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By Sarah Petrak

“we are not in Kansas anymore”…The day started bright and early at 8 am as we left Dodge City and made our way to Denver, Colorado. Denver was a welcome relief from the heat we have been experiencing as it was …

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 Melissa Diamond

Today was one the most interesting days of the trip so far..and that is saying something! We not only visited the Food Bank of the Rockies to learn about hunger in America, but also met with Tom Mauser, father of Daniel, a victim of the 1999 Columbine High …

By Beverly Rogers

After a calm and relaxing day on July 4^th, we were ready to get back into the swing of our busy schedule. We had an early wake up and were on the road headed to Denver by 8 AM. Most of us slept for the …

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 Max “The Prodigy” Haberman

One of our biggest days on this journey started at 7:15 AM in Denver. After being woken up by Jonah we boarded the bus to make our way to Kaiser Permanente, a health insurance company. During the meeting an interesting question was asked, is health …

By Aaron Lent

On Sunday we drove from Oklahoma City to Dodge City. We began the day by having a group discussion on health care in America to prepare ourselves for the meetings we have coming up in Denver. We hit the road and drove for about 45 minutes before …

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 Zach Ingber

Although I took over 5 pages of notes at each of the meetings we attended or issue we discussed, I am still at an uncharacteristic loss for words. Etgar, the Hebrew word for “challenge”, really does push a teenager to new extremes. It encourages psychological expansion and …