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Advocacy

 

 

 

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From the National Peace Corps Association: “The Advocacy department enables the Peace Corps Community to come together, shape the public debate on important Peace Corps issues and ensure that we have a loud and collective voice. The term “advocacy” encompasses a broad range of activities (including research, grassroots mobilization, speaking with elected officials, and championing underrepresented issues) that can influence public policy. Advocacy is the number one way we can advance the Peace Corps mission and help bring about change.”

PPCA recently added a board position for the role of advocacy coordinator with the National Peace Corps Association. Dylan Hinson will be leading advocacy efforts for all issues affecting the Peace Corps, current and returned volunteers, throughout the Portland and Vancouver metropolitan area. Responsibilities of this role include consulting with PPCA members on issues that they are most passionate, keeping a pulse on legislative actions both locally and nationally, and working to coordinate action and outreach for the betterment of Peace Corps and the overall treatment of volunteers from staging to COS and beyond.

As an advocacy coordinator with NPCA, Dylan also participates in weekly call-ins with national staff and other state coordinators in order to disseminate the most accurate and current information. State advocacy coordinators can be found here along with many more resources for everything you might want to know about the status of the Peace Corps in the current administration here!