Grappling with new learning on the Civil Rights Trail
My trip to Alabama included visits to several more sites that taught me about this period in history and left me inspired by the thousands […]
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Selma
History sometimes gets jumbled up in my mind. I don’t always remember dates and details. That was the case with Selma. I knew there was […]
“Your names were never lost”
I had one more stop on my first day in Birmingham. After visiting the Legacy Museum I hopped on the free shuttle and took the five-minute air-conditioned […]
From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
a visit to the Legacy Museum in Montgomery My visit to the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice left me speechless. […]
This is Cuba!
As I sat in the cockpit of the Airbus A320, I thought, “What a fitting end to my first trip to Cuba.” Our three-hour flight […]
Two Stories
I had conversations with two Cubans in twenty-four hours, representing very different points of view. A Dream Denied I strolled down a side street in […]
Wi-fi and Ballet
Here is a post about two unrelated Cuban experiences. Wi-fi “Do you need a wifi card?” a young man on a bench asked as I […]
Fish and Revolution
A Chicken for Fish “The man with the fish is here,” whispered the owner of the house after she quietly called our guide away from […]
Viñales
Farming is a hard life no matter where you are. Imagine having to sell 90% of your crops to the government at a price the […]
Don’t Ask Why
One of the first things I learned from our guide, photographer Luis Alarcon, was “Don’t ask why.” Why is the salary of a doctor just […]
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