Interview with Madeline Radkey Kellner, June 17, 2020
Project: Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Madeline Kellner was a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in women's leadership in Peru with her husband Clint from January 2020 - March 2020. They had originally served in Guatemala from 2016 - 2018. She describes Iquitos, the largest town in the Peruvian Amazon, and the work they had begun before evacuation due to COVID-19. She describes the evacuation process and the shock of coming home to a completely transformed U.S.Interview Accession
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Peru (Country of service) 2020 (Date of service) Women's leadership Response Volunteers Older volunteers Married couples Medical issues Peace Corps goals Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer (EPCV) Guatemala (Country of service) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Older Americans Peace Corps (U.S.)--2020-Evacuation #covid19 2016-2018 (Date of service) Peace Corps Response Job: Women's LeadershipInterview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Peru Peace Corps (U.S.)--Guatemala COVID-19 (Disease) Peru Guatemala Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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Kellner, Madeline Radkey Interview by Candice Diehl Wiggum. 17 Jun. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Kellner, M.R. (2020, June 17). Interview by C. D. Wiggum. Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Kellner, Madeline Radkey, interview by Candice Diehl Wiggum. June 17, 2020, Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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