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An Alliance to Help the Refugee Community of Chicago. Students, supporters, volunteers and refugee families gathered in West Rogers Park. On a cold spring day to support the fundraising efforts of a mutual aid agency that has provided outreach and development services since 2002. Was established to assist refugees and immigrants of African descent with their resettlement needs, especially once the 90-day federal assistance from agencies like Refugee One.
Discovering Peru one story at a time. Nowhere To Go But Up. Lastly, I reflected on the dignity of work and the value of doing something as opposed to complaining and whining about it all day long. Life is hard, life is challenging. What else is new? And what a magnificent view I have from the top! Absolutely worth the hike up. See you down the road! January 16, 2014. And to the Sacred Valley.
I could not sleep all night long from being way to excited for what the next day held. The plan was to leave at 8AM to start the hike up Machu Picchu. After many fits and many people trying to persuade me not to walk up, today is the day to do it. We walked past the front gate toward what looked like huts. Once we walked past the huts, my stomach dropped and eyes got wide. The moment I have been wait.
Not just Peru, but the entire experience of traveling abroad has given me an entirely new perspective.
May I Have a Word? March 11, 2015. Sitting on the other side as an interviewee sounded a little unnerving to me as a writer when I was approached by blogger Jenisse Bouret, for her Young and Latino. Blog But sitting back and waiting to see the finished product was eye-opening. Read the interview by clicking here. And so it had been decided, the twelfth day of February they would march.
Rose on Toes meets Machu Picchu. My first view of Machu Picchu. Meeting Machu Picchu was the only thing I could think about my entire trip. Since my arrival day one in Lima I just wanted to be there. I wanted to see and intimately get to know the Pachamama. Me in front of Machu Picchu. They did not want to fight. They simply wanted to live and be free j.
And in summation, here is my face, everywhere in Peru. Do as the Incas did. Lying in bed, I questioned my committed until Angela. Sprinting up the stairs, with short breaks in between, sweat dripped down my face, my shirt saturated. Hiking up further, we made o.