Cultural Sensitivity vs. Personal Responsibility
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I was nervous about teaching in Macau. Obviously I was nervous about moving halfway across the world by myself, but more than that, I was […]
Category Archives: Memoirs & Journeys
Life as a Ghanaian Foreigner in Ghana
By Cleo Blacke Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I came to the Northern Region of Ghana with a group of Americans to volunteer for the Humanist Service Corps. Our program is unique […]
Audio Hawk 2: From Colloquy to Hip Hop Sanctuary to Sound Circle- Using Music as a Spiritual and Ethical Tool
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Missed a lot of church, so this music is our Confessional. OutKast (Aquemini) About four years ago I stepped into the Ethical Humanist Society of […]
American Privilege in Ghana
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I’ve never really liked the United States. Growing up in a Native household gave me a weird relationship with the United States, as I think […]
The Little Things: Notes on Writing a Web Series
Halfway through my run here at Applied Sentience, I figured it was about time that instead of talking about other people’s art, I opened up a little about my own. […]
The Worst Chore on the List
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As I have become the modern version of “Hints from Heloise” (from Good Housekeeping) on this blog, I figured I would continue the trend […]
A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 5
Part V: A Place Apart “Tomorrow’s our last day,” Kristi said as she sat smoking on the balcony the night after our foray to Typhoon Lagoon. I wrapped my hair in […]
Your Drapes Must Be Hemmed and Your Drains Must be White
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a daughter of an Independent Baptist household that subscribed to Quiverfull ideology, I am well-schooled in the womanly arts, as we call them. […]
Audio Hawk – Finding Ghana and Myself
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer If the homes I have known sung hymns to me that unraveled with time, engendering me with reasons to be, how might I further use […]
Cooking in Bimbilla, Ghana
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a daughter of patriarchy, I have logged more than my share of hours in the kitchen. I helped out with 400-person banquets to […]
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