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Tag Archives: culture

4 Crime Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 28, 2020by Paul Chiariello 11 Comments

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators […]

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Politics & Culture

Research Methodology — Are Red or Blue States Better?

July 23, 2020by Paul Chiariello 8 Comments

Introduction Is conservative ideology better or worse than liberal ideology? That’s a tough question!  But more or less, it’s what this study is proposing to answer.  Obviously, we have to […]

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Politics & Culture

Give Me Your Camera: Understanding Gift Giving in Ghana

February 3, 2017by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Wendy Webber Humanist Service Corps Ghana Co-Administrator One of the interactions with people in Ghana that I find difficult is when people—strangers—ask me to give them things. It’s quite common. In […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

Dogs, Gods, and Chickens

October 5, 2016by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Jude Lane Humanist Service Corps Volunteer We have officially been involved with this year’s HSC team for three months. I have learned so much about my new country of residence, but […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

Marry Me: Gender Roles Assumptions in Ghana

September 21, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Wendy Webber Humanist Service Corps Ghana Co-Coordinator I can’t count the number of marriage proposals I’ve received since moving to Ghana. I’ve also had a number of people ask me to […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

An Update on the Kukuo Health Screening Project

July 22, 2016by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer In a piece a while back, I had talked at length about a health screening and medical records project being undertaken in Kukuo by […]

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What Alternative is There? Hope and Resiliency in Kukuo Village

June 7, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 3 Comments

By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer The people in my life who know me have always told me that resiliency is among my strongest traits.  In my family, we refer […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground: Imagining a Humanist Approach to Prayer

May 16, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 2 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground”- Rumi To some extent I envy religious people. A careful reading of a Braver […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Religion & Secularism

Avocados and Autism

April 29, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 3 Comments

By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer April is Autism Acceptance/Autism Awareness Month. As such, I felt it appropriate to write about my life as an autistic* woman who was diagnosed […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

Audio Hawk 2: From Colloquy to Hip Hop Sanctuary to Sound Circle- Using Music as a Spiritual and Ethical Tool

March 17, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Religion & Secularism

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