Archive for June, 2003

Second Guyana Post Card

June 19th, 2003 by Jason Pearce.

I sent of a second postcard to my Guyana Peace Corps friends today. In the next three months, I plan on sending them a card every other week in memory of our times together one year ago. Here’s what the latest card said: Dear Friends, By this time last year, we were all being entertained [...]

Protest at the Peace Corps

June 18th, 2003 by Jason Pearce.

Interesting news. After reading Peace Corps Online’s “Protest at the Peace Corps” story, I placed a little post at the end telling others about my experience with the Peace Corps.” I wrote: Guyana’s Country Director Earl Brown (2002 � 2004) has twice sent volunteers home for expressing their first amendment rights. In August 2002, I [...]

We were basically silenced

June 16th, 2003 by Jason Pearce.

PeaceCorpsOnline.org, an Independent News Forum that is not affiliated with the US Peace Corps, recently posted an article that concerns first amendment rights by volunteers serving in the Peace Corps. Having been kicked out of the Peace Corps for exercising my rights by maintaining a personal Web site, audio diary, online photo albums, and Guyana [...]

I don’t want any of you showing up on my radar

June 8th, 2003 by Jason Pearce.

I also wanted to add a new Peace Corps posting over the weekend, but failed to make the time. I will add that I mailed all of the remaining GUY10 volunteers a post card on Friday. The cover of the post card said “Dot-Com, Dot-Gone. Glad you are not a dot on [...]

A wonderful Texan with a kind heart

June 4th, 2003 by Jason Pearce.

I almost forgot to mention that I heard from Tammy Sue Cole today. Tammy was one of the volunteers who was a part of our group of 23. She’s a wonderful Texan with a kind heart. She was also one of the first volunteers from our group that I met, for we [...]