This South African Brand Creates Beauty from Waste
South African brand Rarity is a Fair Trade company that creates handbags from natural materials that may otherwise be discarded.
Holiday Cheer is Sent with Lovepop
Founded in 2014, Lovepop creates exquisite laser-cut pop-up cards. With hundreds of unique designs, Lovepop makes any holiday magical.
How One Third Culture Adult Started His Own Winery
Oxymoronic as it sounds, The Infinite Monkey Theorem is an urban winery founded on the principle of making order out of chaos. Third Culture Adult Ben Parsons grew up in London, studied winemaking in Australia and began his career on Colorado’s Western Slope.
Emil Pinnock Embraces His Cross-Cultural & Entrepreneurial Roots
Emil Pinnock is an American film director, producer, writer and actor from Harlem, New York, U.S. In his 30s, Pinnock has been active in the film industry for more than two decades.
The Cultural Wheel of Change is Calling
Hosted by two self-described changemakers from vastly different industries, VOC highlights others doing the work to understand the mindsets, situations and motivations that help them change the world.
Amber McCue, Global Nomad & Modern CEO
Here’s how one working mom designed a location-independent lifestyle for herself and her family.
Empowerment in Conversation, Part Two: Support Women
In part one of this conversation, we introduced you to Jemi Laclé and Claudia Koerbler, two intercultural Washington, D.C. professionals who are expert communicators. Here, we learn more about how these accomplished friends promote female empowerment.
Fear, Faith and Film, Part 1
Augusto Valverde and Alex Harz had never met one another before I introduced them this past June. They were both presenting their work at the Fifth-Annual SeriesFest, a Denver-based festival and marketplace dedicated to showcasing innovative episodic content from around the world.
Curly Hair Controversy
Longtime entrepreneur Arlene Rivera, 55, is a has been doing hair for three decades. She operated salons in Puerto Rico before relocating to the Rocky Mountains and is a self-proclaimed “hair doctor” who believes that understanding curly and wavy hair is about more than simply knowing an individual’s ethnicity.
Natural Hair Reigns
People with curls and locs have long endured inadvertent (and sometimes overt) microaggressions. Increasingly, however, natural hair in all its forms is all the rage.
