Interview with Caitlin Dickson, June 19, 2020
Project: Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dickson discusses her brief time working with youth in and out of school in Nukutcia, Fiji. She talks about her training, living conditions, and her early evacuation due to COVID-19. She also talks about racism among Fijians and the help provided upon her return by the RPCV community in the U.S.Interview Accession
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Fiji (Country of service) 2019-2020 (Date of service) Youth Development Diversity in the Peace Corps Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) Diversity Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer (EPCV) Evacuation Peace Corps (U.S.)--2020-Evacuation #covid19 Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Youth in DevelopmentInterview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Fiji. Fiji COVID-19 (Disease) Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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Dickson, Caitlin Interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. 19 Jun. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Dickson, C. (2020, June 19). Interview by E. Ganzglass. Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Dickson, Caitlin, interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. June 19, 2020, Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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