Travel
What Global Citizens can Learn from the Maasai
When I decided to travel to Kenya, I centered my documentary for Global Storytelling for Global Development around understanding the beauty of the Maasai culture. I couldn’t have been more excited about spending time with the people and learning about their traditions, rituals and daily life.
Cross-cultural Duo Win Emmy For Death-Defying Documentary
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi take home the Outstanding Directing Emmy for their documentary, “Free Solo.”
RuPaul Encourages Voter Turnout at Emmys
RuPaul’s call for voter registration and active voters has positive impacts on those with hidden diversity within the United States, even if they cannot vote.
London, a Global Nomad’s Dream Destination
Explore this city’s history and culture As the English writer Samuel Johnson once said: “Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is […]
Edna Earlene Motley: The Story of a Global Life Well-Lived
In the all-too-swift arc that is the story of our lives, we touch thousands, change many, and are ourselves changed — often for the better. If we’re fortunate, our children become our friends, and they are there to honor the work we’ve done in the world when it’s our time to leave it. Such is the story of Edna Motley and her daughter Sonja.
Anita Henestrosa, Mission: Inspiration
With first-hand understanding of how fear almost stopped her, Anita Henestrosa shares powerful lessons to help today’s youth own their futures.
How Afro-Latino Sedrique Olison Embraces All of Himself
All the boys in his family have unique names — including titles. “Master Sedrique Lynn Von Olison,” he laughs. It’s an effortless, full-bodied diaphragmatic roar perfect for his towering six-foot-five frame, caramel skin and dazzling pearly whites. With a laugh as contagious as his personality, I found myself sunk, engulfed, all-in. And that’s Olison’s advice to you, as well.
Discovering U.S. Military B.R.A.T. Culture Through Art
An estimated five percent of the U.S. population grew up in a military family, but there is not one television show dedicated to its subculture. There are no academic studies or museums focusing solely on military children. There is no Military B.R.A.T. or TCK section in your local library.

















