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| Start Date: | 3/14/2012 | Start Time: | 7:00 PM |
| End Date: | 3/14/2012 | End Time: | 9:00 PM |
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Event Description
With Amy Mayer, John Waite, and Betsey Yetter. Free and open to the public.
The Pioneer Valley becomes home to many Peace Corps volunteers when they return from service. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps in 2011, Greenfield resident Amy Mayer produced Peace Corps Voices. The hour-long radio documentary aired here and on public radio stations around the country. After sharing an excerpt from the documentary, two of the local volunteers featured in it will speak about how their overseas service has influenced their lives and work in western Massachusetts.
Betsey Yetter of Leyden dreamed of serving in the Peace Corps and finally went to Ukraine once her son was grown and she needed a change from a career in social work and business. As a middle-age volunteer, she says she arrived with modest expectations about the impact she might have on the small city where she lived. She knew she wasn’t changing the world—and that at least as much transformation was likely to take place within herself as within her new community.
Franklin County Community Development Corporation executive director John Waite of Deerfield has a long history with the Peace Corps and never tires of sharing his experiences. He served as a volunteer in Burkina Faso, a recruiter in New York, a trainer in Albania and an associate country director in Uzbekistan. His work with small business owners in western Massachusetts, he says, closely resembles the work he did in Peace Corps.
Peace Corps Voices was made possible in part by a grant from Mass Humanities. Find out more at www.peacecorpsvoices.org.
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Location Information:
Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater
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Event summary
Greenfield resident Amy Mayer shares an excerpt from her documentary "Peace Corps Voices" and talks with two local volunteers about how their service has shaped their lives and work in the Valley. |
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