Interview with Craig Martin Chavis, Jr., August 13, 2020

Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project

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Craig Martin Chavis Jr. served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru from 2014 to 2016, in Community Economic Development. His training cohort was Peru 23. Prior to Peace Corps service, he studied Spanish and International Business, including Study Abroad in Costa Rica and Spain. He earned an MBA from the University of Tampa, where he met a Peace Corps recruiter. Peace Corps training was conducted in Chaclacayo. He stayed with a host family in the Yanacoto neighborhood. Training included Spanish and Quechua languages. Assignment was in the town of Tambo Grande, Piura, Peru. Work involved Business Coaching, and Youth Entrepreneurship. He was a founding member of Peace Corps Peru’s Diversity Task Force, and a member of the Peer Support Network. While there, Craig wrote an article titled “Being Black in Peru: My Experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer.” Interview discusses experiences in training, service, post service, return to Peru, and issues faced by a black volunteer in Peru.

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2020oh0350_pcrv0005

Interviewee Name

Craig Martin Chavis, Jr.

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Julius "Jay" Sztuk

Interview Date

2020-08-13

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Chavis, Craig Martin, Jr. Interview by Julius Sztuk. 13 Aug. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Chavis, C.M., Jr. (2020, August 13). Interview by J. Sztuk. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Chavis, Craig Martin, Jr., interview by Julius Sztuk. August 13, 2020, 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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