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Tag Archives: culture

American Privilege in Ghana

February 16, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Politics & Culture

If I Were a Braver American

February 5, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 3 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a child, I was taught bravery had a gun next to it, at times decked out in army fatigue like GI Joe. An invitation […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

Secular is Insufficient – How HSC Differs from the Peace Corps

January 22, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 8 Comments

By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator Recently, Hemant Mehta interviewed me about the Humanist Service Corps for his Friendly Atheist blog. Check out the piece if you haven’t […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Religion & Secularism

Who Are You Fighting For: Navigating Cross-Cultural Feminism

December 22, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Feminism is essentially the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie famously said and Beyoncé quoted. While […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

Your Drapes Must Be Hemmed and Your Drains Must be White

November 24, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

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. […]

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Audio Hawk – Finding Ghana and Myself

November 17, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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In Ghana I’m White

October 28, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I was always the only brown kid in my class. Growing up in a town of fewer than four thousand that counted demographics by person […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture

Cooking in Bimbilla, Ghana

October 13, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

Making More Interesting Stories: Conversation w a Culture Critic, Pt I

October 8, 2015by Kris Miranda 3 Comments

When Quentin Tarantino’s Vulture interviewer expressed surprise at his fondness for The Newsroom, the Aaron Sorkin drama many critics loved to hate, he replied: “Who the fuck reads TV reviews? […]

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Art & Literature, Politics & Culture

“Oh, You Do Know My Language”: Finding the Poetry in Another Tongue

September 29, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 2 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I met a little boy that resembled my features Nappy afro, gap in his smile…. He looked at me and said, “Kendrick you do know […]

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