{"id":449,"date":"2014-02-26T14:14:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T19:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=449"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:11:07","slug":"peace-corps-week-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/peace-corps-week-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Corps Week 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThis week\u00a0marks the Peace Corps&#8217;\u00a053<sup>rd<\/sup> birthday.\u00a0\u00a0The annual event\u00a0commemorates the\u00a0organization&#8217;s accomplishments\u00a0at home and abroad, while also encouraging\u00a0Peace Corps community members to renew their commitment to service.\u00a0\u00a0<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>Whether\u00a0returned or currently serving, the Peace Corps charges volunteers to\u00a0increase cultural\u00a0awareness by sharing their personal\u00a0experiences and first-hand knowledge with other Americans.\u00a0 This mission is fulfills the Peace Corps&#8217; Third Goal, which\u00a0seeks to promote peace through awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures around the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information\u00a0about\u00a0events in Peace Corps history by exploring the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/about\/history\/\">Interactive Timeline<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u00a0marks the Peace Corps&#8217;\u00a053rd birthday.\u00a0\u00a0The annual event\u00a0commemorates the\u00a0organization&#8217;s accomplishments\u00a0at home and abroad, while also encouraging\u00a0Peace Corps community members to renew their commitment to service.\u00a0\u00a0 Whether\u00a0returned or currently serving, the Peace Corps charges volunteers to\u00a0increase cultural\u00a0awareness by sharing their personal\u00a0experiences and first-hand knowledge with other Americans.\u00a0 This mission is fulfills the Peace Corps&#8217; Third Goal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,65,67,73],"tags":[279,281,365],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","category-national-peace-corps-association","category-news","category-peace-corps-history","tag-peace-corps-third-goal","tag-peace-corps-birthday","tag-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6804,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}