Returned Peace Corps Volunteers seem to have a nearly instant rapport with each other. It goes beyond the greetings of when and where you served. This is a great way to link up with other RPCVs, hear interesting stories from around the world, and grab a beer and a bite to eat among good company. In Peace Corps style, we plan many of our events around food.
Potlucks are generally in an RPCVs home.
Restaurant meetings take advantage of many of the many ethnic restaurants in the Portland metro area. The potlucks are usually held in conjunction with a program on topics as diverse as conditions inside Romanian orphanages, bicycles used around the world, or Peace Corps today. Members receive a newsletter with the monthly calendar of events, as well as news of local, national, and international interest to our members. Keep in touch with the issues of concern to returned volunteers. In the past we've hosted Peace Corps Directors Carol Bellemy, and Mark Gearan.