PCC4Refugees showcased the important ways RPCVs and RPCV organizations are already engaged in refugee-related activities. Please click here to tell us what you are doing so that we make others aware of your efforts.
Presenters included:
- Chris MacCormack on the RPCVs of Gulf Coast Florida’s tutoring project
- Kate Schachter on RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison’s refugee-related funding-raising activities
- John Berry on the Seattle Area Peace Corps Association’s (SEAPAX) partnership with World Relief Western Washington to prepare community garden plots for local refugees and immigrant families
- Jon Martin and Kathy Sheppard on Connecticut RPCVs hosting refugees through Welcome Corps
- Jessica Drier on a group of RPCVs and others in the Washington DC area hosting refugees through Welcome Corps.
- Anne Baker on volunteering with Homes Not Borders to help set up apartments for refugees in Northern Virginia