Background
Peace Corps Language Week celebrates the agency's deep investment in language learning and teaching.
This year’s theme, “Building Bridges Through Language,” emphasizes how the Peace Corps uses language to connect across cultures, strengthen relationships, and foster understanding, while equipping Returned Volunteers with valuable skills to contribute to the U.S. workforce.
In this toolkit, you’ll find photos, videos, and sample posts you can share on social media and beyond. In the process, the Peace Corps invites you to reflect on your own language learning and teaching journey with the Peace Corps. You never know—you may inspire a friend, a family member, a coworker, a student, or someone else in your life to apply to be a Volunteer!
Topline Messages
- The Peace Corps builds bridges through language.
- Peace Corps helps make America stronger, safer, and more prosperous by fostering understanding abroad.
- The Peace Corps’ largest sector is Education with a particular emphasis on English language education, which promotes a better understanding of American values and opens doors of opportunity.
- Peace Corps Volunteers gain fluency in 125 languages, including languages that have very few American speakers.
- Peace Corps service equips Returned Volunteers with valuable leadership, technical, management, and language skills that make them assets to the U.S. workforce as successful entrepreneurs, business owners, and community leaders.
- Learn more at peacecorps.gov.
5 Things to Know about the Peace Corps Today
- Where We Serve: Today, there are more than 3,000 Peace Corps Volunteers serving in 59 countries worldwide.
- Application: The online application takes about an hour to complete. The journey from application to departure takes about 9 months.
- Ways to Serve: There are three ways to engage with the Peace Corps: the 2-year Peace Corps Volunteer program, the 6-12 month Peace Corps Response program, and the Virtual Service Pilot.
- Eligibility: U.S. citizens over the age of 18 can apply to serve as a Volunteer in a specific country or where they are needed most.
- Benefits: Service comes with benefits, including training, a readjustment allowance, and graduate school and federal hiring opportunities.
Learn more at peacecorps.gov.
Language Week Video
Links
- Volunteer Openings
- Connect with a Recruiter
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Portal
- Peace Corps Website
- Application Portal
- Media Library
- Language Lesson For Educators
Hashtags
#PeaceCorps #PeaceCorpsLanguageWeek
Sample Posts
You're encouraged to share your own language learning and/or teaching story on social media during Peace Corps Language Week, but the copy below might give you some ideas or serve as a starting point!
Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Posts
🌎 It’s #PeaceCorpsLanguageWeek!
Across 59 countries, @PeaceCorps Volunteers build bridges through language that connect classrooms, communities, and cultures.
Language opens doors and strengthens partnerships that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
👉 Explore opportunities to serve at peacecorps.gov
@PeaceCorps Language Week is here! 🔤
Oshikwanyama, Rukwangali, Silozi, Oshindonga, Afrikaans, and that's just Namibia! Volunteers serve all around the globe connecting with communities through language and shared work. Together, we are making a difference while bridging difference.
When we build bridges through language, we build stronger friendships, and a stronger America.
Find the right fit for you: peacecorps.gov
Facebook & Instagram Stories
Trivia
Alphabet Quiz
Use the interactive quiz function built-in to Instagram and Facebook to ask, "What alphabet is this?" Answers are typed below each image.
X/Twitter Posts
It’s #PeaceCorps Language Week! 🌎
Words build bridges between cultures and Peace Corps Volunteers build bridges all over the globe—making America stronger, safer, and more prosperous.