Jerusalem: God Among Snow, Hail, and Sunshine; God Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Kate Lukaszewicz | Educator Day 2 | 2022 Inside Israel: Educational Leadership Seminar Today’s sojourn brought us to touchstones of intersecting histories. We braved March snow, a rarity in Jerusalem, to stand atop the Mount of Olives, staring across the valley towards the Temple Mount, another site for another day. Christian tradition holds that the […]
Purim and Meeting Our Mishpachtonim
Alex, Lincoln, Rinnie Day 1 | 2022 Children’s Village Teen Volunteer Program Today, we woke up relatively late, which was great for resetting jet lag. We made our own breakfasts out of a variety of ingredients in the kitchen, many of them Israeli products we had not seen before. Then we went to the plaza […]
The first day of travel in Israel was filled with dichotomies.
David Barkovich PhD | School Counselor Day 1 | 2022 Inside Israel: Educational Leadership Seminar The first day of travel in Israel was filled with dichotomies. The weather was sunny and clear, yet bitterly cold. In the morning the participants laughed in the green fields among sheep and goats, while in the afternoon we concentrated […]
Reflections of a Shared Journey – Day 7
Ellen Resnek | Educational Programs and Outreach Manager, CWB We entered into our community of learners a band of educators, scholars, administrators and community change makers and in that space we found our community of purpose. Our transformative study seminar unfolded as we entered the sacred spaces, and heard the voices of those who sacrificed […]
Mr. Charles Person, Freedom Rider
Our honored guest was Charles Person, one of two surviving Freedom Riders to have made the trip in its entirety from Washington DC to New Orleans. The songs of the movement sustained him, he said, especially so when he knew that he should have felt fearful, and no song strengthened him more than “Oh Freedom.”
Sites of Violence, Sites of Healing – Day 5
Laura Thomson Sites of Violence, Sites of Healing Today we visited the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum, both located in Montgomery, Alabama. We were warned prior that this would be a hard day, and I thought I was prepared, but immediately upon deboarding the bus the images of enslaved people […]
What Bridges Do We Have to Cross Today? – Day 4
Jennifer Brown and Derek Chimner “We have come a great distance as a society, but we still have a great distance to go.”– Former Congressman John Lewis This was the first line read during a memorial service we held at the end of our time in Selma. It comes from John Lewis’ book Across That Bridge: […]
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived…” – Day 3
Deb SmithSocial/Racial Justice CoordinatorYWCA Hanover Montgomery, Alabama ‘History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.’ -Maya Angelou As I continue this journey with Classrooms Without Borders, I am reminded of all the good people in the world, the people we are meeting on the trip, […]
The Beginning of a Beloved Community – Day 2
Lauren Hall | High School Administrator Day two began on Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard, the birthplace of the 1960-1965 Atlanta Student Movement and central location to 6 Historically Black Universities: Atlanta University, Clarke College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College. The announcement that we were unable to visit the planned […]