Comments on: (News) Third Culture Kids Organizing Pledge

By: Erin Sinogba

Erin Sinogba — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:32 +0000

Here is how I helped spread the word:
- Updated my Twitter and Facebook accounts with a short statement and links to the TCKID site
- Put a short statement and links to the TCKID site on my Gmail statuses
- Put a link on my college social network
- Wrote a short blog about why I believe helping TCKs is important and gave links to the TCKID site – http://bit.ly/BDf5M
- Personally chatted with friends about TCKID and convinced them to donate and pledge their support

You can do the same! It’s very easy.

By: Lisa Marie Laegreid

Lisa Marie Laegreid — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:14:29 +0000

I have signed the pledge, forwarded the challenge to 50+ of my TCK friends, and made a donation in gratitude for all the other volunteers tirelessly do to provide this important platform to us all. I encourage YOU to also get involved! – Lisa Marie Laegreid

By: Rebecca Brown

Rebecca Brown — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:12:10 +0000

Rebecca Brown
just put the pledge on my own profile and donated some $. I got 400 plus friends listed and most of them are ATCK’s and a couple still are TCK’s so hopefully they will sign as well.

I’m finally going expat on my own steam by the way, and not following my parents around the world. Just landed a dream job in Doha. I start work there on the 1st of October.

By: andre_confiado

andre_confiado — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:51:05 +0000

^ That was me up there btw. I had to re-register.

By: Andre Confiado

Andre Confiado — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:43:32 +0000

Hey all!! I am glad as well that I decided to check my facebook this morning. What happened??

TCKID helped me find an identity and helped in coping with my reintegration in my home country as well as when I was out and about.
It also allowed me to belong to one community and it is always nice to hear from people who have similar experiences and have the same stories as I do. It always nice to hear and be heard by people who can understand and relate to your stories.

I will gladly tweet about this and post it on my Facebook account.

By: Elizabeth Sheppard

Elizabeth Sheppard — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:18:07 +0000

Wow. I am glad I came here today. I am going to tweet about this and hope that people will come here and donate. It is a great site and I want it to go back up and help more people.

By: Paulette Bethel

Paulette Bethel — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:59:38 +0000

TCKID is a movement whose impact on the internationally mobile community has been profound!!

Please continue to support the community to ensure that TCKS/ATCKs/CCKs/ATCKs/TCAs/PTCKs have place of belonging to call home for many years to come!!

By: Nioucha

Nioucha — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:35:57 +0000

@ Paul- I was very touched by your comments and all the things you are going through. I really commend your dedication towards turning your life around under such difficult circumstances and not giving into despair. I do hope you have plenty of loving and supportive people around you though, as we all need that during hard times. In some ways I could relate to what you were writing- the past two years have brought on a lot of hardship and personal tragedy in my life too, but during this time I also made some important shifts in how I was going to handle things, in what I wanted in my life , what I didn’t and looking for a sense of balance in all of it. My biggest hurdle is dealing with finding a job in this terrible economy- and though the seemingly continuous rejection or silence is disheartening (at times, really demoralizing) I also know that there are countless others that are in the same boat as I am trying there best to persevere. And even though I’ve lost count how many CV/resumes I have sent out, I am still at it and believe that things will not always stay this way…they have to get better!

As an ATCK I found this TCK community invaluable and the fact that I found it at such a pivotal moment in my life was like kismet! TCKid really gave me a sense of belonging knowing that there are so many out there who truly understand, support and provide the kind of feedback and insight that only other TCKs can give. That feeling of “wow, they get it!” made feel I belonged to a nation that went beyond the physical sense of borders or location and that I am part of an ever-expanding group of people who truly take the meaning of a global village to a whole new understanding and level. And though I cannot donate much and feel a bit embarrassed about it, I will make my pledge to TCKid by the 25th of September in solidarity and support to a community that gave me a voice and a renewed sense of identity.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:31:16 +0000

It upsets me so much so to learn that TCKid’s currently under attack. I really hope that everything’s going to be ok soon, TCKid has truly been one of my biggest emotional supports. And I can only be too grateful to every single individual in the community.

Take care everyone.

By: Takako

Takako — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:20:48 +0000

Paul, I am sorry to hear about what you are going through. But your comment about giving was thought provoking. – “Over the years I have discovered we easily spend $30- $40 dollars buying things for ourselves as it makes us feel good, and we do it without a second thought. However when It comes to giving to something like TCKid, $30-$40 can make us feel like our wallet or purse is being pick pocketed.”

It is so true. Thank you for sharing about what you have discovered about giving with us.