Scholarship Program alert!

Clements International, the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations, announces its 2^nd annual scholarship program for expatriate students.

Clements International’s “Life in a Flying House” 2010 Expat Youth Scholarship will award $10,000 to students ages 12-18 of any nationality who have resided in a foreign country for at least two consecutive years. This year’s theme asks, “Where would you go in your flying house?” The “flying house” is inspired by the idea that students who spend their childhoods moving between different countries and cultures acquire unique life experiences.

The scholarship contest offers expat students a chance to use their experiences living in a foreign country to imagine where their journey might take them next. Entries consist of an essay (500 – 750 words) and creative image or photograph that incorporates their own personalized flying house. A total of six winners will be selected from two age categories (12-15 and 16-18) based on the quality of the essay, how well their image creatively illustrates their answer to the essay question, and overall creativity. The scholarship entry deadline is Thursday, May 13, 2010.

For more information about the scholarship and to submit entries, visit www.expatyouthscholarship.com. Also, connect with the scholarship on Facebook and Twitter to receive important updates and information.

Bulletin Notice!!!

mkPlanet and MKSafetyNet
Present a free screening of the documentary film

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN

Saturday, January 23, 2010
7:00 pm

Queensway Cathedral
1536 The Queensway
Toronto, ON M8Z 1T5

Question & Answer session to follow the documentary

~~~~~~Synopsis~~~~~~

Through the eyes of three families, All God's Children tells the personal story of the first boarding school for children of missionaries to be investigated for abuse at the hands of the parents' missionary colleagues. The survivors and parents share their journey of seeking justice, redemption and healing.

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Contact:

• Beverly Shellrude Thompson - beverly.shellrude.thompson@cogeco.ca
• Dana Crawford - danamarie@mkplanet.com

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Film's official website: http://www.allgodschildrenthefilm.com

Greetings to all,

Just to let you know that the Third Culture Kid book revision is now available and you can read the news here:

http://news.tckid.com/book-revision-third-culture-kid/

So just want you know the revision is out and what the updates are, even without messing up the parts that I hope had helped at least some of you find language for your own story.

May you find new joy in your journey each day...

Ruth Van Reken
www.crossculturalkid.org
Check out information for Families in Global Transition conference at www.figt.org

P.S: We have added a chapter on Cross-cultural kids--a larger over-arching category to which we belong with others who also grow up cross-culturally...we feature Brice Royer's story as one of our examples!

Please leave your comments on this blog to have a discussion of the book.

http://news.tckid.com/book-revision-third-culture-kid/

New GN/TCK book - Entries Needed

From Nina:

We are still accepting abstracts for a new book on issues of concern to Global Nomads -- please see Call for Submissions below:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We have been approached by a publisher to put together a book on Third Culture Kid/Global Nomad issues that will combine research and academic studies with memoirs and personal essays. We are seeking vivid, compelling narratives of the TCK/GN experience, as well as summaries of your research -- or even a combination, with your personal history interwoven with the subject you are researching. Though we are working with an academic press, the book will be targeted to a general audience as well as experts in the field, and the academic essays and research findings, rather than being too technical, should be presented in a readable manner for people interested in topics related to TCK/GNs.

Essays should be 10-20 pages in length. Any decisions about who or what to include will be made by the editors of this book: Gene Bell-Villada (author of Overseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics), Elaine Neil Orr (author of Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life), and Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel (co-editors of Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Global).

At this point, if you would like to be part of the project, I only ask that you send a working title and short summary of the essay you'd like to contribute for me to share with the other editors.

I'm looking forward to receiving your material. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Nina Sichel
nsichel@verizon.net
nsichel@yahoo.com

March "Roars"

As I type this, the ground outside is turning white. Yes, white - as in "snow-on-the-ground" white. This is Georgia...where it is supposed to be warm and inviting, NOT cold and snowing!

So yes, March has come roaring in like the proverbial lion, but I think it had a major push from behind by February. Confused? Well...let me try to help remove that confusion.

The March 2009 issue of Among Worlds was supposed to be delivered on Thursday. Instead, it got moved to Friday afternoon. When 5:00 rolled around and there was still no delivery truck, I called and found out it would be 6:00 before the magazines would arrive at my doorstep. You guessed it, 6:00 came and went and it was 6:20 before the boxes (only 2 boxes) were delivered. Problem is, I was supposed to be somewhere else by 6:15 and here I was waiting for boxes! Because I was in a rush, I did not do what I am supposed to do, and that is, take one of the printed magazines and run a quick proof through it. That didn't happen until Saturday afternoon. Wouldn't you know it...the error JUMPS out at me...one that should NOT have been there. Which means the magazine has to be corrected (which it now has) and a re-run done on that particular sheet. OK...so now I am really pushing the time-line.

The printer then tells me, "well, I don't think I have this in stock right now so will need to quickly get some in - which means this won't get to you until Monday afternoon." Yikes! I leave early-early Wednesday morning for the FIGT conference (see www.figt.org) which leaves me one day to get everything done - and mailed!!!!!

So...I take a deep breath and return to finishing off all the printing that I have to do - you know...the Thank You letters, Gift Subscription letters and the Renewal Invoices. BEEEEP goes my printer - out of Cyan ink. No problem, I reach under the cupboard...nothing there. It is 10:30 at night - no store is open that would carry this brand of ink. Now what?

Well...at 12:00 pm today, knowing the office supply store would be open, I look out and see...snow. Snow in the Atlanta part of Georgia means everything closes (either closes early or doesn't open at all). Thankfully, in spite of everything that seemed to be going wrong, my brave hubby ventured out and purchased the ink(s).

Almost everything is now printed (thank you dear hubby)...and the snow is still falling.

March has roared.