This summer I participated in a study abroad trip where we went to Greece and Italy to report on the refugee crisis. In Catania, Sicily, they had a celebration for World Refugee Day that happened earlier in the week. One of the most memorable and overwhelming moments was when three…
The thumbtack is my face.(You can even see my I love Free Software shirt!)
It's over. Tonight was our last night on the trip, and we head back to Athens tomorrow. I think I learned a lot more about myself than the skills and knowledge I picked up. I spent some time reflecting by talking to people in person, so I'm not going to…
We visited the Kara Tepe and Moria refugee camps over the past two days. The director of Kara Tepe really spoke to me when he started talking about dignity, freedom, and other human rights. I ended up re-reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and some of the background behind…
Today was mostly a stay-at-the-hotel-and-work day, so this is another reflection. For a while now I've felt lost in where I want to go in the future. I have about a year and a little bit more of school, but after that I've been pretty unsure. I don't think I…
There are four stories today. The knife# We were going to the lifejacket graveyard. It's a dump that has boats and lifejackets from refugees that made it here. But each lifejacket is a good thing - it represents a refugee that successfully completed the journey, and no longer have a…