Archives: Fellow Updates

Pictures From Hyderabad

Anthony Romain Jr.

2019-01-31

When GCY takes us anywhere I take full advantage of the opportunity to capture my surroundings. Enjoy! Nikon D3400 Lens: 18-35mm 55-200mm

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AJ Blues U10 Makes The Playoffs

Anthony Romain Jr.

2019-01-30

Along with helping in the classroom at Appa Jahav Primary school, I’ve also been assisting their football team since the season started. The played well during the regular season and playoffs but unfortunately the didn’t make it to the finals. They had a great run but practice isn’t over. Everyday I practice with them after...

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¿Conscious Consumption?

William Shain

2019-01-28

What did you eat for breakfast this morning? How many of the products in your meal could you have driven to with a tank of gas and harvested yourself? I’m going to be presumptuous and assume few if any of the products were grown close to you. I’m also going to assume that not only...

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Why I Stopped Identifying as American

Jacqueline Oeschger

2019-01-27

Because I’m furious with the government that calls itself freedom. Because families seeking asylum are finding a worse hell at the border. Because poverty is an induced cycle that the government oppresses minorities in to. Because education is a right that is treated as a privilege. Because gun drills are normal. Because guns are normal....

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Magical Kerala

Leonie Tollefson

2019-01-23

Some places I travel to leave me reluctant to write, hesitant to spoil the magic of a place. Not Kerala. The beauty of this southern Indian state is so incredibly overpowering, yet at the same time extremely subtle, and it begs to be written about. I spent 4 days exploring various parts of Kerala with...

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Why I Don’t Feel Guilty About Doing "Nothing" On My Gap Year

Sophia Alfaro

2019-01-23

When I applied to Global Citizen Year, it was with the intention of exploring a country different from the ones I know, meet like-minded individuals and increase my opportunities in life. It was never to delay my education, to escape, or to enforce what I believe is best onto strangers. I never thought of what...

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Do you know how to fish?

Pamela Martinez

2019-01-21

[image: IMG_7563.JPG][image: IMG_7527.JPG] January 21st I often used to go to the beach in Venezuela but I never went fishing. My Brazilian family is native from Garopaba and they still crave to maintain their traditions of fishing fish and crabs at the Lagoa near to our house. These photographic series narrate the visuals of my...

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