2009 has started off with a lot of "new":
a new year (yah yah...I know I have a good grasp of the very obvious) which brings in
a new President - who is a fellow TCK who is bringing in
a new staff, of whom many are also TCKs.
This is my first entry for 2009 - so it is "new" in that sense. My apologies for not posting since November, but my life has been turned upside down, outside in, inside out and sideways. I have finally emerged from all that pandemonium with some of my mind still intact and hopefully will show a "new" aptitude in my blogging efforts.
First on the agenda...FIGT! That's right - Families in Global Transition Conference will be held March 5-7 in Houston, TX. If at all possible, try to attend! There are some great workshops being held and I hope to be able to attend some of them! So please, go to www.figt.org and sign-up to attend - and I will see you there!
Second on my list is www.tckid.com - they have been conducting live chats which have been great! I have had a couple chances to participate - and have *met* some great fellow TCKs! Check in at their website to see when the next one is scheduled.
Finally, if you want to know more about the folks being hired to work with President Obama, read Obama's 'Third Culture' Team by Ruth van Reken at http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-26/obamas-third-culture-team. Another article, A Team of Expatriates, is found at Newsweek www.newsweek.com/id/180207 .
Margie
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Hooray for TCKs bringing a unique and desperately needed global perspective to positions of power and influence. I am hopeful for what is to come -- both domestically and with our frayed relations around our planet -- in the next 4 (or more?) years....and hope to do my part in the Foreign Service! :)
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