Here are some pictures from my recent trip to Togo, West Africa. I had served there as a Peace Corps volunteer working in Girls’ Education and Empowerment from 2009 to 2011, and I returned to my village in the north of the country this summer to visit my friends and contacts. I’ve written journal-style updates…
Tag: Peace Corps
Notes on Democracy
Current national and world events have me looking at some of my writing from Azerbaijan and Togo in a new light. At the time, 2006–8 and 2009–11, I was serving, through the Peace Corps, as a representative of the great United States of America. I personally wasn’t sure the U.S. was all that great, but…
Ever Wanted to Join the Peace Corps? Now You Can—from Home!
For the first time in its history, Peace Corps has evacuated all volunteers from their posts and is temporarily suspending operations. On one hand, this is terrible, as it interrupts projects, severs relationships, and makes the greed, irrationality, and xenophobia of the Trump administration the face of America instead of open-minded and well-meaning volunteers. On…