NEWS & BLOG
This archive includes Learning Life news, spotlights about our participants and volunteers, and blog posts from Learning Life’s founder, Paul Lachelier.
July 1, 2019: Food Culture Project Results Are In!
June 2, 2019: Mid-Year Potluck Connects Mentors & Families
May 6, 2019: Mentor-Mentee Spotlight: Baileigh & Suzanne
April 28, 2019: Food Culture Project Complete!
April 3, 2019: Mentor-Mentee Spotlight: Jadyn & Denis
March 26, 2019: Founder’s Blog: Seven Ways of Being in the World
March 18, 2019: Family Spotlight: The Saunders Family
March 4, 2019: Intern Spotlight: Quanchao Fan
February 15, 2019: Learning Life Partners with CPDC
February 12, 2019: Guide to Fundays 2.0
February 11, 2019: Learning Life Launches Fundays 2.0
January 15, 2019: Founder’s Blog: Families: A New Voice for a More Caring World
January 14, 2019: Family Spotlight: Curtis-Winslow Family
December 30, 2018: What Happened in 2018 & What’s Coming in 2019
December 12, 2018: First Global Storytelling Challenge a Success!
December 4, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Yaxeni Valero
November 26, 2018: Founder’s Blog: Globalization, Inequality & Opportunity
November 12, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Lynnette Kitcher
October 24, 2018: Follow-Up Study Compares Family Food Culture in Three Countries
October 22, 2018: Pilot Global Storytelling Challenge Launches
September 20, 2018: Introducing “Cook, Eat & Learn Sessions” (CELS)
September 14, 2018: Founder’s Blog: Toward Good Health, Local to Global
August 27, 2018: CDI Is Two Years Old! Here’s Where We Are
August 3, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Zainab Mahdi
July 26, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Thalia Navia
July 18, 2018: Today Marks Our 100th CDI Activity
July 5, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Anudeep Alberts
June 29, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Yesica Sorto-Argueta
May 2, 2018: Cross-National Food Culture Research Goes Public
April 4, 2018: DC Rich and Poor: A Tale of Two Wards
March 22, 2018: Founder’s Blog: Food and Health in Senegal vs. the USA
March 15, 2018: Intern Spotlight: Vanessa Rincon
February 26, 2018: Intern Spotlight: FZ Kassidi
February 12, 2018: Seeking CDI Youth Mentors
January 22, 2018: Let’s Build a World Affairs Pipeline for Youth in DC
January 8, 2018: Int’l Project Comparing Family Food Cultures Launches
December 27, 2017: Results of our Int’l Community Photo Project Are in!
December 15, 2017: Founder’s Blog: Democratize Diplomacy!
November 26, 2017: Support Learning Life: Host a Diplomacy Dessert
November 20, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Kelly Cruz
November 14, 2017: yPIE Interviews Founder Paul Lachelier
November 4, 2017: The Eight Families in Our First International Project
October 16, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Sara Edgar
October 4, 2017: Number of e-News Subscribers Surpasses 1,000!
September 13, 2017: New Fundays Get DC Kids Learning about the World
August 27, 2017: Founder’s Blog: Today is the First Anniversary of CDI!
August 18, 2017: Volunteer Spotlight: Melissa Ordoñez
August 15, 2017: International Potlucks for a More Peaceful & Tasty World
August 4, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Claudia Merlos
July 14, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Temilola Afolabi
June 27, 2017: Seeking Fluent Arabic Volunteers for International Dialogues
June 13, 2017: Watch: Third Citizen Diplomacy Initiative Video!
May 22, 2017: Watch: Second Citizen Diplomacy Initiative Video!
May 15, 2017: Get Notice of DC Live International Virtual Exchange Meetings
May 2, 2017: How Do We Build Peace in a Divided World?
April 22, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Jo Moley
April 18, 2017: Founder’s Blog: A Neighborhood Approach to International Diplomacy
April 14, 2017: New Facebook Group Connects CDI Families Worldwide
March 30, 2017: Watch: First Citizen Diplomacy Initiative Video!
March 12, 2017: Learning Life Holds First Live Middle East Dialogue
February 22, 2017: Anacostia Int’l Inaugural Meal Features Senegalese Feast
February 8, 2017: Intern Spotlight: Erin Birmingham
December 30, 2016: Learning Life’s 2016 Work, and Plans for 2017
December 19, 2016: Seeking Research Collaborators
December 12, 2016: Founder’s Blog: Inspirations for Learning Life’s Citizen Diplomacy Initiative
December 9, 2016: Volunteer Spotlight: Steve Lainez
November 15, 2016: Founder’s Blog: Three Deeper Take-Aways from Trump’s Ascendance
October 13, 2016: Two New U.S. Families Join Citizen Diplomacy Initiative
October 7, 2016: About Our Photovoice Project
September 26, 2016: Seeking Metro DC Graduate Students to Research & Lead Int’l Dialogues
September 19, 2016: U.S. Families Connect with a New Family in Senegal
September 7, 2016: U.S.-El Salvador Live Dialogue Leads to Dance
September 5, 2016: Internship: Help Organize Live International Dialogues
August 27, 2016: Our First, Live, International, Family-to-Family Dialogue
August 7, 2016: Intern Spotlight: Omar Batterjee
July 28, 2016: Founder’s Blog: What’s Your Position in the World?
July 6, 2016: Volunteer Spotlight: Britany Gatewood
June 12, 2016: Founder’s Blog: A F.A.C.T. Approach to Citizen Diplomacy
May 17, 2016: New Content for Our Globalizing World
April 4, 2016: Intern Spotlight: Maria Luevano
March 25, 2016: Founder’s Blog: Global Citizens for Our Global Age
March 8, 2016: Intern Spotlight: Carolyn Rider
February 9, 2016: Seeking International Dialogue Organizers