By Hannah Marcovitch

The day started off heavily with a visit to Columbine High School and the memorial for the massacre that occurred there 11 years ago. Immediately after driving into the high school parking lot we could feel our moods dampen. It was a humbling experience to be on…

By Seth Novick

We started off the day by waking up early. We did a lot of things today: we met with a pro universal health care doctor, visited Columbine High School and the memorial to the shootings, went to lunch, saw Naropa University, explored Pearl Street, saw the movie…

By Rachel Firestone

This morning we woke up and went to Columbine High School. When we arrived we went up a hill that overlooked the school to see the newly dedicated memorial to the horrible tragedy at Columbine. The memorial was extremely powerful, beautiful and, of course, very sad. The…

By Haley Leibovitz

We started our celebration of our nation’s birthday by being able to sleep in late. We then went to Littleton, Colorado where we stopped at Columbine High School. This is the location of the major school shooting in 1999. It was a very powerful experience for us…

From Matthew Sternberg:

After a late wake up we boarded the bus to go to Boulder, which is about 40 minutes from Denver. After stopping for lunch, we arrived on the tiny campus of Naropa University, America’s only accredited Buddhist college. Having some time before our first meeting, we went…

From Arielle Roberts:

Today we drove from Dodge City to Denver. When we first got to town, we walked around the Lo-Do area and do some shopping and get a feel for downtown Denver. That night, we went to Folsom Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder to celebrate…

From Anna S.:

Boulder Colorado is possibly the crunchiest town on earth. Our journey continued with a tour of Wild Oats Supermarket, which was actually really enjoyable. We learned all about fair trade and tried some free sample of organic foods. Our discussion leaders explained how food can be made…

From Eric:

We made it to the state capital in Denver and walked to the 14 step of the building, which is officially a mile high. We sat down for a conversation with a member of the Colorado Environment organization. He discussed the importance of preserving our environment and what…