First Lessons
Published by Chiara Settineri
On principle, people who apply to take part in a service trip are looking to offer something of themselves to …
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Remembrance and Forgetting
Published by Lily Koning
On our second day in Johannesburg, our group visited the Hector Pieterson Museum, which commemorates students’ role in Soweto protests …
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A place for everything, everything in its place
Published by Takiyah Johnson
This first week in South Africa was emotionally taxing and exhausting for me. As we explored the country’s history in …
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Inner Struggle
Published by Anna Chulack
The camera clicks. The photo that the group and I are posing for has been taken. Feelings of guilt, confusion, …
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Week 1 – Losing myself in a new story
Published by Sheridan Wilbur
“Lose yourself.” That’s what my best friend’s mom said to me before leaving for South Africa. I wasn’t sure what …
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Suspended in Air, Suspended in Time
Published by Sheridan Wilbur
Anticipation before arriving in Jo’burg Anxiety is what I feel right now, but it shouldn’t carry the weight of …
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