Lia Conger
VIDEO: Part II: What does community mean to you?
In this world, these are an endless amount of ways to make connections. In your surroundings, you have the ability to create a community around you. This can be whatever you need it to be, a group of friends, a […]
VIDEO: Part I of III: Marriage equality around the world
Australian chief executives on Tuesday are calling on their country’s political leaders to support marriage equality. Alan Joyce, the CEO of Australia’s airline Quantas, is openly gay and he has an opinion on marriage equality. “The fact an openly gay […]
Part II of III: Marriage equality around the world
Marriage equality politics plays a part around the whole world but more recently, some statements have come out about marriage equality politics surrounding the United States. “Do you know of any society, prior to the Netherlands in 2001, that permitted […]
VIDEO: Part III of III: Marriage equality around the world
An 8-year-old boy was recently the center of a controversy. At a Fairfax County School Board meeting in the United States, people of the board spoke against a change in the school’s policy to include “gender identity” in their anti-discrimination […]
Marc Lamont Hill on Obama: The post-racial lie
“We have to dissect that stuff [media] and critically analyze it,” said Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. “Our goal shouldn’t be post-racial, it should be post-promise.” In a recent speech, Dr. Hill, author; scholar; journalist; professor and social rights activist, addressed his audience about […]
Kayla’s TCK experience without actually traveling
Welcome to Culturs! Where we speak your language. What does that mean? Depending on who you are and how you identify, we speak your language by exploring the diversity of cultures and how each person puts their own unique spin […]
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: A “Grace”ful blend of races
As a self-identified African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee, Grace Stamps gets inspiration for her paintings from her race. “I just found out about a week ago that I’m Cherokee,” said Stamps. “I haven’t even begun to explore that side of me […]
Three Reasons Global Pollution Matters Locally
According to Michael Brauer, Professor at University of British Columbia, air pollution is responsible for more ill health than malaria and there is quite a lot of evidence of air pollution being linked to diabetes and premature birth. That’s a […]