Last week I shared a story about how an experience I had during our year abroad put me in the shoes of any new immigrant who’s ever come to America. It’s impossible to understand the difficulty of being a stranger in an unfamiliar land until you experience it firsthand. That’s why I did a little dance when I discovered the nonpartisan, nonprofit, Welcoming America.
Last week’s post highlighted the rewards of going abroad to get “educated” — a valuable endeavor, to be sure. However, plenty of children around the world don’t even have the luxury…
I can shout from the mountaintops until I’m blue in the face about how valuable and important it is to get out of our cultural bubbles. Since I want to…
As the very first donation post, I’m excited to feature a non-profit whose work resonates with what I’m looking to advance as I launch BecomingBetterPeople. The mission of StoryCorps is…