Tag: Returning

Returning Queer: Curating a Memory of Space Making

I spent six days on Kindred on the Rock in Point Hill Jamaica, a part of the first cohort of artist / Jamaican kin / queer / community to experience the experiment that Staceyann Chin cultivated during her return back to Jamaica. As I came back home to Philadelphia, PA and my body started ...

Hack.Diversity continues to break down barriers for Black and Latinx professionals in collaboration with new and returning employers

BOSTON, MA — February 21, 2022 — Hack.Diversity enters its seventh program cycle in Boston with 110 Fellows, 20 Host Companies, and 2 REDI (racial equity, diversity, and inclusion) Partners. Since its inaugural program cycle in 2017, Hack.Diversity has connected almos...

Returning to Madrid

My partner and I caught a red-eye with intentions of sleeping from the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to Amsterdam via Delta. I’m no longer adapted to sleeping on planes, I slept a whopping total of nada. Then, we caught our connecting flight via KLM to Madrid. Allegedly, it was King’s Day...

If an Heiress Drops Her Crown Jewels on Miami Beach, I Do Not Plan On Returning Them

There is no lost and found in Miami. There are the wealthy and the scavengers. Anyone can become a scavenger, given the state of the economy. If you are a treasure hunter in Miami, you need not rent a fishing boat or scuba equipment or hire divers. Your treasure is concealed inside the sand havin...

Returning to Tokyo As a Tourist

When the plane touched down in Tokyo, it was a surreal moment. This wasn’t just any city; it was home for six transformative years of my life. Yet, as I stepped out, I was no longer a resident but a visitor, in the rabble of other visitors and first-time JETs talking about burgers and Roppongi...