This week, we are focusing on announcements from the National Peace
Corps Association (NPCA):
1. Travel to Vietnam with Global TeachNet!
2. Global TeachNet Newsletter: Electronic Distribution
3. Global TeachNet’s Global Challenge
4. Global Educator and Peace Educator Award Winners
5. Global Week of Action
Ellen Frierson
Global TeachNet Intern
National Peace Corps Association
mailto:gtnintern@rpcv.org
http://www.globalteachnet.org
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1. Travel to Vietnam with Global TeachNet!
Special note: Please send in your applications now for this exciting
trip. Arrangements must be finalized in early April.
As part of an ongoing program in summer travel for educators, the National
Peace Corps Association is sponsoring a trip to Vietnam in July 2005, the
tenth anniversary of normalization of relations with the US. Live with
families in Hanoi, visit schools and universities in the Mekong Delta and
Hue, meet teachers and experience cultural activities! An optional
extension to Laos and Cambodia will also be available.
The NPCA is collaborating with two other experienced partners to
coordinate this trip. Friendship Force International is coordinating
homestays and all travel. The Fund for Reconciliation and Development, an
NGO with twenty years of experience in Vietnam that is headed by a
returned volunteer, is developing the program specifically for Global
TeachNet members. Go to http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=205 for
application and program details. Also visit
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=29 to read about the NPCA's past
trips coordinated through Friendship Force.
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2. Global TeachNet Newsletter: Electronic Distribution
To Global TeachNet newsletter subscribers:
Beginning with the March/April edition, Global TeachNet’s bimonthly
newsletter will no longer be printed, but rather will be distributed
electronically. In order to receive the newsletter in a timely manner,
please be sure we have your current email address. To check/update your
email address in our database, log in at
https://www.npcaonline.org/npcassa. If you are logging in for the first
time, follow the link on that page for hints. Otherwise, after you log in,
click on "profile update" to enter and/or confirm your current email
address. Thank you! (If you are not a subscriber and would like to
subscribe, visit our website at
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=67&category=3 for information.)
For questions, email mailto:teachnet@rpcv.org
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3. Global TeachNet’s Global Challenge
On March 5 in Washington, DC, in celebration of Peace Corps Week, Global
TeachNet organized the “Global Challenge: A Day in the Life of a Peace
Corps Volunteer” for local Junior Girl Scout troops. The girls who
attended the event learned all about Peace Corps, the countries in which
volunteers serve, and the work that volunteers do. They participated in
hands-on activities led by returned volunteers, enjoyed a Moroccan lunch,
and wrote letters to girls in Mauritania. You can read all about this
event (and see a photo gallery!) at
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1121.
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4. Global Educator and Peace Educator Award Winners
Each year, Global TeachNet recognizes K-12 educators who exhibit a
commitment to bringing global issues into U.S. classrooms. The 2004-2005
winners are:
Global Educator Award:
* Vicki Stroud Gonterman, K-5 International/Global Studies, Gibbs
Magnet School of International Studies & Foreign Languages, Little
Rock, AR
* Patricia Touchette Hutchinson (Tonga), Gifted 3-8 Pullout,
Leadership & Media, Cottonwood Middle School, Cottonwood, AZ
Peace Educator Award:
* Martin Haber, Special Education Resource Room and College Now
Humanities, John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY
Recipients receive $500 and national recognition. Profiles of the winners
will be posted to the Global TeachNet Web site at
http://www.rpcv.org/globaled and will be published in the Global TeachNet
newsletter. Congratulations to our winners!
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5. Global Week of Action
Note: The NPCA is collaborating with Oxfam America around issues of
fair trade. For more information on this collaboration, visit the NPCA
website at http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1126.
Posted by request:
Be a part of the Global Week of Action: April 10-16, 2005
Join hundreds of organizations and millions of people around the world,
from the United States to Uganda to Uruguay, taking part in the Global
Week of Action for Trade Justice, April 10-16, 2005.
With just a few friends and couple hours of your time, you could make a
difference. 2005 could be a year that the world’s leaders recognize their
responsibility to transform trade rules so that millions of people gain a
fair chance to lift themselves out of poverty.
Go to http://www.oxfamamerica.org/weekofaction to find out more about the
actions you can take during this week. Check our online events calendar
over the next several weeks for activities in your area.
Even better, you can organize an event of your own! To help promote your
event and efforts, we’ll send you free posters, calendars and postcards
with photos of Antonio Banderas, Alanis Morissette, Coldplay’s Chris
Martin and Youssou N’Dour. Each celebrity donated their images to support
our cause. Use the postcards to collect names of supporters and help grow
this movement.
At http://www.oxfamamerica.org/weekofaction you will find ideas and
organizing tools for events like fair trade sales and fashion shows, Oxfam
Hunger Banquets, call-in days to Congress, movie nights, and other fun and
powerful ways to build community support. You can download tools to help
you organize any day of the week:
Sample Global Week of Action for Trade Justice, April 10-16, 2005. Sunday:
Trade Justice from a Faith Perspective
Monday: Fairness for Farmers
Tuesday: Check Out Fair Trade
Wednesday: CAFTA Call In
Thursday: Trade Justice Education Night
Fri and Sat: Alternative Trade Fair/Fair Trade Fashion Show
Sun and beyond: Global Week of Action Closing Celebration
Remember, we have free materials, event ideas, and downloadable tools at
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/weekofaction
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