Young Men’s Leadership Camp: The Metal Elective

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In the second year of my Peace Corps service, I ran a week-long summer camp along with 3 other PC volunteers. During the day, young men aged 13-18 would attend a rotation of classes on Democracy, Service Learning, Life Skills, Health Training (from Red Cross), and of course, Outdoor Activities.

For their evenings, students had the option to choose from a bunch of “electives”: stand-alone topics that one or two Peace Corps volunteers would teach, centered around a passion or hobby that they could share. My friend David and I chose Metal. It went over so well that we did an encore session for students who missed it the first time.

While not the most polished piece I’ve ever done (rush job for sure) and admittedly cheesy, I still really enjoy the Metal Timeline I created for that elective:

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Cycle Macedonia

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Two friends in the MAK 13 Peace Corps group were trying to get Macedonia on the map for adventure tourism. They plotted out a gorgeous route through some of the secretly awesome areas of the country that most tourists pass over for the overt beauty of Lake Ohrid. And thus, Cycle Macedonia was born. I designed this logo that was used on the website and t-shirts for participants, and am excited that Cycle MK is still going!

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Skopje Squirrel Charity Tournament

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The Skopje Squirrel event was a clothing drive/basketball/soccer tournament, all volunteer-run on a budget of $0. It worked thanks to a lot of generous donations and a host of local student and Peace Corps volunteers.

“Why a squirrel?”, you may wonder.

We were hard pressed to find a better S animal. Salamander? Snake? We were also conscious of the fact that it had to sound reasonable catchy in Macedonian too. Squirrel it was.

So I drew up this beefy squirrel dude to represent.

official skopje squirrel logo 2011

Bonus:

I also made 3 trophies for the event winners from paper mache, to match our logo. (Very serious about that budget of $0). Here I am with the Bronze Medal Trophy Squirrel before it was awarded to the winning team:

 me with squirrrel

Seks i Zdravje

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While in the Peace Corps in Macedonia, I served on the volunteer-run  Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Committee (SRHEC). We partnered with a Roma organization on the outskirts of Skopje and led short workshops for teens about Love & Peer Pressure, AIDS and STI Prevention, Men’s and Women’s Health, and Whole Body Fitness. I designed this flier (in both English and Macedonian) about the workshops.

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