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Life as a Ghanaian Foreigner in Ghana

March 30, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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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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A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 5

December 14, 2015by Meghan Guidry Leave a comment

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 […]

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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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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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A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part IV

September 18, 2015by Meghan Guidry 1 Comment

Part IV: The Waters That Divide Us When I was five, my father—no doubt exhausted from days of dragging a small child around over-stimulating amusement parks—introduced what he called “hotel days,” […]

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Let the Journey Begin: Driving into the Unfamiliar

September 15, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Transportation is one of my favorite parts of traveling. Mundane forms of transportation for locals in other countries seem new and unusual to me and […]

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Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team

August 18, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

As the team settles in and starts getting to work in Kukuo, it’s time to get to know them a little bit better. Naduah Wheeler Naduah Wheeler is a graduate […]

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A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 3

August 17, 2015by Meghan Guidry 2 Comments

Part III: Radical Maps Talking about “mourning as an atheist” presses upon nuanced nerves. There is no singular “atheist” approach to rupture, no ritual towards which we turn in the aftermath […]

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