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How Hiking Spain’s Camino De Santiago Helped Kirsten McHugh Reconnect With Her Ill Husband
After years spent building businesses, chasing dreams and dealing with her husband Jack’s cancer diagnosis, Kirsten McHugh realized they were running out of time for something they had once taken for granted: The time they had left together.
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WHERE AM I FROM? Cultural fluency through a child’s book.
1 MINUTE READ Author Elisavet Arkolaki and her family are from everywhere. Passionate about travel and inspired by global learning, she raises her children in-between countries, cultures and languages. She writes to build cultural understanding and sensitivity in young children while they are still eager to learn. Along with Greek […]
OF TRADITION, FOOD AND CULTURE. Bridging Cultures with food & customs.
An Adult Third Culture Kid and International Adoptee Shares how her Swedish Family Instilled a Strong Sense of Identity. 6 MINUTE READ by Anna Svedberg Growing up as a Third Culture Kid can be complicated enough, navigating different cultures and customs while still maintaining the common thread of identity. Add […]
Part II of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE LIFE WHEN WHITE IS THE STATUS QUO AND ANYTHING ELSE IS “OTHER?”
Britain’s racism hasn’t disappeared; it’s just gone underground. When white is the status quo and anything‘other’ is exactly that, where do you go? For me, it’s Morocco.
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, BLACKNESS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HOMOGENEITY. 3 MINUTE READ Around the globe, no matter where you find the shade of skin that ranges from milky to mocha, deep chocolate to charcoal, as varied as the skin tone, so are the representations and cultures. Yet many reduce […]
Part III of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- WHAT COLOR IS ACCEPTABLE?
I have always known I was black (the term of the time) but it was never an issue and more of a marking of my physical identity, no difference. There were no presumptions or idea of who I am. “I am Sonja — want to be friends?
