By: Bogdana & Yvette
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| Finally made our way onto the airplane after several delays! |
Update: no update. After a flight delay with
many false departure times, RUAB Right to Rights finally arrived in #BoujLanta (Atlanta, Georgia)
#HereATLast! The four-hour delay was a blessing in disguise; we played some games that let us grow
closer as a group and excited for the
week ahead of us. Finally meeting our hosts Cynthia and Barak from our
community partner Something New was amazing and really helped get us ready
for the week we have ahead. We finished off last night with a trip to
Walmart and some midnight pizza; we were pumped.
Even though most Alternative Breaks explore their host city as some much needed rest at the end of their servlce, we had the chance to discover Altanta beforehand. Acquiring the history of this significant city gave us all the necessary background we needed to understand the people of Georgia and the circumstances they face. The Center for Civil and Human Rights was an experience many of us will not forget. The Lunch Counter Sit-In simulation resonated with many of us, giving us a personal understanding of the trauma endured by citizens during the Civll Rights Movement, which can stlll be felt today. The day was filled with a range of emotions from pure joy as we jumped for a photo-op to absolute terror and panic after realizing that our elevator jolted twice and the doors hadn't opened (no worries, we called for help who intuitively told us to just click the button that opens the doors).
After experiencing a day of education, we were able to use our knowledge and expand upon it during a panel with members of refugee resettlement agencies here in Clarkston. We were
given the advice to be open minded in the work we do here and in our own lives. With this panel, we were given a true sense of what our service will be like and what life is like for the refugees living here. We're all eager to use everything we learned today to help the families in our service this week!
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