They say there are two Americas today. Go back in time and we find more–but not too far back, mind[…]
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These articles will focus on our shared culture or lack thereof. What can we find out about ourselves and our place in history from what we see in our dominant culture and our sub cultures.
Janice Volunteers at an Orphanage in Ecuador
We’ve read about Ecuador before from contributors to The Periphery. This golden nugget in South America rests, as its name suggests,[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #7: Stories (And Lessons) From a Memphis Retirement Home
Who better to share about the South than those who’ve been there the longest? On July 27 on my Southern Experience road[…]
Read moreBreaking the Taboo of Mental Illness
Dear Brandon, I live with mental illness; specifically, bipolar disorder. I am a member of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental[…]
Read moreAyla: The Finale – The 13 Lessons She Learned Traveling the World
After Cuba, Ayla’s next destination was her starting point–her home Norway. In this, Ayla’s final post, she looks back on[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 15: Cuba
It ends with an even 10. Ayla’s last stop on her three-month world travel is country #10: Cuba. A country unseen[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #6: Sights Along the Side Roads From Arkansas to Memphis
While engaging in conversations with the locals highlighted my Southern road trip, in between were the jaunts–the cruises from point[…]
Read moreCultural Integration vs Segregation: How to Move Forward in America
Today we can connect with other cultures and people easier than ever–whether through media, by physically going to other places,[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 13: Staying at the Florida Weed House
After Ayla’s dad flew back to Norway, Ayla was left alone for the third time on her three-month world excursion.[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #5: Conversations on Spirituality, Connectedness, and Segregation With the People of Hot Springs, Arkansas
Bob the spiritual man shared about an unexplained sighting out in the woods. Tracy the Southern socialite talked about race, class, and her[…]
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