By Lucas Gradwohl

Today we woke up and went to what might have been the best museum yet. We went to the National Holocaust Museum. Even though a lot of us have been there before, it was still very moving. One thing that stuck out to me was a line …

By Sarah Fox

Today, as we were driving into DC for our first meeting, Billy got all of us ready for the concert tonight by playing many Paul McCartney and Beatles songs on the bus.

We began the day by meeting with the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH). NCH …

By Brian Burstyn

Today was our second full day in Washington DC and it was just as packed as yesterday. We were on the bus by 8:45 AM. We first met with NARAL Pro-Choice America, which is an organization that is a Pro-choice lobby. We met with the Pro-life group …

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Dinner was our choice tonight as we were let loose to roam Georgetown. We scowled the streets in a West Side Story-esque fashion minus the choreographed finger snapping. After free time, we returned to the center of our nation’s capital for a nighttime tour of the …

By Nathan Sacks

As Etgar 36 nears its end, it seems that the days become more packed with intense and enlightening meetings. We got on the bus for our first meeting at the Heritage Foundation. They are a lobbying group dedicated to preserving the conservative values of this nation and …

By Brandon Krieger

Today we began our day in Philadelphia by going to the Constitution Museum. It was a very interesting museum as it was extremely interactive. We watched a live performance about the way our country was formed, and specifically what the first three words of the Constitution, “We …

By Jackie Licht

We had a good day today. We had a meeting in the morning with a member of Save Darfur. He taught us about the genocide in Sudan and how we can get involved to help bring it to an end. One of the ways he suggested, was …

By Sarah Cohen

We began our second day in Boston with a meeting about the economic impact of poverty in America. The organization, United for a Fair Economy, is a non-profit organization that raises awareness of economic issues affecting poverty today. Our speaker informed us of the unequal distribution of …

By Jordan Taffet

To start off our last day in New York, we woke up nice and early. We headed towards the subway and made our way to the famous H&H bagel shop. Just standing outside you could smell the intoxicating aroma of authentic New York bagels. It was hard …

By Danielle Kerker

Today, after a long subway ride, the group arrived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Out of all the areas of the city we have visited in the past couple of days, Crown Heights was by far the most “segregated”. The community is comprised of many minorities, the most …