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We started off the day with a very hearty breakfast at the hotel. Then we all jumped onto the bus and headed to our first speaker of the day. Our meeting was at Northwestern University with former Dean John Levine. He spoke to us about the future of technology, and how it would affect our Continue Reading »
No one was surprised when we rolled up to a Holiday Inn last night. We have stayed in so many that they now seem like home to me. After breakfast, we had a meeting at Northwestern Law with the John Howard Association.The content of the meeting only had a little to do with why we Continue Reading »
Hi everyone, The group will be spending Sunday heading east from San Francisco to Chicago. Nothing to report to today, but we’ll be looking forward to catching up tomorrow with details about the trip back east and the departure of the 22 day-ers. Thanks!
Mark Twain once wrote that the coldest winter he had ever seen was a summer in San Francisco. Everyone became extremely aware of this when we hit the streets of San Fran for one of our chillier and less educationally intense days. Our first stop was the historic Haight and Ashbury street where Billy debriefed Continue Reading »
It doesn’t take much to make a difference and there is no better place than San Francisco, the center of liberal thinking, to discuss this concept. Our first meeting today was with a guy named Leon Veal. Leon was a very interesting person because he was illiterate until age 44 when he decided to join Continue Reading »
Today we drove from Los Angeles to San Francisco. During our drive we stopped in Santa Barbara for lunch. After that we had a long drive until we made it to the heart of Northern California. Finally, we arrived in San Francisco! This would be the last hotel for some of us on this trip. Continue Reading »
After relatively early wake up, we headed South Central Los Angeles to learn about the area and it’s reputation. Once we arrived, we gathered on a street corner and quietly observed the neighborhood. As a group, we were asked what we thought South Central was all about, and began to discuss its culture and history. Continue Reading »
On this momentous day on our cross-country journey, the Etgar group of 2013 departed from the scorching 8am heat of Las Vegas, Nevada, and headed towards the jewel of the west coast, Los Angeles, CA. It was roughly two hours after our departure until we were pleasantly surprised by “Peggy Sue’s,” a 1950’s style diner Continue Reading »
Vegas Baby. Yesterday we arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s the 16th day of the trip, but my true journey has just begun. Two days ago, before coming to Vegas, we watched a documentary called “I Am” showing the connectedness between everything on earth. That movie really made me think about how I’m connected to Continue Reading »
It’s so Dam Hot! The bus ride to the city of sin took a little over two hours. The soil outside shifted from reddish clay to dry beige sand. It was hard to believe that anything as spectacular as Las Vegas resided in those never ending sands. Yet reside it did, as was proven by Continue Reading »