Communication through human connection
A brief note from EA: After last week’s post “Trees Never Meet” we got a lot of great response over Zoe’s idea that “perhaps friendship is the ultimate test of whether your ‘service has impact.’” I...
View ArticleMisconceptions
Today’s post comes from Florin Langer, a Global Citizen Year Fellow. Florin is passionate about learning about different cultures, global issues like poverty, and conveying stories through photography,...
View ArticleLosing “They,” Living “We,” Becoming Me
Today’s post comes from Alice Brower, a born and bread Tarheel from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was Matt Cone’s student, part of the Global Poverty Reading Group, and presented along with Matt...
View ArticleExplaining Obama’s Immigration Policy @ Thanksgiving Dinner
The Thanksgiving holiday has become, more than any other religious or secular celebration, America’s annual “homecoming”. This year in particular, AAA predicts about 41 million of us will hit the road,...
View ArticleFood for Thought
When I think of my paternal grandmother, I can smell her house. I can smell the delicious Cuban food simmering in the kitchen of her little wooden abode in the lush Miami neighborhood of Coral Gables....
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