09 Jan New Years 2017 Blog Challenge Responses Round Up #1

Our second annual Blog Challenge begins!

This January, bloggers living around the world are taking the challenge to start the year off with weekly blog posts on meaningful topics. We have over 80 folks living in about 30 different countries signed up, with more joining every day! Roughly one week ago, the first prompt was sent to them via e-mail.

The Prompt: Global Citizenship

Along with the prompt, Challenge participants also received some blog tips and a number of creative ideas to approach their response. Over the past week, their posts have been pouring out into the blogosphere and we’ve rounded them up for you here.

Highlights

These bloggers have impressed us! There was so many great, thoughtful posts this week. There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to reflecting on Global Citizenship, so we’d like to focus more on the formats and techniques a few bloggers used.

• Here’s a prime example of a post that covers a lot of ground while still being concise and easy to digest, thanks to the list and clear headings (Beth, Moldova)
• Here’s another great way to break down your thoughts into memorable headings. Bonus: including a cross-cultural translation! (Linda, Thailand)
• This post not only breaks down the traits of global citizenship, it also shares ideas for what to do about it. (Krystal, Namibia)
• This blogger took the opportunity to highlight a member of his host community who personifies global citizenship (Kevin, Dominican Republic)

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We invite you to take some time to get to know more of our Blog Challenge bloggers by checking out the Round Up links we’ve included below. You can also find more posts highlighted on our Blog Challenge pinterest board.

Join us!

Want to participate? If you’d like to join the Blog Challenge and get the last couple blog post prompts in real time, sign up here. 

Posts:

• Global Citizenship (This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge). Posted by cazimabigdeal

  I started the New Year with my morning coral reef climbing workoutthat allows me to look at the […]

• How to be a Global Citizen Posted by Morgan Lee Stoner

  Dumelang!Welcome to 2017. Eish.This year I am taking part in Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog […]

• Imprints and Shadows Posted by paperplanesandwandering

  The world is a series of imprints and shadows, interconnected by the impressions left behind. These…

• Tried Changing the World, but Changed Myself Posted by Justin Rickey

   This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge, week one: Global…

• You, too, can have global citizenship Posted by this brianna hope

  This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge.Week one: Global…

• Making the World a Better Place Posted by determinedwandererblog

  With the new year, comes my new year’s resolution: to post on my blog more frequently! To get…

• 5 things I learned while living abroad as a global citizen Posted by shouyuanart

  Well, it happened. I’m back in America with my family for at least a few months, just in time…

• How Wooden Spoons Made a Global Citizen Out of a Campesino Posted by Kevin

  #DominicanosAusenteDuring the holidays the hashtag #DominicanoAusente (“Absent Dominican”) trended…

• Cornucopia of Culture Posted by kbort

  Do you ever look back at your life or childhood and say, “There were so many signs!”  As a…

• When Everywhere Is Home Posted by aricrisafulli

  A year ago, I met a boy in Cambodia who could belt out “Since You’ve Been Gone”…

• 7 Ways Globalization Shows Up in Moldova Posted by Beth Ogden

  A group of my 8th grade students performing a dance to an American hip-hop song.It’s easy to…

• The Global Hoosier Posted by peace2moldova

  This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge, week one: Global…

• Finding My Global Footprint Posted by Kirk

  This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge, week one: Global…

• 7 Ways It’s A Small World After All in Mozambique Posted by Liz Schutz

  This post is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge, week one: Global…

• The ABCs of Global Citizenship Posted by lsmittle

  Wouldn’t it be awesome if being a global citizen was as easy as ABC?  Global citizenship…

• Global Citizenship in Conservation Posted by ohwhatadaringadventure

  Blogging Abroad Challenge: This is part of Blogging Abroad’s 2017 New Years Blog Challenge,…

• 5 Ways My Village is More Connected to the Rest of the World Than You’d Think: Globalization in Kasinje Posted by cbaum27

  For the month of January, I will be participating in a blogging challenge where I will receive…

• 5 traits of global citizenship & what to do about. Posted by krystalwright18

  As a blogger, I realize that not everyone will read this blog let alone agree with what I say here….

• The importance of global awareness: Where will our ripples reach? Posted by chrisbiles03

  The importance of global awareness: Where will our ripples reach? Global Citizenship: “a way…

• Cebu City: Where Worlds Collide Posted by hitherekatehere

  In December, I had my first visitor from the United States. My mom braved almost twenty four hours…

• Tanah Posted by themilcents

  A small beam of light pushes its way through the curtains and onto my face. I curl deeper in to the bed…

• Multi-generational Global Citizenship Posted by John Kotula

  When I was thirteen in 1958 I went to Havana with my father for a long weekend. We lived in Miami…

• Grappling with a Wider World Posted by Susan

  My students surprise me with the English they know. The more serious ones—the young men of my older…

• All the World is a Stage: Global Citizenship, understanding our roles Posted by ChaCha

  This is part of 2017 #BloggingAbroad Blog Challenge. This is the first challenge the theme is Global Citizenship…

• Global Citizenship at 1,040 mph Posted by sarahbellarosa

  We can’t feel the earth spin each day, but we know it does. Science tells us that the earth spins…

• We’re Changing the World, as it Changes Us Posted by My Footprints Home

  Before moving to Korea I never really had to question, or even think about my identity, I was just me…

• From “Pretty” to “Prity:” a Quick Look at American Influence in Panama Posted by gabby’s sing along blog

  A Global Citizen is defined as “a way of living that recognizes our world is an increasingly complex…

• Of the World Posted by Madison

  I was born in America. My blood comes from Italy, England, Ukraine, France, Germany, Poland, Russia…

• A Plea to Millennials: America Needs More Global Citizens Posted by Olivia Prentzel

  I’m sitting in a 1970 Peugeot pickup as the radio blares Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” until the driver…

• Winneba is Where the World Meets Posted by Christine

  Globalization. It’s a big concept that means a lot of things to different people. As technology, inventions…

• Turning Water Into Wine Posted by littlebackpackbigworld

  Omaruru, a town just north of Karibib known as the “Green Gem at the Edge of the Desert”. Eric and I had been dying to visit ever since…

• Where Did All My Nationalism Go? Posted by Sean

  I love the United States. I’m proud to be an American. My country stands, more or less, as a bastion of liberty and justice for…

• Global Citizenship: An Iranian Perspective Posted by Mark
  When you study Farsi as much as I have, you end up reading a lot of poetry. And I mean a lot. But wait a minute, Farsi? Don’t they speak Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan?…