Ian Tramm, 131 YinD So last Wednesday, I went on the first honest-to-God run I’ve been on in, man, at least a few years. I was pretty out of shape for most […]
Peace Corps or a Series of Controlled Falls
Plai Ruaa
Neil Pickus, 131 YinD July 2019 was perhaps the most transient and fleeting month of my life so far. I was in and out (mostly out) of my “regular” life at site, […]
Group 131 Yearbook: Words of Appreciation
Counterparts and Community of Group 131 Every year, during the first few months of service, Peace Corps staff visit the new group of Peace Corps Volunteers at their sites to see how […]
Being Bai Dtong
Zari Havercome, 130 YinD It has been a year since I wrote Becoming Bai Dtong for Sticky Rice articulating my experience being welcomed by Thailand and finding pride in my Thai nickname, […]
PSDN: Integration & Identity
During PST131 (pre-service training), representatives from the Peer Support & Diversity Network (PSDN) polled Group 131 trainees about questions they had related to integration and identity. PSDN compiled these and presented them […]
So How’s Goal Two Going
Shannon Murphy Berrios, 131 TESS “Soy Boricua primera, segundo Americana.” Those words are pretty important to me when people ask about my background, since many still struggle to understand that Puerto Rico […]
An Ode to the Host Family that Loved Me
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I wrote and re-wrote this post three different times. The first time, it was too wordy – more like a memoir, not an ode. The second time, it […]
What’s it like to be Black in Thailand?
Kara Anthony, 130 TESS I wondered the same thing a year ago before making the big move to Thailand. I remember specifically reaching out to other people of color whom had spent […]
Tamada
Natalie Garro, 129 It’s Day 1 of Sports Day at my school, and I’m doing the same thing I did last year: seeking a moment of silence and solitude in my office, […]
Readjusting to Adjust
Berline Exume, 130 TESS During Pre-Service Training, as a group, we are told that the first few months at our new site may be rough and require a lot of flexibility. We […]
Are We Thai Yet?
Megan Cindric, 129 YinD When you try to learn a new language, there’s a transition point where you don’t just talk in the target language, you also start to think in it. […]
The Market
Michael “Beaux” Mudd, 128 TCCS Shortly after arriving at my site in Kanchanaburi, I decided to go for a bike ride. Leaving my host family’s house I went past the fields of […]
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