By Marni Bates

(sung to the tune of “With a Little Help from my Friends”)

What would you think if I met with pro-life/pro-choice
Would you then stop speaking to me?
Lend me your ears if you can, if you will
So we can talk ’bout how we disagree

Oh …

By Marni Bates

Throughout our journey, organizations have brought up one event time and time again in our meetings – the Holocaust. I’ve rolled my eyes inwardly as groups I disagree with seem to desperately grasp at it in order to connect with our emotions. As I walked into the …

By Jilly Roberts

Today was a much more laid back day than yesterday. We began our morning by going to the National Archives and seeing the 3 main documents that shaped our country into what it is today. We saw the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. …

By Becca Weintraub

Today we had a jam-packed day filled with four meetings and Friday nights services. Our first meeting was with the International Justice Mission. This Christian-based non-profit organization takes it upon themselves to not just talk about a problem but to solve it. They use the Bible to …

By Emily Roberts

We began our Washington DC experience by meeting with Congressman John Lewis on the back steps of the Capitol building. While it was extremely hot outside, it was extremely cool that we had the opportunity to meet with this man who was such a prominent figure in …

By Gabe Schneider

During the ride to Philadelphia from Boston, we watched a couple of movies which I feel parallel some great lessons and ideas we have learned and experienced this summer. The first is “Wet Hot American Summer”, a movie that relates to the American Dream by telling the …

By Stephanie Gorosh

Our first stop in Boston was to see the performance of “Blue Man Group”. It was a spectacular show, especially because our seats were in the first three rows. During the show we all contemplated the questions that Billy asked us before we walked in, which were …

By Jaime Grabell

We finally made it! Our dash to New York was complete.

We started our New York adventure by having a meeting with the American Jewish World Service. We learned about their work with Darfur and we were able to connect it to our Jewish teachings. We also …

By Aaron McCausland

Today in Cleveland we went to Kent State University and the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

At Kent State University we met with Alan Canfora, a survivor of the shootings that happened on the Kent State campus on May 4 1970.

He gave us a walking …

By Zak Seed

I can’t say I was ready to leave the spectacular city of San Francisco with the hilly streets, great weather, lots of public transportation (which did get us around the city very well) and funky people. However, the Windy City of Chicago presented a whole new excitement …