Celebrating Black History Month and Award-Winning DEI Initiatives at APIA

Celebrate Black History Month!  It's Black History Month here in the US!  Our participants from around the globe on a cultural exchange in the US are living in a time where more resources and learnings on the history of the US are available to learn and re-learn the history.  Black History Month (BHM) has a [...]

By |2022-02-16T12:48:23-05:00February 7th, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on Celebrating Black History Month and Award-Winning DEI Initiatives at APIA

The Year of the Tiger – Lunar New Year

  Lunar New Year began on February 1, but this isn't just one night or day of celebrating, as it lasts for several days. In China, the celebration lasts 15 days, with the Spring Lantern Festival on the final day.  Above is Olivia, an au pair from China, with her host child celebrating the holiday. [...]

By |2022-02-08T12:00:44-05:00February 4th, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on The Year of the Tiger – Lunar New Year

2022 Rebuild – APIA Activates Global Goals for the Year Ahead

"We are humans, the most capable species in the world, if we don't fix this planet, who will?"  - Jessenia, Ecuador To see the good in human beings, the nature, the earth, and the stars, everything that will come in future, and peace and love.  -Isabelle, Germany -- We asked our au pairs last month, [...]

By |2022-02-03T18:56:49-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on 2022 Rebuild – APIA Activates Global Goals for the Year Ahead

Martin Luther King Day – GA Asks You, “What is Worth Fighting For?”

January is a special month.  It signifies the start of new year, a new beginning, and a renewed energy.  In the US, we celebrate Martin Luthur King Day later this month (Jan 17).  Dr King inspired a nation as the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, which fought [...]

By |2022-01-05T16:38:12-05:00January 3rd, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on Martin Luther King Day – GA Asks You, “What is Worth Fighting For?”

10 Tips for Sharing Global Holiday Traditions (and Making New Ones)

The winter holidays are celebrated differently around the globe depending on culture, religion or family values.  Appreciating differences and sharing them is what cultural exchange is all about.   This past Fall, APIA Field Representatives and Senior Community Counselors, Cindy Garruba of Riverhead NY and Melinda Brooks of Boston, MA, presented a webinar to host families nationwide, entitled, "Holidays [...]

By |2021-12-15T16:00:20-05:00December 14th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on 10 Tips for Sharing Global Holiday Traditions (and Making New Ones)

Float Away the Sorrow – The Lessons of Loy Krathong

 (Wanida, an au pair from Thailand at a temple in MA, sharing the lessons of the holiday with her friends from around the globe.)  Today is a day to cut your hair and your nails and set them afloat on a banana leaf as you symbolically let the negativity of the year float away and welcome [...]

By |2021-11-19T16:59:13-05:00November 19th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on Float Away the Sorrow – The Lessons of Loy Krathong

“I wish everyone could experience the feeling of something like that.” – Au Pairs Volunteer at the NYC Marathon

Quintesentially American and quintessentially New York - the NYC Marathon was this past Sunday and we had a volunteer crew of au pairs on-hand with a smile and a glass of water.   They agreed that it was truly like no other day in NYC with all that energy and determination of each and every runner [...]

By |2021-11-22T18:44:09-05:00November 9th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on “I wish everyone could experience the feeling of something like that.” – Au Pairs Volunteer at the NYC Marathon

Why Do Au Pairs Love Halloween?

  (Alejandra from Colombia above) We are all about the cultural exchange and the experiential learning that this year overseas brings in all its many forms.  Halloween holds a special place in the culture of the US population with cities and small towns alike coming alive around this spooky death-focused holiday.   In our first [...]

By |2021-11-05T18:21:33-04:00October 29th, 2021|Blog|Comments Off on Why Do Au Pairs Love Halloween?
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