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The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, [2] and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. [3] He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election.
March 1, 1961: Peace Corps established by U.S. President Kennedy March 3, 1961: Hassan II becomes new King of Morocco March 8, 1961: Scotland's Holy Loch begins hosting American nuclear missile submarine. The following events occurred in March 1961:
The Peace Corps program was established by Executive Order 10924, which was issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. The program was legislatively authorized by Congress on September 21, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Pub.L. 87–293). Between 1961 and 2013, over 215,000 Americans joined the Peace Corps. [1]
The Peace Corps, the international volunteer programs represented established in the Department of State pursuant to EO 10924, March 1, 1961; And the volunteer action clearinghouse functions vested in the Office of Voluntary Action at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to EO 11470, May 26, 1969.
The Peace Corps, a popular U.S. volunteer abroad program dating back to the 1960s, suspended Salvadoran operations in 2016 over surging lawlessness in the country.
AmeriCorps VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), was founded in 1965 as a domestic version of the Peace Corps.The program was incorporated into AmeriCorps and renamed AmeriCorps VISTA to create AmeriCorps in 1993. [8]
The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.