by Sophie Rice Today was truly life changing! The Grand Canyon was so breathtaking! We walked for a bit on the North Rim and saw how vast the canyon really is. After some time, we found our own space and Billy led us through basic meditation. Meditating at the Grand Canyon was Continue Reading »
by Max Klayman At the start of our journey, Billy told us that not everything would go according to plan, and today completely exemplified that. When we arrived at Zion National Park, after a long 5 hour drive, we dismounted into the oppressive heat. However, as we boarded the shuttles to take us into Zion Continue Reading »
By Jake Solomon Once we got out of the hotel and had breakfast, we went on a beautiful drive heading to Salt Lake City. Once we arrived in Salt Lake City, we headed to Whole Foods for a great lunch! Then, we went to a presentation by a guns rights activist named Clark Continue Reading »
By Leah Moradi Today, we began the day continuing our adventures in Denver. We loaded the bus and took a short drive to the Food Bank of the Rockies to learn about food insecurity and the process of distributing food to communities in Colorado. We met with the food bank’s Corporate Relations Manager, Continue Reading »
By Guy Brill Today we finally got the heck out of Dodge! We didn’t get to sleep in because we had to start the long drive to our next destination, Denver, Colorado. On the bus, we got some more glimpses into the beautiful countryside of Oklahoma. The terrain is filled with rolling hills, fields, railroads, Continue Reading »
By Rachel Mattison To celebrate the 4th of July and our trip’s one week anniversary we got to “sleep in” all the way until 8:15, a luxury gifted to us by Billy. Then, we had a framing discussion for our gun rights conversation later this week. We started by discussing many of the facts, statistics Continue Reading »
By Elana Chernoff This year was the first time Etgar has been to Tulsa, Oklahoma and it was well worth it! In Oklahoma, there are many reservations because as time went on the people kept moving the Native Americans more east. It is where the farmland is not great so they were pushed here. Continue Reading »
By Micah Fisher Today the Etgar trip drove from Little Rock, Arkansas to Dallas, Texas, where we were able to learn about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the rich history of the LGBTQIA+ and Jewish communities in Dallas. We woke up early in Little Rock to get on the bus for the long Continue Reading »
By Matan Berg Our trip’s first Thursday began in downtown Memphis, after a stay in the Hilton Inn (which was far and away our best hotel yet!). We got a riveting tour of the legendary Sun Studio, the birthplace of Rock and Roll. Our tour guide, Zack, showed us the incredible history firsthand, in the Continue Reading »
By Amira Faden After a brief breakfast at the hotel, we started our day at the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum in Montgomery. This museum explores the continuation of slavery through mass incarceration, and is located in a building that was previously a slave holding pen. Towards the beginning of the museum, we had the Continue Reading »