This multi-day holiday is celebrated in Mexico and Latin America between October 31-Nov 2. Here amongst the beautiful diversity of the US, we find celebrations and ornamentation that is also highighting the festivities, but how can we ensure we understand the difference? Let's learn more. Day of the Dead or Dia de Muertos has [...]
I wanted to represent what peace means to me with dance. The peace is respect, balance, stability, friendship, cooperation and love. https://www.globalawareness.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/XiaoYing_Video_1631934213436-1.mp4 Tanja Cordoba Dominique Ortiz's Cluster
Yes, I know, but spelling isn't everything, lol. Friendship and PEACE! Miri Castaneda Negrellos Jolanta Tipler's Cluster
Ana M. from Mexico in Kim Wunderlich-Cady's Charlotte, NC cluster: An adventure, many experiences, so many stories collected waiting to be written, so many learnings embodied in actions. Definitely my adventure. Au Pair is a tool and knowledge book that I will be able to apply in the future and that I apply right now [...]
Au pair Maria from Mexico is spending her year on the program in Lana Hamman's Illinois cluster. Here is a picture of her with her host family and the big man himself...Ho, Ho, Ho! "Merry Christmas! It is the price of having your heart in two places, missing my family and at the same time [...]
Mexico is where we will be for Day 5. Posadas Piñatas In Mexico the Christmas festivities begin with a series of 9 parties from December 16-24. The posada's consist of a reenactment of Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem and finding no room at the inn. At the party, Christmas carols are sung, and a [...]
This year for International Education Week (IEW) we asked au pairs to share their stories. Included in their essays was their reason why speaking multiple languages is important. We have chosen 1 winner and 2 runner ups. Winner: Chanté from South Africa in Eileen Friedman's Long Island cluster. Chanté decided to teach Afrikaans, her native [...]
On February 24th, the Girl Scouts celebrated World Thinking Day! Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Community Counselor Diane Meyers shares about this eye-opening event. "It was so wonderful to see how well our au pairs were able to present their home country for World Thinking Day on Saturday, February 24, 2018. The Girl Scouts toured "around the [...]
