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How the US government sold the Peace Corps to the American public

  • Written by Wendy Melillo, Associate Professor, American University School of Communication
How the US government sold the Peace Corps to the American publicPresident John F. Kennnedy personally bid the first Peace Corps volunteers farewell.AP Photo/William J. Smith

The Peace Corps, a service organization run by the U.S. government that dispatches volunteers to foreign countries, is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time in its nearly 60-year history, none of its volunteers is...

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