PRESERVATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PEACE CORPS

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Sam Farr, U.S. Congressman, 17th District - California

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This petition will help to introduce legislation to assure that the U.S. Peace Corps, as it passes through organizational and legislative changes, will not be misused or directed by other government organizations.

PETITION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PEACE CORPS: RESOLVED, that we, the petitioners, demand of our government that the following be made law: That the Peace Corps shall remain an independent agency, -- That its applicants will remain to be screened, as they are now, to exclude former or present employees of U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies through a National Agency Check and other means; and that this screening be more rigorously enforced via an immediate increase in funds and staffing, along with simultaneously allowing broader and more flexible policy options to effectively acheive the goal of enforcing the aforementioned screening without exception, -- That the USA Freedom Corps, the USA Freedom Corps Council, or any similar initiative, agency, or grouping of individuals, shall not vote or otherwise decide on the mission or policy of the U.S. Peace Corps, and that the U.S. Peace Corps shall retain the right to withhold information from the USA Freedom Corps Council, pursuant to Section 3(f)(iii) of the Presidential Executive Order establishing the USA Freedom Corps, or pursuant to any request to provide the aforementioned Council with relevant information. -- This petition is made in the spirit of and in accordance with the people%u2019s first and tenth Amendment rights. Presented this ___ day of _____, _____. (Signatures)

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Thank you for signing the petition to assist in the preservation of an Independent Peace Corps. The petition will be delivered to Congressman Sam Farr (CA-17) very soon this January of 2008.

You can continue to monitor the progress of issues related to the preservation of an independent Peace Corps by joining the yahoo.com group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/independentpeacecorps/

If you have not already, it is also recommended that you periodically visit Peace Corps Online at http://www.peacecorpsonline.org
A recent Peace Corps Online article (the result of two years of surveillance-related legislation research) written by the author of the petition that you signed can be found at:
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/2202697.html

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We signed the "PRESERVATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PEACE CORPS" petition!

# 606:

9:15 am PDT, Nov 2, Brendan Peacock, California
My sister was in the peace corps

# 604:

9:13 am PDT, Nov 2, Tony Peacock, California
My daughter was in the peace corps

# 603:

9:12 am PDT, Nov 2, Ginger Peacock, California
My daughter was in the Peace Corps

# 602:

9:10 am PDT, Nov 2, Briana Peacock, California
My sister was in the Peace Corps

# 601:

9:03 am PDT, Nov 2, Christa Peacock, California
I believe in the Peace Corps Goals.

# 600:

4:32 pm PDT, Sep 23, Scott Zorc, Georgia

# 599:

9:12 pm PDT, Aug 30, Bonnie Barker, Wisconsin

# 598:

4:43 pm PDT, Aug 30, Thomas Gwidt, Wisconsin
I am signing this because I beleive the Peace Corp is a great program for people really getting to understand the humanity side of life.

# 597:

11:59 pm PDT, Aug 28, Karen Krueger, Florida
PCV's live in their own world when they are in the field; in order for them to be successful, their right of Independance needs to be respected.

# 596:

2:16 pm PDT, Aug 28, Katherine Stewart, Wisconsin
The Peace Corps needs to be independent to be effective in promoting world peace. It needs to be protected from those who would use it for their own less worthy aims.

# 595:

5:59 pm PDT, Aug 27, Robert Unertl, Wisconsin

# 594:

3:43 pm PDT, Aug 27, John Ertl, Wisconsin

# 593:

12:31 pm PDT, Aug 27, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 592:

10:15 am PDT, Aug 27, James Smart, Minnesota
it's critical to keep the politics out of the Peace Corps. Given the "current occupant's" record, he'd probably want them to arm the Volunteers!

# 591:

7:49 am PDT, Aug 27, Cynthia Smart, Minnesota

# 590:

7:44 am PDT, Aug 27, Janet Balzer, Wisconsin
The Peace Corps is one of the the organizations that represent the United States as true steward to the oustide world. It is working and effect."If it ain"t broke why fix it?'

# 589:

7:10 am PDT, Aug 27, John N Smart, Wisconsin
The Peace Corps' effectiveness in its mission would be dangerously undercut if people around the world believe that it is an arm of the CIA or the U.S. military. As President Kennedy and Director Shriver understood, the Peace Corps' integrity lies in its independence.

# 588:

3:00 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jsoeph Mikulka, Massachusetts

# 587:

2:42 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jay Cevelo, Indiana

# 586:

11:56 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, California
I'm signing this because as a former Peace Corps Volunteer and as someone who believes very strongly in its goals, I believe the Peace Corps should be kept free from entanglements with other federal agencies who's goals and aims aren't as open, peace-oriented and helpful in terms of world understanding and peace.

# 585:

11:36 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, Louisiana

# 584:

10:39 am PDT, Aug 26, Nathan Danielsen, California
PC is most effective as a nonpartisan organization. Keeps PC in the field safer.

# 583:

7:02 pm PDT, Aug 25, Peter Szydlowski, California
i served for 5 years in the PC and know that it is invaluable on individual, national and international bases and therefore its independence must be protected

# 582:

5:58 pm PDT, Aug 25, Jacki Moothart, Louisiana

# 581:

11:24 am PDT, Aug 25, Kylie Krick, Illinois
I am a current PCV serving in Africa.

# 579:

9:05 am PST, Feb 12, Christine Iadeluca, New York

# 578:

1:02 pm PDT, Aug 30, Linda Bonura, Louisiana

# 577:

4:27 am PDT, Jun 8, Karen M. Krueger, Florida
Peace Corp's identity is possibly one of the most unique in the world; there is no other volunteer organization like the Peace Corps. Part and parcel of maintaining this "identity" is preserving the practices that have worked since PC's inception; and being very guarded towards all these new ideas and pressures that come up. Independance of the Agency and the volunteer has always worked very well because the PC is not bigoted about its mission; it has been made fun of for sure, but I do not think it is bigoted about its mission. Actually, to most Americans, the service areas and countries that the PC works in are of no concern to them anyway.

# 576:

6:54 am PDT, May 7, Stephanie Lessard, New Hampshire

# 575:

8:01 am PDT, Apr 29, Richard N. Ryan, California
I believe reservation of Peace Corps independence from politically motivated and militaristic goals is imperative.

# 574:

8:54 pm PDT, Apr 27, Dirk A. Ballendorf, Guam
to improve the Peace Corps

# 573:

6:17 pm PDT, Apr 27, Peter Wadsworth, Chile
Because I still believe in the Peace Corps' mission.

# 572:

1:43 pm PDT, Apr 27, Judith Ann Howe White, Minnesota
Celebrating the survival of the PC from the influences of Vasquez!!!

# 571:

2:43 pm PDT, Apr 26, John W. Blaine, Alaska
The mission of the US Peace Corps should not be changed. I hope the President will consider appointing a returned Peace Corps Volunteer to head the program in the future.

# 570:

12:58 pm PDT, Apr 26, Nancy Keebler Bissell, Arizona
I am proud of my service as a Peace Corps volunteer. I do not want to see the Peace Corps change its focus and become an arm of the political establishment. The next director should be a returned Peace Corps volunteer.

# 569:

11:03 am PDT, Apr 26, Miki Shaler, California

# 568:

7:35 pm PDT, Apr 20, Carmen Bailey, Texas

# 567:

7:48 pm PST, Mar 30, Dr. Neilson Ph.D., Florida

# 566:

4:04 am PST, Mar 28, CC Schenk, North Carolina

# 565:

10:47 am PST, Mar 19, Nikolai Dragnes, Norway

# 564:

3:58 am PST, Mar 15, Tracy Slager, Indiana

# 563:

3:58 pm PST, Mar 7, Michael Mitsuda, California

# 562:

5:41 am PST, Mar 3, Matt McCaw, Romania
I am currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania and I am afraid that my mission is being changed in a negative way.

# 561:

1:44 am PST, Feb 26, Steve Klein, Canada

# 560:

12:12 pm PST, Jan 21, C Lisa Jackson, Oregon

# 559:

12:09 am PST, Jan 11, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 558:

10:39 pm PST, Dec 30, Dinda Evans, California

# 557:

11:43 pm PST, Dec 26, Robin Harrison, Oklahoma

# 556:

5:10 pm PST, Dec 24, Ms Zentura, Wyoming

# 555:

11:43 am PST, Dec 22, Chandra Patel, Tennessee

# 554:

9:21 pm PST, Dec 12, Michele Long, Kentucky

# 553:

7:24 pm PST, Dec 10, Andre Cadieux, Washington D.C.
The Peace Corps' mission transcends the short-term interests of either political party. It should remain robustly independent of short-term political calculous.

# 552:

1:41 pm PST, Dec 7, Name not displayed, Canada

# 551:

6:44 pm PST, Nov 28, Ariel Wilyer, New Mexico

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