http://www.norcalpca.org Calendar of Events Join us for this month's book club meeting at Finfine, an Ethopian restaurant not too far from the BART Ashby Station. We will be discussing Power Line written by Jason Carter who is Jimmy Carter's grandson. Jason served as a volunteer in South Africa. As usual everyone is welcome whether you have read the book or not, are an RPCV or a future RPCV or always wanted to be an RPCV. Come socialize, enjoy good food and company. http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=567 Preparation meeting for the June 1,2 Innovation Challenge at SF State. We'll be discussing potential challenges specific to serving prospective, serving and returned Peace Corps Volunteers that our RPCV team will be working on. If you cannot attend in person there will be a conference call option available. Note that the Federal Building closes at 6pm so you must arrive before then to enter the building. Please RSVP to Yune Lee if you are attending ylee[at]peacecorps.gov Day of Event de http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=569 Join fellow RPCV developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs and activists in a National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State June 1st and 2nd. We’ll be hacking to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions to solve challenges relevant to prospective Volunteers, serving volunteers and RPCVs. Potential challenges include -app to connect prospective volunteers with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in their area -calendaring/meet-up app to assist resou http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=568 Over the past decade, the non-profit Enagnon Dandan (It Must Work!) has been working with Peace Corps Volunteers to improve health, education, and commerce in rural Beninese communities. They've built a health center and classrooms, planted protein-rich moringa trees, and bridged relationships between ethnic groups. Erin Bowman (Benin 04-06) has organized a benefit for Enagnon Dandan a Vinyl Wine Bar where they are donating a portion of bar sales from the event. Come enjoy Afrofunk, Motown, http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=565 Join fellow RPCV developers, designers, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs and activists in a National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State June 1st and 2nd. We’ll be hacking to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions to solve challenges relevant to prospective Volunteers, serving volunteers and RPCVs. Potential challenges include -app to connect prospective volunteers with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in their area -calendaring/meet-up app to assist resou http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=570 NorCalBoard Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. All NorCalPCA members are welcome to our NorCal Board meetings. Come find out what is going on with the organization and how you can help. Past Meeting Minutes can be found at http://norcalpca.org/content.cfm?id_con=23 http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=498 Come mingle with RPCVs and staff of Hesperian Health Guides the publisher of Where There is No Doctor. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. They develop easy to read materials in local languages. There will be a presentation on Hesperian's current initiatives and discussion on how knowledge leads to change, and how Hesperian resources in print and di http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=566 Join the local South Bay RPCVs for a night at the theater. We'll be watching "Wild With Happy" in downtown Mountain View. Synopsis: Mom passed away—now where to put her? In a raucous contemporary comedy, a struggling black actor rejects the rituals of grief, opting instead for a rapturous road trip to the happiest place on earth. Hilarious yet immensely touching, this runaway hit of our 2011 New Works Festival stars Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo as a devoted son on a manic mission to a http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=572 Come join some Santa Rosa area RPCVs for dinner at Abyssinia Restaurant in Santa Rosa, touting Ethiopian/Eritean food. Their menu "offers a wide selection of dishes using both traditional and modern recipes that appeal to all tastes. Diners can request entrees made vegetarian-style, or with any of our fresh meats." You can find out more at www.my-abyssinia.com Whether you are recently returned, or returned 50 years ago, you are welcome. Come meet new people, see old friends, chat about you http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=571 Are you an RPCV looking to meet potential employers in the Bay Area, get advice on job search strategies, have your resume reviewed and network with other RPCVs from the area? Then be sure to attend Northern California Peace Corps Association's upcoming RPCV Career Fair on Friday, June 21st in San Francisco! The Career Fair is a networking event aimed at connecting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers with exhibitors from for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors. Date: Friday, June http://www.norcalpca.org/content.cfm?calendar=true&id_cal=533