PeaceCorps Celebrates Fifty!

PeaceCorps Celebrates Fifty!

Seminar on the occasion
of the 50th anniversary
of the PeaceCorps
and the European Year of Volunteering

When: March 2, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Where: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1

Program

Opening speech: PeaceCorps in historical perspective – David Gainer, US Embassy Prague

Bloc I: Volunteering as a Lifestyle Choice

The U.S. PeaceCorps volunteers will talks about their experience from working on projects in various countries, including Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic (1990-1997).

• Scott Riedman – PC volunteer in Czech Republic
• Heather Keyes – PC volunteer in Turkmenistan
• Carlos Gutierrez – PC volunteer in Paraguay
• Jim Davison – PC volunteer in Czech Republic

Bloc II: PeaceCorps in the Czech Republic – Czech Counterparts to PC Volunteers

What was the impact of the PeaceCorps programs in the Czech Republic? In what areas were the PeaceCorps volunteers the most active? How has working with the PeaceCorps influenced the Czech counterparts?

The Czechs who worked with the PeaceCorps volunteers will talk about their experience.

• Pavel Šremer –  former PeaceCorps Office in the Czech Republic
• Hynek Rulíšek –  Head of the Environmental Section, Municipal Government in Kopřivnice
• Milan Štovíček –  Member of Parliament of the Czech Republic

Bloc III:  Volunteering in the Czech Republic in the Context of European Year of Volunteering

What is it like to be a Czech volunteer in the Czech Republic and abroad? Is volunteering a part of Czechs’ lifestyle or rather minor phenomenon?

• Michal Urban – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
• Robin Ujfaluši - Patron of the European Year of Volunteering in the Czech Republic & INEX
• Dagmar Hrubcová - Executive Director of SKOK
• Michael Rosák - American Field Service, Chairman of the Board