Lessons from Rwanda: What living abroad taught me about communication in NYC
In the most diverse city in the US, intercultural communication reflects and enhances the richness of our communities. Written by Hannah Wood Four years of living and working in Rwanda, a small country in East Africa, has inspired me, an American woman, to believe that a person’s communication style, or choice of language, is a valuable piece of one’s story. Diversity, languages, and accents should be celebrated, not stigmatized. Back in the US, I find myself carefully examining intercultural...