Northern California Peace Corps Association

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May-18 Saturday Mentorship Gathering San Francisco

Calling all NorCalPCA mentors, mentees, and interested others for a special event designed to expand, exchange and extend support and resources for RPCVs. Current Peace Corps nominees are also welcome. This event will be a great opportunity for RPCVS who may be interested in mentorship, or in providing one-time or short-term resource information to readjusting RPCVs! Mentees and recent RPCVs will meet with mentors and RPCVs who understand the adjustments of returning home. Activities w [?]

May-19 Sunday Bay to Breakers Stroll San Francisco

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May-19 Sunday Post Bay to Breakers BBQ San Francisco

The NorCal PCA will be walking in Bay to Breakers, so be sure to dig out your traditional outfit from your host country and represent! Keep your eyes on the NorCal PCA website and/or Facebook for details of how you can participate in the walk. For after B2B, though, join NorCal for the post walk BBQ at the home of SF socials coordinator Daniel Marlay. Daniel lives on Divisadero, right near Alamo Square, so you can join him in Alamo Square around 10am or so to watch the end of the race. Th [?]

May-19 Sunday Latin American Potluck Los Altos Hills

Tim Burke has graciously offered to host a Latin American potluck at his house in the Los Altos Hills. If you're interested in participating, please fill out this quick survey with your details. You'll be provided details of the exact location a few days before the event. Also, indicate in the survey what type of dish you'll bring and whether you are interested in carpooling. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/11tmubm [?]

May-21 Tuesday Around the World in 65 Days San Francisco

The Commonwealth Club of California in association with the NorCal Peace Corps Association will present, [?]

May-22 Wednesday NorCal Book Club-Power Lines Berkeley

Join us for this month's book club meeting at Finfine, an Ethopian restaurant not too far from the BART Ashby Station. We will be discussing Power Line written by Jason Carter who is Jimmy Carter's grandson. Jason served as a volunteer in South Africa. As usual everyone is welcome whether you have read the book or not, are an RPCV or a future RPCV or always wanted to be an RPCV. Come socialize, enjoy good food and company. [?]

May-29 Wednesday RPCV Innovation Challenge Oakland

Preparation meeting for the June 1,2 Innovation Challenge at SF State. We'll be discussing potential challenges specific to serving prospective, serving and returned Peace Corps Volunteers that our RPCV team will be working on. If you cannot attend in person there will be a conference call option available. Note that the Federal Building closes at 6pm so you must arrive before then to enter the building. Please RSVP to Yune Lee if you are attending ylee[at]peacecorps.gov Day of Event de [?]

Jun-1 Saturday RPCV Innovation Challenge San Francisco

Join fellow RPCV developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs and activists in a National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State June 1st and 2nd. We [?]

Jun-1 Saturday Benefit for Benin San Francisco

Over the past decade, the non-profit Enagnon Dandan (It Must Work!) has been working with Peace Corps Volunteers to improve health, education, and commerce in rural Beninese communities. They've built a health center and classrooms, planted protein-rich moringa trees, and bridged relationships between ethnic groups. Erin Bowman (Benin 04-06) has organized a benefit for Enagnon Dandan a Vinyl Wine Bar where they are donating a portion of bar sales from the event. Come enjoy Afrofunk, Motown, [?]

Jun-2 Sunday RPCV Innovation Challenge San Francisco

Join fellow RPCV developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs and activists in a National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State June 1st and 2nd. We [?]

Jun-10 Monday NorCalPCA Board Meeting San Francisco

NorCalBoard Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. All NorCalPCA members are welcome to our NorCal Board meetings. Come find out what is going on with the organization and how you can help. Past Meeting Minutes can be found at http://norcalpca.org/content.cfm?id_con=23 [?]

Jun-11 Tuesday Hesperian/NorCal Joint Dinner Oakland

Come mingle with RPCVs and staff of Hesperian Health Guides the publisher of Where There is No Doctor. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. They develop easy to read materials in local languages. There will be a presentation on Hesperian's current initiatives and discussion on how knowledge leads to change, and how Hesperian resources in print and di [?]

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Northern California Peace Corps Association

The NorCal Peace Corps Association has been rumored to be the second largest association of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, second only to the Washington DC Peace Corps Association in terms of size and membership. It is a National Peace Corps Association affiliate group. Current membership is around 400. There are 8 email listservs and an electronic newsletter - all of which can be subscribed to from the NorCalPCA website.