Sixty years since the Peace Corps was founded. Beginnings in a troubled world. Amid an unprecedented time, an anniversary like no other. And unfinished business in an age of divisiveness and uncertainty.
In the print edition of WorldView, these photos open a section of the magazine that brings together a few stories of service across the decades. Plus, advice that former Peace Corps directors would share with the current president of the United States. Read. Explore. And share your stories.
1961: Towering Task Edition | Once More, with Feeling | Our Stories Are America’s Stories | “If I had three minutes to talk to President Biden about the Peace Corps…” | Peace Corps Week 2021 | Make It Cool, Make It Last | This Isn’t Over | In it Together
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Peace Corps training in Hawai‘i in the 1960s.
Archival photo courtesy Peace Corps
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Mangrove reforestation in Panamá, and Elias, a boy fom the community, high-fives Volunteer Bailey Rosen. Her service was cut short by evacuation in March 2020.
Panamá photo by Eli Wittum
