It is day 3 in NYC with the group. We have been in class ALL day from 8am to 5pm each day busy with orientation and classes. Today after classes we walked SIX miles from the upper west side to Leonia, NJ!!! We walked through Riverside Park, through Washington Heights, across the GW Bridge and then another few miles in dirty Jersey (haha). It was an amazing walk. Beautiful weather. Gorgeous view. Extremely tiring. We ended at the house of an elderly couple who were the first coordinators of the Cities of the 21st Century program (which I am doing this semester). They were such hospitable guests. We had a BBQ in their backyard and it was delicious.
I am excited that the next few weeks will be full of field trips, site visits, discussions and personal reflection. I will include more details about our itinerary as soon as I can. We have one more week in NYC. Then on Friday August 29th we leave to India!
Tomorrow...we will go in groups to visit separate agencies and learn about their work. I will be going to Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO). I am very excited to learn about this organization and do some research on their work.
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