U.S. Peace Corps

Associate Mary J. Bortscheller served for two years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a volunteer English teacher in Sichuan Province, China, before going to law school and is an active member of the Chicago Area Peace Corps Association.

The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. Since that time, 200,000+ Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.