Interview with Alynthia Penn, November 4, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In 2019, Alynthia Penn served in the Eastern Caribbean with Peace Corps Response as a Literacy Support Specialist. While working with the Ministry of Education, her duties included teacher and curriculum development, and tutoring and diagnostic assessment in elementary and middle schools. Alynthia speaks of the beauty of the natural landscape, the delicious food, and the soothing nature of the sea--the Atlantic Ocean was almost always in sight. As an African American volunteer, one surprising delight was using currency featuring a Black man with an Afro for the first time in her life. Alynthia's service year was closed early due to a dispute over an allegation of withholding health information. After Global Reentry 2020, she is hopeful that Peace Corps will use RPCV feedback from NPCA Town Halls to consider volunteers’ social positions and modify its approach to mental health for improved wellbeing across Peace Corp’s diverse community.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Country of service) 2019 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Education St. Vincent and the Grenadines Peace Corps (U.S.)--2010-2020 Peace Corps (U.S.)—Management Peace Corps staff Response Volunteers English (Language) Peace Corps-related medical issues Diversity in the Peace Corps Black AmericansInterview Rights
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Penn, Alynthia Interview by Joyce L. Jenkins. 04 Nov. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Penn, A. (2021, November 04). Interview by J. L. Jenkins. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Penn, Alynthia, interview by Joyce L. Jenkins. November 04, 2021, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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