4 definitions by Praxis8
Definition. CISV ( Children's International Summer Villages) Interchange programs are for youth ages 13 to 16 years and usually comprise two groups of 10 youths from two cities with a chaperone. You spend one month hosting a friend from a foreign country and one month as a guest in their home. Great cultural immersion experience.
Peace Through Understanding is their motto..
GIF Of actual CISV Card on Praxis* page of GIPHY, but not found in search here yet.
Peace Through Understanding is their motto..
GIF Of actual CISV Card on Praxis* page of GIPHY, but not found in search here yet.
Yaron and I participated in a CISV Interchange along with 9 of his friends from Tel Aviv and 9 of mine in NYC. First summer he visited me in NYC for a month. The following summer, I lived with his family and we toured Israel.
by Praxis8 April 14, 2017
The latest slur from D.C. for queer folk: Sexual & Gender Minority.
Steven: “Can you believe their new alphabet soup in Washington. SGM. The NIH said queer folk is sicker than most others. Even opened a SGM Research Office to find out why.” Patrick: “Reparations Office sounds more appropriate with all the stress DC gives us LGBTQIA+“
Steven: “Can you believe their new alphabet soup in Washington. SGM. The NIH said queer folk is sicker than most others. Even opened a SGM Research Office to find out why.” Patrick: “Reparations Office sounds more appropriate with all the stress DC gives us LGBTQIA+“
The latest slur from D.C. for queer folk: Sexual & Gender Minority.
Steven: “Can you believe the new alphabet soup in Washington: SGM. The NIH said queer folk is sicker than most others. Even opened a SGMRO, a Research Office to find out why.” Patrick: “Reparations Office sounds more appropriate with all the stress DC gives us LGBTQIA+! Steven: “would have at least thought a new named minority class gets protections like all the others- and it used in the Federal Register too. Fucking Dadtbill swampers.
Steven: “Can you believe the new alphabet soup in Washington: SGM. The NIH said queer folk is sicker than most others. Even opened a SGMRO, a Research Office to find out why.” Patrick: “Reparations Office sounds more appropriate with all the stress DC gives us LGBTQIA+! Steven: “would have at least thought a new named minority class gets protections like all the others- and it used in the Federal Register too. Fucking Dadtbill swampers.
by Praxis8 March 12, 2020
CISV is an acronym for Children's International Summer Villages.
Motto: Peace Through Understanding
Every summer CISV brings together children from all over the world to foster international understanding and friendships in the hope of achieving peaceful solutions to worldwide problems. Peace is possible only as individuals and groups learn to live with one another as friends. At age 11 you may join a summer camp somewhere in the world. 2 boys and 2 girls from 30 cities are selected and they spend a month together bonding. For 13 to 16 year olds groups of 10 children make four week visits to the homes of 10 others in a foreign country and then host that child in your home the following summer.
Age 16 to Adult offers more leadership leadership opportunities.
Excellent cultural immersion summer diversion.
Actual CISV card on file with Giphy user Praxis8, but not yet available for this post
Motto: Peace Through Understanding
Every summer CISV brings together children from all over the world to foster international understanding and friendships in the hope of achieving peaceful solutions to worldwide problems. Peace is possible only as individuals and groups learn to live with one another as friends. At age 11 you may join a summer camp somewhere in the world. 2 boys and 2 girls from 30 cities are selected and they spend a month together bonding. For 13 to 16 year olds groups of 10 children make four week visits to the homes of 10 others in a foreign country and then host that child in your home the following summer.
Age 16 to Adult offers more leadership leadership opportunities.
Excellent cultural immersion summer diversion.
Actual CISV card on file with Giphy user Praxis8, but not yet available for this post
CISV was the best way to spend 4 summers as a youth. I did an Interchange between NYC & Tel Aviv as well as Hamburg, while my brother did the same with a guy from Helsinki. It's very helpful as a 14 year old to visit a suburb of Hamburg and see the houses look the same, the climate is similar, the family dynamic is like yours. Removes any preconceptions. It's fun to play ambassador to your hometown and travel as far as a days drive in a few directions over a month with a group.
by Praxis8 April 14, 2017
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations include, but are not limited to, individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, and/or intersex. Individuals with same-sex or -gender attractions or behaviors and those with a difference in sex development are also included. These populations also encompass those who do not self-identify with one of these terms but whose sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or reproductive development is characterized by non-binary constructs of sexual orientation, gender, and/or sex.
Allies are critical to the mission of the SGMRO. The SGM need to each be Allies to the other populations within SGM.
Allies are critical to the mission of the SGMRO. The SGM need to each be Allies to the other populations within SGM.
SGM is how the Federal Register now refers to queer lgbti people. They have named them a Sexual & Gender Minority population but DC hasn’t offered them protections like every other named minority class. How typical ass backward is that.
by Praxis8 March 12, 2020