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Click on your choice
- Community Bulletin Board
- SD Groups' Calendars / Volunteers Ops
- Member-to-Member Services
- NPCA - National Peace Corps Association
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- National Peace Corps Association
NPCA's online website: a place for people who value the Peace Corps to reconnect and work together toward a more peaceful and prosperous world--new logo (at right) too! Particiapte in a wide variety of activities and social interactions. People, activities, pictures, blog, news, groups, videos, links.
JOIN IN!- Check site index at bottom (sometimes way down) of NPCA page --a quick way to navigate the site
- As an member -- sign on at main page -- connect and help plan all that NPCA does
- As part of SDPCA Group on NPCA Community (below)
Once you are a member, go to the SDPCA Group and
at +Join to join the group.
- NPCA Community: (also called Connected PC)
A new "look" for NPCA Community of: people who value the Peace Corps to reconnect and work together toward a more peaceful and prosperous world. Join in here or just browse with: RPCVs, PCVs and friends of the PC idea. Join online groups; look for others in your area, or other areas.
- Peace Corps Polyglot: News Archives
NPCA's blog; news for and about PC Community
- NPCA Global Educaton (used to be Global TeachNet)
Bringing the World home to the US Classroom: curriculum and reference materials about world cultures for the classroom.
• Global Ed Gateway: Links to websites with information and resources on specific global issues
• Classroom Materials: ways to connect a classroom to global community
• Millenium Development Goals: List from National Council for Social Studies - Millenium Goals (11/15/09)
• Student Opportunities: Opportunities for students outside the classroom
• Teacher Professional Develoment: Resources for continuing education, networking and professional development
• Newsletter: This education newsletter is a quarterly teacher resource from the global education networks of NPCA and ASCD
- NPCA Advocacy Network
The advocacy network page of the NPCA - Newsletters..To submit news to NPCA: news@rpcv.org
Access earlier newsletters as well. as Subscribe here.
- NPCA E-Newsletter monthly
News of NPCA activities. - Global Ed Newsletter quarterly.
News of global issues for classroom and community use. - NPCA Advocacy News periodic emails
Action alerts and news on legislation affecting PC community
- NPCA E-Newsletter monthly
Other NPCA Connections
- MorePeaceCorps
Organizes and supports expansion of the Peace Corps, to double its current size. Includes re-evaluating its definition and structure.
Join the forums and join in the discussions!
- WorldViewMagazine
Quarterly articles of interest to RPCVs about US and World-wide activities. Online version; printed version available to NPCA members / subscribers.
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Related Connections
Peace Corps Wiki
Like an encyclopedia, you can simply search an entry, read it and edit it., You can add a new entry if you wish. At PC Wiki you can take part in adding to recording the history of Peace Crops: country information, programs, groups, whatever ou feel relevant to complete the story of our experiences.
Social Entrepreneurship
The work of a social entrtreneur–someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles such as resourcefulness and collaboration to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change.
...Podcasts | Ashoka.com | .Social Edge
- Social Edge (A Program of the Skoll Foundation) is an online community for philanthropists, nonprofit professionals, and the business community to network, learns, debate, inspire, and share expertise and resources.
- Global X-Interviews
Descriptions and connections to 40+ video podcasts with leading social entrepreneurs as they tell Global X stories that had a significant impact on their lives. They also describe how they see the world in 2017. Added to weekly. 3 to 7 min video. RSS subscription feed.
.....Video: online or on iTunes (free video podcast–Non-profit-Social Edge)
Charity Watch - "Helping you to give wisely to charity"
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions. Information on some 500+ charities, topics, how to give wisely and more.