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PEACE CORPS SPRING RECRUITMENT INFO SESSION
Come, hear about how YOU can join the Peace Corps! Have questions about the Peace Corps? Get answers from a Senior Recruiter!
This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Register today! It is open to teens and adults only and will include light refreshments.
- Date:
- Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Time:
- 4:30pm - 5:30pm
- Location:
- Hull Street Meeting Room
- Categories:
- Civic Life Lectures & Talks Life & Job Skills
- Audience:
- Adults New Adults (Ages 19-24) Teen (Grade 6-12)
Event Organizer
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.