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Category: Culture

Every Day — and March 8 — is a Good Day to Fight for Women’s Rights
Culture, Empowerment Self-Defense

Every Day — and March 8 — is a Good Day to Fight for Women’s Rights

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 Toby 3 mins read

March 8th is a symbolic day that marks, represents, and commemorates a constant, generational struggle, which we continue to fight every day.

Assertive Communication for Solo Female Travelers
Adventure, Culture, Empowerment Self-Defense

Assertive Communication for Solo Female Travelers

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Toby 6 mins read

Originally published on Roofnest. How to set boundaries and utilize assertive communication tools in any culture and any situation Stories of harassment and stalking for […]

I’m not responsible for anyone’s Transformation
Central America, Culture, Transformation

I’m not responsible for anyone’s Transformation

June 30, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Saturday, 23 June, 2018 — Finca Agroecologica La Flor, Cartago, Costa Rica — Yoga & Mindfulness Immersion I sit straddling the drum, rocking forward with each […]

How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?
Central America, Culture, Peace

How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?

March 27, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Inhale. Exhale. Fifty bodies lift and settle in unison. The light changes from day to dusk. I look around the circle at faces from here […]

Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting
Culture, Peace

Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting

December 11, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Introducing (maybe): a new platform for all the podcast lovers in here! Last week I had the honor of speaking with WERK for Peace founding organizer (and […]

How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World
Central America, Culture, Peace

How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World

November 27, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 11 mins read

Everything you wanted to know about my new work with NuMundo and studies in Media and Peacebuilding… and then some. What will the internet age […]

How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica
Central America, Culture

How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica

August 27, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

“We are the crazy ones who choose to believe in peace,” he concluded. One sliver in a blurred progression of notable speakers and presentations that […]

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto
Culture, Europe, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto

May 16, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

If you travel (or live), where the mother tongue is not your mother tongue, you will struggle. The mundane will become complex and challenging, and […]

Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide
Culture, Europe, Travel Advice

Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide

May 12, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 11 mins read

Portugal has made it onto just about every top travel list this year, and with good reason. I loved the month I spent there in […]

How I’m Overcoming the Tension of Teaching Storytelling in Africa
Africa, Culture

How I’m Overcoming the Tension of Teaching Storytelling in Africa

March 15, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

In my first workshop meeting, I share a TED Talk by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and she discusses how throughout history those in power—especially […]

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