The Honorable Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., on June 17 on the topic of “Kenya: A Way Forward.” (Click title for full article.)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
2:00–4:00 p.m.
U.S. Institute of Peace 2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036

RSVP: To RSVP, send your name, affiliation, daytime phone number, and name of the event to Morgan Miller at cmorris@usip.org.

The most recent post-election violence in Kenya resulted in the displacement of about 600,000 people. This is in addition to the 380,000 people that the United Nations estimates have remained internally displaced since the clashes of the 1990s. (Click title for full article, topics, and speakers.)

The Rotary Foundation announces a call for applications for the 2009-11 Rotary World Peace Fellowships (RWPF) and January and June 2009 Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies (RPCS) Program sessions. The deadline for completed applications to be submitted to The Rotary Foundation for these sessions is 1 July 2008. (THIS IS FLEXIBLE.) Programs are open to anyone, regardless of citizenship or country of residence. (Click title for complete article.)

Irene Abdou writes: I'm a Niger RPCV (1995-1999), and also lived in South Sudan for two years in 2005-2006. When I lived in South Sudan, I traveled in and out of Kenya very frequently, and spent a lot of time there. I'm also a photographer and have a few photos of Kenya, taken mostly at the Coast. Here's a link to her Kenya photo gallery: http://www.photoswithsoul.com/section136113_74880.html.
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Irene Abdou Fine Art Photography & Creative Images
Germantown, MD
Tel. 202-367-6071
E-mail: photoswithsoul@gmail.com
On the web at http://www.photoswithsoul.com

The board of directors, on behalf of the members of Friends of Kenya, wants to express its solidarity with the people of Kenya at this time of transition and collaboration in a new government. As former Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya, we support the president, new prime minister, and members of Parliament as they work with the people of Kenya to bring economic stability, solidarity among all Kenyan people, resumption of schools, and resolution in resettling those who have lost their homes and livelihoods and are displaced.

We again express our poles to those who are still displaced and to those who have lost loved ones in the clashes following the election.

We endorse the efforts of Kenyan leaders and all Kenyan people to establish a workable government and to positively reconcile land disputes and overcome tribal differences.

We will continue to provide financial support to community projects (as we have done since 1986) in addition to our recent contribution to the International Medical Corps for their work with displaced people.

From Dennis Cordell
Editor, Volume on Africa and the Middle East
The Peace Corps at 50 Anniversary Story Project

In three years, the Peace Corps will reach the ripe old (or young, if 60 really is the new 40) age of 50. Several other former volunteers and I have organized The Peace Corps at 50 Story Project to honor that event in writing. It is described in detail with pictures at www.peacecorpsat50.org. We are all actively soliciting non-fiction stories for four volumes to mark this milestone in Peace Corps history.

The four volumes—on, respectively, Africa and the Middle East; Asia and the Pacific; Central America, South America, and the Caribbean; and After the Cold War (Eastern Europe and Central Asia)—will include stories from past and present volunteers, staff, instructors, and “Peace Corps friends.” (Click the title for more information)