Shriver Circle

by Angene and Jack Wilson (Liberia 1962-64)

As Shriver Circle Members, we find great purpose in financially supporting the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). This $1000 level of membership is especially important to us as it contributes to NPCA's advocacy efforts, including this past September's Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. 

We've met several times with our members of Congress or their aides over the years — and it does make a difference. 

Highlights of these meetings include persuading our own Republican member of Congress to join the Peace Corps caucus, as well as talking at length to a top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during NPCA's 2015 "snowstorm" Day of Action. During the 2016 Capitol Hill Advocacy Day, Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) legislative aide said he would suggest that Senator Paul arrange to visit a Peace Corps Volunteer while on his annual trip to a Central American country to perform eye surgery.  We feel as though our advocacy has had an impact on these legislators. We see the value in continuing to be Shriver Circle Members because we continue to see the value in advocating for a bigger, better Peace Corps. 

From first-of-the-month-dinners with the central Kentucky Peace Corps community, as well as our interviews with RPCVs from 50 different countries for our book Voices from the Peace Corps (University Press of Kentucky, 2011), we have gotten to know Volunteers from all decades, even current applicants. We know that the Peace Corps experience has been and remains special.  Because of that, we want to ensure that the opportunity of profound learning and meaningful service is offered to future generations, because it creates citizens of the world.  

Become a Shriver Circle Member today. Only through your generous financial contributions can NPCA continue connecting the community, advocating for the Peace Corps, and creating impact.