Why 20th Century Diversity doesn’t fit 21st Century Citizens

I have come across something quite troubling in the many training activities surrounding diversity. In these activities I am required to admit my struggles and my privileges.   The way that we focus on diversity, and how we talk about […]

The 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star game, held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, USA, was broadcast to a global audience in 215 countries and in over 40 languages. The nearly two and a half hour […]

The United States celebrates its independence from Britain every year on July 4th.  To celebrate with all American TCKs (is that even a proper characterization?  Can one be a TCK and actually identify with one country?  #oxymoron).  Well, for those […]

As global nomads we all know that people change as they interact with new cultures around them, merging and morphing into a mix of all that they have been exposed to. Taking in what touches them, makes them stronger and […]

“There’s good and there’s bad here, it’s not a perfect place” Lavish beach-front estates that line the shore are contrasted with brightly patched up shacks and huts. Wealthy hotel owners head home in clean, air conditioned cars while local fisherman […]

An infuriating buzzing noise dragged me out of my deep sleep. So irritating. I cracked my eyes open wearily. What could it be? Straining my ears but still trying to hang on to the sweet surrender of sleep, I lift […]

Crossing borders is difficult. TCK’s cross borders all the time, cultural, national and political borders. But there are also boarders for rights and equality. It’s hard to be a TCK and to have that travel itch, but it can also […]