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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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Lights Out, But We Are Eternally Lit

Alex Noble once said, “Success is not a place at which one arrives, but where the spirit with which one continues the journey.” To…
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JA1C Return Flight Information

Hello, family and friends of the  JA1C Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share…
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Spontaneity Day

“If you want to change the world, be the change.” -Mahatma Gandhi Hi I’m Kyra, a rising senior at Mountain View High School, and…
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Leadership Is Like Being A Good Friend

Quote of the day: “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.”- Mother…
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Team Work Makes The Dream Work – CAP Day 1

What up friends and familia! This is Alicia Vazquez and Felipe Orejel. Today was about committing to our Community Action Project (CAP) and setting…

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Communlitty Day

“Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol; you want it not for yourself, but because it will content your spirit…
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Deconstructing Poverty To Reconstruct Ourselves

“Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do…
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Playing On The Playa (Juan Dolio)

Hola todos (hello everybody)! Noe Morales and Alex Miyamoto here as Lideres Del Dia! Today was a very fun and productive day with the…
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Immigration and Identity, Past and Present

“The more you can increase fear of immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.” – Noam Chomsky Question of the day:…
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Mission: Discovery

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural, it is…