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Brochure

Publication Date

1962

Description

This is a short document meant to advertise serving as a volunteer for the Peace Corps aimed to American Teachers. It is a published version of a brief address by then Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver to a June 1962 meeting of the National Education Association in Denver, Colorado. After the short speech, wherein he extols "the most exciting and personally rewarding teaching assignments possible — a classroom in Africa, Asia, or Latin America, where eager young minds are waiting for men and women like you who can teach them" [unnumbered first interior page]. The document ends with a short list of important information to know before volunteering for the Peace Corps.

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