In 2009, American 20-something Janice Ruelo departed on a rite-of-passage for her career and life: she volunteered at an orphanage in[…]
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Growing up Poor and Black in the South: Interview With Chattanooga Ruth
They say there are two Americas today. Go back in time and we find more–but not too far back, mind[…]
Read moreJanice 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 moreNews Coverage of My “People of the South” Presentation: Now I Want to Come to Your City
As I drove the final stretch home on my Southern U.S. road trip–through Wisconsin to the Twin Cities–the idea struck[…]
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 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 moreAyla Travels the World, Part 14: A Day in the Bahamas
Ayla said goodbye to the US and hello to country #9 on her three-month, three-continent journey. “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I[…]
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,[…]
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