How did you hear about Global Routes? I was a rising junior at Brown University, and wanted to take some time off and travel to Africa. We had something called The Resource Center at Brown that catalogued different opportunities for students who wanted to take a leave, which was quite common at Brown, and I […]
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I’m not the betting type, but I would theoretically wager a lot of money that at least 90% of those of you reading this blog have watched Invisible Children’s video about Joseph Kony and the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). Through an incredible demonstration of the power of Facebook and other media, almost 100 million viewers
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I’m so glad I picked up that piece of trash. I was a junior at the hyper-competitive Boston Latin School and I was racing down the hall to my next class. I hated the drudgery of my high school life and its monomaniacal focus on getting into college, I had virtually no intellectual or political passions,
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What do you do when you aren’t leading programs with Global Routes? I teach high school journalism and English in Bend, OR. When I am not teaching I race bikes competitively around the NW and nationally. I also coach a high school cyclocross team as well as some jr cyclocross racers and help coach a
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“Seeing lions devour a wildebeest,” “Experiencing Masai culture,” “Trying new foods and learning some words in Swahili and Luhya,” “The warm community welcome in Shisango,” “Seeing the effect of a finished classroom on the community.” These and many other highlights from our students in the Kenya programs inspired me to take my own trip to
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