I am Jennifer Addae from Norway and I'm here in Ghana/Africa teaching deaf children. After nearly two years of being in Ghana, my term will end by next year. Although my struggles and success have been many, after all, I'm most of the time in a remote village and my access to Internet and mail is limited. But let me just sum it all up by saying how amazed and inspired I am by the experiences and people I have met while working as a deaf tutor volunteer in Ghana!!

I heard it on the news: Nor’easter pummeled Baltimore last night,

wondered if you were okay, son, or if you were wrapped up

in some alley corner trying to keep warm in an igloo you might

have fashioned from those snowdrifts. Or maybe you stayed warm

in the county jail after backtalkin’ a policeman before he searched

your tattered clothes and found Jamaican hash stashed in your jeans.

 

January 23^rd 2012 begins the year of the dragon, according to Chinese astrology and lunar calendar.  To the Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese, lunar new year is the most important festival of the year.  Other Asian nationals may join the festivity in their neighborhoods even though they observe their own new year days.  For example, the Thais honor their Songkran (Water Festival) in April or the Gujaratis celebrate theirs the day before the Indian Diwali (the Festival of Lights) in late October or early November.  As for the Japanese and Filipinos, they choose to observe the Gregorian New Year.  With this festive day arriving in less than a month, let’s look at some of the new year traditions of Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese culture in their respective countries.

American Diversity Report announces the latest in its creative cultural diversity training resources.  The RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY KIT is a 4-part training CD that is must-have for the diverse workplace and community.

Hans Kung
"There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions."

Albert Einstein

"The wiser you are, the more you believe in equality, because the difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to all that is unknown."