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21. Mai 2020 · A Towering Task, The Story of the Peace Corps, brings the Peace Corps’ history alive with archival footage, news clips, and original interviews. It features President Jimmy Carter (whose mother aided leprosy patients in India), Maria Shriver (whose father was the agency’s first head), Congressman Joe Kennedy III (JFK’s grand-nephew and a volunteer in the Dominican Republic), Oscar ...
22. Mai 2020 · In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave young Americans the opportunity to serve their country in a new way by forming the Peace Corps. Since then, more than 200,000 of them have traveled to more than 60 countries to carry out the organization's mission of international cooperation. Nearly 60 years later, Americans-young and old alike-still want to serve their country and understand their ...
Upcoming airdates for this series. There are no upcoming airings of this program for the next two weeks. Please check back with us. Filmmaker Alana DeJoseph examines the rich history of the Peace Corps and the challenges that lie ahead in the 21st century.
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In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship – a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy’s call ...
12. Sept. 2023 · From the beginning its mission of world peace and friendship proved to be a towering task. Imbued with the unbounded energy and vision of its charismatic leader, Sargent Shriver, and thousands of vigorous volunteers, the story of the Peace Corps is a uniquely American tale. From the political machinations to establish not only a brand-new government agency but also a new concept in ...
a towering task: the story of the peace corps United States | 2019 | Alana DeJoseph Annette Bening narrates this history of the U.S. government agency, begun by President Kennedy in 1961, that has sent 200,000 Americans to 60+ countries around the world to promote international cooperation.
