The 65-year-old Peace Corps is undergoing “significant restructuring efforts” as the Trump Administration implements its “America First“ campaign promise.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Harry Belafonte to serve as a “Cultural Advisor” to a new federal agency: the Peace Corps. A half-century later, an interviewer asked Belafonte why he ...

President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the Peace Corps staff and other officials at a meeting in Washington on June 14, 1962. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges) ...

President John F. Kennedy greets Peace Corps volunteers on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 9, 1962. Library of Congress photo. As the Cold War grew increasingly tense in the early 1960s, ...

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On Sept. 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed a law giving the Peace Corps permanent status. He hailed it as a way for Americans to work for world peace and understanding. By UPI Staff ...

Less than six weeks later, JFK signed Executive Order 10924, which started the Peace Corps. By June, the first Peace Corps recruits began training for assignments in Colombia, Ghana and Tanganyika ...

The entrance to the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington in 2021. The agency, which operates independently within the executive branch, was founded under President John F. Kennedy.

Founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the Peace Corps sends volunteers to partner with communities in other countries to promote development and foster goodwill with focuses on education ...