Peace Corps Kids

#PeaceCorpsKids come from multicultural, multiracial, immigrant families that were brought together through the @PeaceCorps experience

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The future of Multiracial Americans? 9.3 million Americans are multiracial. Half are children.

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What is Being Multiracial? Disrupting people's assumptions about race and racial identity. Creating opportunities to be curious and ask more questions.
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Multiracial or mixed identity is not like putting different lego pieces together; it's more like putting different dyes into a river...

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This is a great read for mixed kids and adults alike!

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Reflections on how being a Peace Corps Kid prepared her for being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cambodia. Guest PCK storyteller, Melino Gianotti, tells her story. Check it out!

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The world needs more stories, so...what is your story?

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Where on the map is your family? Does the map reflect your experiences?

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Some terrific suggestions on how to help your mixed kid respond to *uninformed* questions from other kids.

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"Foster your children's identity autonomy, the idea that they choose their own identity however they want, whenever they want."

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“My mother’s parents served in Malaysia. My father’s parents served in both Nigeria and Uganda as Associate Director and Country Director...In a few months I’ll take my leap and honor their amazing journeys by serving in Indonesia.” - @Demothewriter More: https://t.co/E9C0LV8lRz

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"Everyone's a story..."
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A Part and Apart | Psychology Today https://t.co/U16ePhn4OW #mixedrace #multiracial

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“Racial Imposter Syndrome” by Sara MargAlb https://t.co/KoNR51Zs7f

"The pressure for people to sort out their own labels and racial identity adds another layer of complexity to the already difficult process of intrapersonal discovery." #peacecorpskids #peacecorpsexperience

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Check out @PeaceCorpsKids piece on how creating space for mixed identities is a way of embracing the tension of these two truths: Race is real. Race is made-up.

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Read @jtemprano story on navigating the multicultural @PeaceCorpsKids experience.

"The experience of having roots in two very different parts of the world is challenging and rich."

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"What does it mean to me to be Peace Corps kid? It means having a different ethnic and racial identity than my parents, grandparents, and all of my cousins, uncles, and aunts on both sides."

We want to hear your experiences and stories. #peacecorpskid

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Thanks @NPRCodeSwitch for exploring how to talk about mixed raced identities.
"We all know someone or love someone who is apart of the mixed race experience"

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@NewsyLindsey @mixedremixed @lovingday @MxUSlife @OurMixedStories @mixed_race @BeingBiracialSW Yes, we'd love to connect and learn more about your project. What is your email?

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Check out Jennie Davis and her story of how her parents met through the #peacecorpsexperience and what it means to be a #peacecorpskid
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#crosscultural #multicultural #peacecorpsfamily #DiversityandInclusion #publicservice