Category Archives: peace corps
The Hardest Job
I got some powerful reminders of what it was like to be a smallpox vaccinator in Afghanistan 40 years ago making a documentary about the group. None, however, were more dramatic and humorous than watching the Iranian movie “Secret Ballot.” … Continue reading
Filed under across the cultural divide, idealism, peace corps, rpcv
To market to market
2011 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market included recognition of Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary and its connection with area returned volunteers. Volunteers joined in the parade of folk artists wearing garb from their days serving as volunteers and lingered in … Continue reading
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How many ladders to reach the moon?
“Take that part of the movie out please.” In the dozens of screenings of “Once in Afghanistan” http://youtu.be/gNJBvhCpew4jerry I’ve attended over the past three years, just two people have expressed so strong a dislike for something in the movie.. This one … Continue reading
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Public Health Battlefields
“Resistant” is the title and theme of Michael Specter’s review of a new book by historian Michael Willrich, Pox: An American History about smallpox eradication work in the States. Specter states that “Willrich’s sympathy with those turn-of-the-century opponents of compulsory vaccination can … Continue reading
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Jimmy Carter and Us
At Wednesday afternoon’s Award Ceremony, May 18, in the grand auditorium of the chapel at Atlanta’s Carter Center, the speaker announced that Jill Vickers would present former President Carter with a copy of the Peace Corps documentary “Once in Afghanistan.” … Continue reading
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