Americorps, Peace Corps, Teach for America

kaslew
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:28:39 +0000

nadineiru:

Are in we denial or just unaware of the scope of seismic shift we are caught up in. I see people still asking about foreign service jobs, studying international relations or working in international development and as someone in the sector, the naivety is make me feel gaslit.

For the foreseeable future, peeps need to forget the peace corps, forget the foreign service, forget a career in international development (especially as Americans), forget international relations as major, if your kid is in it, tell them to pivot immediately. This is our current reality.

My child graduates in a month, and the surprise for them has been how the DOGE cuts have impacted not just federal programs but also the civil sector: so many NGOs that do important global work depend upon grants from the federal government. And in the private sector, there is massive concern about the unpredictability of federal economic policy and how that will impact us in the next few years, so many private sector positions working overseas are in a pause now as well.