Sara Weiss’ life was a lonely existence for as long as she was buried deep in the victim mentality. But she found the strength to rise above and create a level of self-confidence she never imagined she could have. She has been abused, lied to, and cheated on. She has lost her friends and family.…
Details“If I wanted to find a partner who was a better cook than me, I’d have to marry a professional chef.” That was what my 19-year-old son said the other night when we were talking at the dinner table. Rather than bravado, we both agreed it was just a statement of fact. You see,…
DetailsLynn’s parents are from Egypt, she grew up in Canada, settled in Chicago. Derek was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, lived 5 years in Japan, another year in London, before coming back home. What gives us roots? How does the thread of journeys through culture make us who we are right now, at…
DetailsWhat does it mean to be Muslim? Or what does it mean to be White? How do we view ourselves versus how others see us? One way to find out is to ask. At a time when it’s easier to gloss over differences and avoid depth, perhaps that’s exactly the time to dig deeper. Intercultural…
DetailsDr. Alaka Wali, Curator of North American Anthropology at The Field Museum, on how the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the economic crisis are related…and what’s driving the multi-cultural, international response now. Plus we cover identity politics, cancel culture, and what you can learn about resilience from cultural diversity. Watch the chat with Dr. Alaka…
DetailsHow do you support the causes you believe in? Are they personal commitments or part of your business? For activist and entrepreneur Raúl Colón, those two are intertwined. “My job is to support those causes I believe in, and for those causes to achieve their objective,” says Raúl, about his work to help with hurricane…
DetailsMarcelo Jarmendia was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. He spent 10 years in Chicago, where he founded Brazil in Chicago, a language school and cultural center. Marcelo worked with different non-profits in Chicago and participated actively among the Brazilian community in Chicago. He still teaches online, from Estonia, where he currently lives and…
DetailsThroughout this election, hope and faith in democracy has been challenged. November 4 may be a mess of a news day–people shouting it’s fake and a fraud and who’s been wronged. Will we know the outcome of the election, or will we wait for weeks for mail-in votes to get sorted?
DetailsThere are 100 reasons to stay under the covers today. It’s gray outside (at least in Chicago). There’s a pandemic. Aggressive political rhetoric spews everywhere. Horrid world events. How can anything you do make a difference? That’s just the time to act. I was thinking about this as I planned for the…
DetailsOn this episode of Intercultural Spark we talk with Karen Putz, Passion Coach, Midlife Reinvention Challenge Mentor and founder of Ageless Passions. She’s also co-founder of TheDiversityAcademy.com, a diversity academy for interpreters for the deaf. Karen herself was born hard-of-hearing and became deaf after a barefoot skiing accident as a teen. But it was going back to that sport–in midlife—and competitively! — that changed everything.
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