Enjoy the Small Things in Life
Dianne Perez
2013-03-26
Enjoy my new video, “Eu Vou Torcer pelas Coisas Pequenas.”
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Archives: Fellow Updates
Cameras
Camille LeBlanc
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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Vending on a Bus
Lauren Holt
2013-03-26
“Papas, secos, heladitos, papa’s, secos, heladitos!” “Potato chips, chicken, ice cream, potato chips, chicken, ice cream!” This is the sound you are guaranteed to hear on a bus. Each time I am on a bus, whether I’m traveling or coming home from a day in Ibarra, vendors come on and sell food and trinkets such...
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Preparing for Departure: A Feelings Post
Emily Hwang
2013-03-19
Words are elusive to me now. Perhaps the effects of the monstrous exhaust fumes that billow out from behind Riobamba buses like parachutes and dissipate into small portions of carcinogens to be inhaled by unsuspecting townspeople are manifesting on my tongue, because it feels ashen and heavy. I lack words. The titanic shadow of the...
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Orientation Journey
Benito Aranda-Comer
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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The Girl Effect and The Golden Rule
Julia Carter
2013-03-18
The Girl Effect is a movement powered by the Nike Foundation where adolescent girls are called upon to help solve poverty within their communities. By reducing the percentage of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and the spread of HIV, a young teenage girl has the potential to break generations of poverty and change the life of her family and...
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Parent Post: The Joy in Living
Global Citizen Year
2013-03-18
The following is a blog by Pam Ricker, mother of Global Citizen Year Fellow Jordan Ricker, written after a trip to Senegal to visit her son. When my son Scott and I arrived in Dakar just before 6:00am, it was really 1:00am to us and we had only slept about two and a half...
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