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Peace Corps medical clearance

24 Dec 2014

A Day When Enemies Stopped Fighting

Here’s a repeat of last year’s Christmas season blog. I thought it was particularly timely this year. and as I put it together, a quote from Margaret Mead came to mind: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, … Read More

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8 Oct 2014

The Unhappy Final Weeks

Once we got our medical clearance, the pace quickened. Here’s another deleted scene from our Pre-departure days.     The phone call telling me I had cleared the final medical hurdle came in February 2004 while I was visiting my … Read More

"the Stans", At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, foster care for dogs, Janet Givens author, Peace Corps medical clearance, rescued greyhounds
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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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