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Happy Holidays from The Diversity Projekt!

May you and your families have a safe and peaceful Holiday, and may the New Year bring you many blessings and much success. I am spending the Christmas Holiday with my little sister and niece in HotLanta! I will be visiting some friends of my parents, as well as a new friend – Jennifer, from [...]

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A New Chapter

As my personal journey continues to evolve, so does Seeking the Cranberry.  I struck out on my own more than a decade ago and have built an extraordinarly life for myself.  I have come to love my skin color and have embraced my AfroGerman identity. I still struggle, especially since locating my biological father.  It [...]

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Unexpected Turn of Events – Fantastic Prospects

Today has been an insanely busy (and productive) day!! My internship with the International Visitor’s Council starts this coming Monday. I attended a training and information session today, and am extremely excited about this opportunity. I am working with the program officer for the International Visitor’s Leadership Program, “the official host of the U.S. Department [...]

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Applying for a Development position in Berlin, Deutschland! Ohh…the thought of being home again!!!

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Meine Mama behüten

I was at Rumbar the other night after the Obama acceptance speech. I was initially ready to head home, however Adrienne talked me into going to support a new DJ event. When we got there, I was glad to see Maureen (who I had met a week or so before at the Stir event) and [...]

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With Powen Shiah at Last Drop….conversing Auf Deutsch!

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Monumental Night

I attended an LGBT Watch Party last night hosted by Soda and Melanie from Womyns Village here in Philadelphia. A fabulous time was had by all. We even had press coverage thanks to Sctt Drake from the Philadelphia Gay News. He seems to be popping up everywhere these days. Everyone mingled, making small talk and [...]

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STREAMING NOW!!!!!

Please listen to my dear friend, Adrianne, from BWIE http://ping.fm/3mmbz at DNC at 7pm EST. She is a credentialed blogger at the DNC with the African American Political Pundit, traveling all the way from Stockholm, Sweden.

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Spread thin….

I have been neglecting this blog way too much. I thought that I would transition from my LiveJournal blog to here, but I ended up mosting more to my various social networking sites, specifically Black Germans and Black Women in Europe. There has got to be a way to blog in one spot and announce [...]

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Busy Saturday

I have been up since 6am. For those who know me, you can vouch that I am NOT a morning person. However, Samson was uber persistent, so I gave in. After a long walk and a phone call from my mom, I took a shower and made my way downtown. I tried to find the [...]

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Dialogue with myself…

I have been blogging for years. While my other blog-home has turned into a daily roll call of mundane happenings, I hope that this home away from home evolves into a place where I can delve into the good, bad and ugly of the identity crisis that has brewed within me over the last couple [...]

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