CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Peace Corps Iran Association Reunion and Conference:

 “Past Reflection and Future Vision”
کنفرانس و گردهمایی انجمن گروه صلح ایران:یادگارها و خاطراتی از گذشته و چشم اندازی به آینده 

Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2025

 

Friday, October 3, 2025

4-6:00 PM:  Conference Registration – 5th floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

6:00 PM:  Address by the Honorable Joe Kennedy, III, Former Congressman, Diplomat, and RPCV (Dominican Republic, 2004-06)

  • View the introduction by Donna Shalala and the complete address by  Joe Kennedy III by clicking HERE.

Saturday, October 4, 2025

 

9-10:30 AM:  First Plenary – Auditorium:  “Peace Corps Iran:  Early Volunteers and a PCIA Retrospective”

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    • Conference logistics: Skip Auld and Brad Hanson.
      • View just this segment by clicking HERE.
    •  Welcome PCIA President Chuck Kaminski.
    • Introduction of NPCA president by PCIA Past- President Jeanette Gottlieb.
    • Welcome by National Peace Corps Association President, Dan Baker.
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    • Doug Schermer, co-founder of  PCIA and webmaster, will briefly review PCIA history.
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    • PCIA President Chuck Kaminski will introduce, Donna Shalala, who entitles her talk, “Time present and Time past are perhaps both present in Time future” (a quote from TS Elliott).
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    • Allen Clutter moderates a panel of fellow Group 1 PCVs, each speaking to their individual experiences, reflecting on the first two years of Peace Corps in Iran,  Panel members include John Lorentz, Richard Eaton, Jeff Gritzner, and Jack Huxtable 
      • View this segment by clicking HERE.

10:30 – 11 AM:  Break

11 AM – 12:15 PM: Second Plenary – Auditorium: “The Life and Legacy of Forough-e Farrokhzad”

1:15-2:15 PM:  Breakout Session 1:  “Iranian Nomads:  Past, Present, and Future,”  5th Floor Event Space.

1:15-2:15 PM:  Breakout Session 2: “Reading Khayyamic Quatrains Poetically,” — Auditorium.

2:45-4:30 PM:  Third Plenary – Auditorium:  Peace Corps Iran Documentary Film, “When We Grew Together”

Sunday, October 5, 2025

8:45 AM:  Three videos opened Sunday’s schedule “Zan, Zandegi va Azadi”;

9-10:15 AM:  Fourth Plenary – Auditorium:  “Women, Life, Protest  in Contemporary Iran”

10:15-10:45 AM:  Break10:45 AM – 12 Noon: Fifth Plenary – Auditorium : “Iran Today and the Way Forward for Diplomatic Openings”

1-2:15 PM:  Breakout Session 6:  Film: “The Dawn Is Too Far,” — Auditorium

 

2:45-4:15 PM:  Sixth Plenary: “A Look Ahead :  Peace Corps Legacy and PCIA” –Auditorium

6-8PM:  Persian Buffet Dinner and Tea, catered by “Joon” Restaurant – 5th floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.

 

 

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