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Suitcases by Haddie Grace
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

"Suitcases," an original TCK song, focuses on resilience rather than grief, and instead of lamenting the absence of a traditional sense of home, claims the term by redefining it.

Citizens of the World - A conversation about MKs and TCKs with Michèle Phoenix. by BFA Life Podcast • A podcast on Anchor
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Listen to this compelling conversation with a leader in the field of educating, training, and caring for missionary families and their children. We talk about the unique perspectives and challenges...

Belonging 101 | Megan Dempsey | TEDxWoffordCollege
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

In her talk, Megan Dempsey describes what it's like to grow up as a "third-culture kid", feeling all her life like she belonged to neither American culture nor Brazilian culture. She explains how w...

Everywhere & Nowhere Third Culture Kids
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

This project is my final major project (12 weeks) for my Foundation Year at the Arts University Bournemouth.

’Everywhere & Nowhere’ is a short film (documentary) about my story as a t...

A Color of His Own
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

The classic story about searching for somewhere to belong, from four-time Caldecott honor winner Leo Lionni.Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purp...

CulTure miKs
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

This is a website for Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Go ahead and click around to discover some great art created by TCKs, for TCKs, about the TCK experience!

Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm a Local
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

When someone asks you where you're from… do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the ...

FIVE Cs THAT EXPLAIN MKs: Help for Those Who Love us
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Defining what it means to be an MK ranks right up there with summarizing the plot of Inception or The Matrix. We’re not just Rubik’s Cubes. We’re Rubik’s Cubes whose facets are made of multicultura...

Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntonio
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Caregivers and emergency responders are empathetic individuals who risk suffering from Compassion Fatigue, a form of PTSD that is treatable using the steps described in Amy’s presentation. Amy Cunn...

Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma | Dani Bostick | TEDxGreenville
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children. Since PTSD can masquerade as ADH...

Burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder: Dr. Geri Puleo at TEDxSetonHillUniversity
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Dr. Geri Puleo, SPHR, is the President/CEO of Change Management Solutions, Inc., a boutique B2B consulting firm helping clients who are planning, implementing, or struggling with change. The creato...