hours worked. All candidates must be residents of Washington State, but King County residency is not required. Successful applicants must successfully pass a three-day training, assessment, and technical orientation program in order to begin work. Training and equipment will be provided. Employment will be contingent upon completing a final interview and assessment.

Send applications to reentry@peacecorpsconnects.org. See full job description.

Book Club

SEAPAX Merchandise

2022 RPCV International Calendars are here!

These calendars keep us connected to the countries and people with whom we served, support our SEAPAX Small Grants program, and work towards the Third Goal: bringing the world back home.

Follow the diretions below to get $1 off the regular price of $15, and 40% of the proceeds support our SEAPAX Small Grants program!

This year, we are partnering with the RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison, who created this beautiful calendar, to provide contactless delivery. To order:

1. Go to rpcvcalendar.org

2. Fill out the form to order your calendar(s).

3. Use our code: PC4SEAPAX

4. Calendars will ship to your address of choice!

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.

Interested in being a mentor? Find details and sign up here.