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True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!

Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!

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I Want What You Have Without Being Who You Are…

2013-04-04

How is it that the majority of Salvador crave what Americans are known for creating and consuming (iPhones, iPods, the latest Blockbuster hits, Nike shoes, the NBA, NFL, shirts that have phrases they can’t even read, the list goes on) while all the while criticizing our every move? This idea has baffled me since my...

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A Year of Discovery

2013-04-04

Here’s a video I made on my time in Brazil. Special thanks to Lola Perez for providing about 90% of the photos and video that you will see (a little bit of an exaggeration, but she did contribute a lot). Enjoy!

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Between You and I

2013-04-04

I ask who ever is reading this, to think back to a time when you traveled inside or outside the United States. Whether that trip lasted a few weeks, a few months or a few years. Now I ask you to think back to the time you arrived home to your family and friends and...

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An Amazonian Adventure

2013-04-04

My trip to the Amazon is characterized by one word: unfathomable. Nothing can prepare you for what the Amazon truly is. For me the Amazon was a rainforest with majestic sunsets, stunning waterfalls, and a plethora of wildlife. You can look at it on a map with its physical boundaries and geographical identity, but walking around inside the jungle,...

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What I Actually Learned in Calculus

2013-04-04

In the 8th grade, I was voted class clown, and was also frequently castigated by teachers for disrupting class or commenting incessantly. High school was not much different, and I still found that I was not much liked by teachers in classes I found less interesting than others, since I used conversation and unruly actions to...

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Ciao to Tchau

2013-04-04

In the words of political scientist Joseph LaPalombara, it is a “society in which a narrow circle of families control most of the wealth and much of the political power. While universal suffrage and mass-base parties have brought democracy…they have not unseated…the ruling political class” (111). Guess what country I am talking about?   Seeing as I’ve been living in Brazil for...

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A Day In The Life

2013-04-04

  Below is a video I made for our ‘Day in the Life’ assignment. Enjoy!! Day In The Life Video    

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Shadows across the porch

2013-04-02

I see time in the shadows moving across my porch, and smell time elapse as the bread bakes in the oven. But I only feel time when I realize that I am bumping into seconds and minutes and days. Or when I’m getting closed in by weeks and pounding on the doors of month. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_Ry8J_jdw...

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…And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together

2013-03-27

“People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe … Incidentally my favorite quote does a...

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Enjoy the Small Things in Life

2013-03-26

Enjoy my new video, “Eu Vou Torcer pelas Coisas Pequenas.”

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Cameras

2013-03-26

At a Stanford cafeteria table back in August, I had my first meeting with my Team Leader, Sol. I had thirty minutes to express my interests and passions and to explain exactly what I wanted out of this year. Although I probably made very little sense at the time, art was at the forefront of my mind. I wanted...

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Orientation Journey

2013-03-19

I made this video back in early October 2012 when I was still getting to know Brasil and the people that are here with me. This video showcases the Fellows’ growing friendship and the incredible beauty that is Chapada Diamantina.  

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