Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk (center) going over plans for new houses with the Junta de Vecinos at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile
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Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Fisk worked with the community to create a housing cooperative and build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.