Archives: Fellow Updates

Blog 6: Poetry

Hadley Duquette

2020-03-08

I've restarted this blog at least 5 times now.  I feel like I've written all I can about this experience. I can't even express the happiness and gratitude I have for this experience and everyone involved.  It just feels like I am repeating it over and over again, so I will share this poem I...

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Thoughts on leaving and telling my story

Sinead Nardi-White

2020-03-08

Just last week, I was sitting at my carpentry apprenticeship with my boss and the other apprentices, waiting for the heat to let up before we got back to work (it never really does, you just have to power through). I decided to use this time to read through my old blog posts. What struck...

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March the 3rd, ‘Lightly’

Alejandra Altamirano

2020-03-08

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Light child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even when you are feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly- it is the best advice ever given to me… to...

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Porque soy Mujer

Lola Ibanez

2020-03-07

Me acuesto y me levanto siendo Mujer. Me encuentro entre la suciedad del espejo y solo veo una Mujer. Abro el armario y rebusco entre las ropas largas porque soy Mujer.   Ellas miran mi blanca piel y acarician mi pelo. Preparo el alfabeto y practicamos escribir. Repetimos los números también. Porque soy Mujer y...

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To all the names I will never forget

Lola Ibanez

2020-03-07

I didn´t know where to place you in my family tree. I didn´t know why you acted like my mum and how you became my closest friend. I didn´t know how we encountered ourselves within the cultural gap. I didn´t know why you can read my eyes so easily. I didn´t know why you decided...

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Foods of Brasil!

Natalie Kirunda

2020-03-06

Nearly seven months in Brasil and here are my favorites 🙂 I’ve the chance to discover new foods through restaurant dates with friends, and pleasant family lunches & dinners 🙂 both my parents are awesome cook (s/o to them) COXINHA ~In the form of a teardrop, and filled with shredded chicken or meat- all fried...

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Ready or Not

Natalie Kirunda

2020-03-06

1:30AM thoughts and vibing to daniel caesar, sufjan stevens, & sleeping at saturn, some of my favorite artists. I feel emotional because I understand that my time is wrapping up here. I am more than excited to see my family again, but I know I’m not ready to leave the country I now consider my...

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