SEAPAX Board Elections

Annual Board elections are coming right up! We have a number of key leadership opportunities to serve in 2023:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer (requires special onboarding in December 2022)
• Director-at-Large, supporting Service (up to 3)
• Director-at-Large, supporting Events (up to 3)

Elected positions serve a one-year term from January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023, and all SEAPAX members are eligible to run.

If you are interested in an elected position, or would like to nominate someone, please submit the following information to info@seapax.org by Friday, October 7:

• Nominee’s name
• Nominee’s country and years of Peace Corps service
• Position of interest
• Brief biography of nominee (find examples here)

Find a more detailed description of elected Board positions on our website.

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 to fill the following non-elected Board position immediately:

• Communications Chair (produces monthly e-newsletter)
• Webmaster
• Mentorship Chair

We also have openings on various committees that do not require Board membership. If you are interested and/or would like to learn more, please email info@seapax.org

SEAPAX Holiday Potluck

We are excited to kick off the holiday season with our annual Holiday Potluck! Join us in celebrating good food, friendship, and Peace Corps service on Saturday, November 19 at 6 pm. This will be a potluck style event, hosted by a generous fellow RPCV at their home in Greenwood, Seattle. Please RSVP by November 12 via the SEAPAX Events + Activities Page. We hope to see you there!

Service

We have two fun outdoor service opportunities coming up!

Gardening

World Relief has invited SEAPAX "rockstar volunteers" (their words!) to help at their community garden in Kent on Saturday, October 8 or Saturday, October 22 from 9 am-12 pm. We'll be weeding, mulching, and more. We need a minimum of 10 volunteers, so please email Ellen at emarnstein@gmail.com to let us know which day works best.

Lifting Trees

King Conservation District is looking for volunteers on Saturday, October 15 from 9 am-2 pm at Kenmore City Hall and Saturday, October 22 from 11 am-2 pm at Juanita Beach Park to help at their tree giveaways. Duties include unloading trees, checking people in, and traffic control. Email Ellen at emarnstein@gmail.com to sign up for one or both!

October Happy Hour

We are finally visiting West Seattle! Join us this month at Matador (West Seattle) on Wednesday, October 12 from 5 to 8 pm. With the bridge finally open, it is time to reconnect with our (not)-forgotten Westside members!

Questions? Email Garrett at gmorkill@gmail.com.

International Calendars

2023 International calendars are now available!  Be sure to use our special code PC4SEAPAX when you order to get $1 off per calendar, plus SEAPAX receives 40% of the profits for our small grants program. It’s a win-win!

By highlighting the rich diversity of the world, the International Calendar is the cornerstone of the “Third Goal” efforts of the Peace Corps to help Americans understand the peoples and cultures of other countries, and is a wonderful way to learn about the world.

Order your calendars now >>

Advocacy

Exciting news in September – the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act! The bill is crucial for the future of the Peace Corps as a new generation of volunteers returns to service. If it ultimately becomes law, it will be the first full reauthorization of the Peace Corps since 1999. Please continue to message your representatives as the bill now works its way through the U.S. Senate and urge them to reauthorize the Peace Corps this year.

DEI Committee

With the ongoing search for a new NPCA CEO, a few advocacy organizations are asking for feedback on what you would like in a new CEO! Give your input on the future of NPCA!

Fill out the survey >>

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience

Posting Peace, celebrating 60 years of Peace Corps through historic posters, maps, and poetry, continues through October 16 at ArtReach Gallery in Portland. Co-hosted by The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience, the exhibition features a guest lecturers Carol Spahn, PC CEO (October 6) and Alana DeJoseph, Director of A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps (October 16). Details here.

Join us at the next book club meeting and note the time change!

A Few Minor Adjustments: Two Years in Afghanistan: A Peace Corps Odyssey by Elana Hohl (non-fiction and RPCV-authored)

Sunday, October 9
5 p.m.
Restaurant in Wallingford

Email SEAPAXbooks1@gmail.com by October 7 for location, more information, or to request a separate virtual meeting.

Mentorship Program

New Members