USD Celebrates Fifty Years of the Peace Corps

The University of San Diego will host “The Peace Corps: 50 Years of Changing Lives” on November Thursday, 18, 2010 at Institute for Peace & Justice. A panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers and former staff will speak to the ways that Peace Corps service has affected their lives and those of the people around them. Peace Corps representatives will be on hand during a reception following the panel presentation, to provide information about serving in the Peace Corps.

This event, part of International Education Week, is co-sponsored by the San Diego Peace Corps Association and The Los Angeles Regional Office of Peace Corps.  Also joining in the celebration are the University of San Diego’s Career Services, Community Service-Learning, and Mission & Ministry.

WHO: Moderator:
Charles Reilly, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Peacebuilding
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
Director, Peace Corps, Guatemala, 1998 – 2003

Panelists:
Sofia Javed
Peace Writer
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Editor and Production Manager
Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. Department of State Uzbekistan, 2002 – 2004

John Loggins
Associate Director
Center for Community Service-Learning
Jamaica, 1996 – 1998??   
                               
Dustin Sharp, JD
Assistant Professor
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and
Senior Program Officer?
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Guinea, 1996 – 1998
               
Marjorie Zhou
Registrar
University of San Diego School of Law
Thailand, 1970 – 1973

WHAT: A panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers and former staff will speak to the ways that Peace Corps service has affected their lives and those of the people around them.

WHERE: University of San Diego
Institute for Peace & Justice Theater
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA

WHEN: Thursday, November 18, 2010 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

This event is open to the public and the press. Please RSVP to alung@peacecorps.gov or phone at (310) 356-1102.

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is among the Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact according to The Princeton Review. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.