Fellow Stories

“Many Roads” Short Film

Janet Sebastian-Coleman

2016-04-19

Here's a short film: https://vimeo.com/163405776 How many roads must a man walk down? How many roads did Saint Augustine travel? 42? I didn't keep count but I've seen a lot of roads this year (and probably many more emotional and spiritual ones than physical), I don't think I've been called a man nor become Saint...

Alumni Post–On Being a Queer Fellow, Five Years Later

Lily Shaffer

2016-04-19

I’m going to try to tackle a challenging, sensitive topic, both for myself, for other LGBT folks, for families, and for Global Citizen Year. Please know that this is a narration of my personal experience as a Fellow in 2010-2011, and I am not claiming to represent the entire queer community. I hope that by...

Aminata

Allison Douma

2016-04-18

This is the second blog in my series of high lighting Senegalese women that have inspired me. I created this video to highlight Aminata, a women who works in the GCY Dakar office and has inspired and all of my fellow fellows throughout the year. Thank you Aminata for all that you have done for...

Video Blog

irene subervi

2016-04-05

Rebuilding You

Jordan.t.brett

2016-04-04

Let me set the scene. You’re 18. You have a dog. You killed that 5th grade state capital test seven years ago You’ve had 5 Jobs You’re a hard worker You broke your arm in 3rd grade You got steady grades throughout school And everyone knows about that time you saved david down the street....

An Ode to Bus Stops (A photo journal, not a poem)

Charlotte Robbins

2016-04-03

This year, finding, walking to, waiting at, and getting off at bus stops has become an incredibly important part of my life. No matter where I've lived in the Cuenca area, I have always been on the blue city bus line, and I've been able to connect the map of bus routes each time I've...

Timeline of a Flower

Momo Manalang R.

2016-04-03

“And the day came when the risk to remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin   August     September October   November   December   January   February          March        

7 Months in Awe

Mila Le

2016-04-02

Most times it still does not feel real. I constantly remind myself I am actually living right here, in a foreign country, in Ecuador, in my campo that is Bella Union, and am astonished by everything that suddenly becomes real in the moment of that thought. The after-rain mud slides under the soles of my...

Muñyo

Abigail Foy

2016-04-02

February 24 I have five running lists in the back of my journal. One of them I titled “Things I Want to Bring Home”. This list isn’t a collection of items I want to transport back to the States, but instead phrases and cultural customs I want to integrate back into my life permanently. I’d...