Finding Speakers For Educators and Students
Are you looking for an expert to come to your school to talk about the Middle East?  or terrorism?  Or Mexico?  Or another global subject?  Check out the list of speakers bureaus and use the contact information provided to arrange your school’s next presentation.

Carolina Speakers, UNC Speakers Bureau
More than ninety experts from UNC have volunteered addresses on more than one hundred and fifty topics.  There is no cost to arrange a speaker to come to your school.  Please contact Carolina Speakers at (919) 962-1993 or uncspeak@unc.edu for more information, or visit their website at: www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak/index.html

K-12 International Outreach Program, University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
Available free of charge to educators, UNC’s K-12 International Outreach Program brings the world to schools through educational speakers, programs, and performances that engage students in learning about other countries, cultures, and international current events.  For more information please contact Genevieve Joseph at (919) 962-6860 or k12outreach@unc.edu, or visit their website at: www.ucis.unc.edu/k12outreach/index.html

Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS), Speakers Program on Issues of National and International Security
TISS, a consortium of UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and NC State University, provides, at no cost, faculty and other specialists to offer information on issues of international security.  Please contact Carolyn Pumphrey at (919) 684-5162 or pumphrey@duke.edu for more information, or visit www.duke.edu/web/tiss

Local Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Groups
Many returned volunteers are willing to share their experiences from having lived in a developing country.  Visit the National Peace Corps Speakers Bureau website at: www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=21 or view www.rpcv.org/pages/groups.cfm for a list of local groups of returned volunteers.  Following each links will provide you with contact information for representatives of local groups of returned volunteers.  Currently in NC there are five organized groups including: the NC Peace Corps Association (Raleigh area), Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of UNC-Chapel Hill, the Charlotte Area Peace Corps Association, Coastal Carolina Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Wilmington area), and Returned Volunteers of Western NC (Asheville area).