Posts Tagged ‘Peace Corps’

What Obama’s Win Means To Me

{ Posted on Nov 11 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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I spent the night of November 4th like most Americans abroad—and indeed much of the world with cable TV, I suspect—watching the election results trickle in until dawn. We were a mix of Americans, Cameroonians and a token Canadian. ...Read More »

The Trouble With Peace Corps

{ Posted on Aug 08 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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As an American in my adopted country of Cameroon, I’ve had some time—just over one month—to process some thoughts on the impact of my Peace Corps service, of the agency as an instrument of development and my motivations for remaining ...Read More »

The Myth of Integration

{ Posted on Feb 19 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
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In the foreword to Margaret Mead’s ground-breaking and controversial first book Coming of Age in Samoa, her advisor, Franz Boas, wrote that: Courtesy, modesty, good manners and conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, very good ...Read More »