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Journals

Day Nineteen – California Cost

Posted on July 13, 2018

by Bradley Pasekoff Today we continued on our journey by traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Before doing so, we stopped in Santa Barbara and reflected on our time in L.A. On Tuesday, we visited the Homeboy Industries offices in downtown L.A. and learned about their program and its goals. It was inspiring to Continue Reading »

Day Eighteen – L.A.

Posted on July 12, 2018

by Liora Newman We started our day visiting South Central, a community notorious for police brutality and negative relations between residents and the police. We talked about the Watts and Rodney King riots that occurred there, both of which were cases of police brutality against black residents. We learned about the Los Angeles Police Department’s Continue Reading »

Day Seventeen – L.A.

Posted on July 11, 2018

by Daniella Cooper Yesterday, like most days thus far, we started our day with a 4 hour bus ride. Mid-ride, we took a stop at Peggy Sue’s diner to have a delicious brunch complemented by the cute atmosphere of an almost stereotypical 50’s diner. After arriving in L.A., we stopped at Homeboy Industries to learn Continue Reading »

Day Sixteen – Las Vegas

Posted on July 10, 2018

by Sammy Caruso The day started off with an adventure to the Culinary Academy Of Las Vegas where we met with a representative to talk about the labor unions that they represent. This was was really interesting because they represent the “invisible people” aka the people that work behind the scenes such as chefs, house-keepers, Continue Reading »

Day Fifteen – Las Vegas

Posted on July 9, 2018

by Molly Rusoff We started off the day with an 8:00 wake up. Then, we had a great breakfast at the hotel and hopped on the bus for two hours to Las Vegas. We had lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Sweet Tomatoes is a restaurant that has a salad and pasta buffet with big dessert bar. After lunch Continue Reading »

Day Fourteen – The Grand Canyon

Posted on July 8, 2018

by Caleb Daniels Yesterday we went to the Grand Canyon. I was astounded by the pure beauty of it and how you could see so far out in the distance blew my mind. The pure detail on the landscape really caught my eye. While we were on the mountain, Billy brought up the idea of Continue Reading »

Day Thirteen – Zion National Park

Posted on July 7, 2018

by Isabella Weiss We began our day by waking up at 7:00 and driving four hours to Zion National Park. On the way, we watched the documentary Food Inc. about modern food production and agriculture. The documentary was very eye opening because it detailed the way that cheap food is produced and the means corporations go to in order to Continue Reading »

Day Eleven – Boulder

Posted on July 5, 2018

by Madison Vaughn: This morning we got the gift of sleeping in until 8:00! We were informed we had to pack pj’s, our toiletries, and an outfit for the next day due to our over night ride to Salt Lake City. We then ate breakfast and got on the bus to head to the Columbine memorial. Continue Reading »

Day Nine – Denver

Posted on July 3, 2018

by Danie Ludmir: Today we got out of Dodge to go to Denver. We had subway for lunch and then got back on the bus to go meet with the director of marketing and community relations at the Food Bank of the Rockies, Janie Gianotsos. At the food kitchen we learned a lot about the Continue Reading »

Day Seven – Oklahoma City

Posted on July 1, 2018

by Ben Goldstone: We started off the day with breakfast at the Holiday Inn and got on the road to go to Oklahoma City, OK. We stopped for lunch on the way and continued to OKC where we observed the Families Belong Together immigration rally on not separating children, in front of the capital building. Continue Reading »