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Africa Yoga Project: Changing lives through the practice of yoga
The Africa Yoga Project’s vision is to inspire and empower individuals through the restoring practice of yoga. The Kenyan organization’s 98 trained and dedicated yoga instructors hold 350 classes a week in prisons, schools, rural villages, HIV/AIDS support groups, special-accommodation centers […]
Backburners – Preparing for the Worst as a Third Culture Kid
In a recent study, researchers explored how new communication tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, make it easier for individuals to keep ‘backburners’. What is a backburner, you ask? A backburner is someone who you are not involved with at […]
Acknowledging the TCK experience: Refusing to Be Erased
I love great conversation. I love stimulating intellectual discourse, and I love passionate debates that stay within the boundaries of mutual respect. However, there are some topics that are not up for debate. If I had a conversation with colleagues […]
Neoliberalism Part 3: What Happened in Jamaica?
In order to understand how Neoliberalism affects Jamaica, We have to look at some history. The Island was a colonial possession of England until its independence in 1962. Many countries that have been colonies of westerns powers have had trouble, […]
TCK RELATIONSHIPS: Closeness and jealousy
The following finding on a new relationship study didn’t surprise me, but it was hard to hear. The study found that if your romantic partner is a large part of your self-concept and a part of your future projects, you […]
6 reasons why YouTube is shaping the world around us
When former Paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created YouTube in 2005, they couldn’t have possibly known the video powerhouse that YouTube would become. Today, YouTube has mounted to a huge societal component of how we communicate […]
Festivals around the world: Diwali
Every year, during the fall, an ancient Hindu festival called “Diwali” is celebrated. Diwali is also commonly known as “Deepavali” and it means the “festival of lights.” According to Hinduism Today, “the festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over […]
FIFA under scrutiny
Controversy in sport has plagued every major sports league. The National Football League and the illegal videotaping of games formerly known as spygate, the numerous allegations of performing enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, and personal issues that took Tiger […]