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TOP 5: Green Initiatives Abroad

In the United States, we like to think of ourselves as innovators. But when it comes to tackling environmental problems ... read more

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Where Brazil's Female Soccer Prodigies Are Hiding

The sound was deafening. As I craned my neck to see the replay on the screen, I saw my husband’s mouth move, but I couldn’t hear anything above ... read more

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Be safe at Carnaval

Carnaval in the bigger cities of Brazil is no joke -- it's a lot of fun, but they don't employ thousands of police officers and security guards for nothing ... read more

by Danielle Taylor

06 Mar 2009
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Don't sweat the small stuff

The first idiom i learned when i arrived in Brazil in the state of Bahia was "só alegria!" meaning "only joy" and connotes "don't sweat the small stuff." This ... read more

by Jenny Schneider

18 Mar 2009
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An afro is called a "black power"

To this day, an afro is called a "black power" (pronounced black-y power) in Brazil. The Black Power movement of the '60s and '70s resonated strongly with Afro-Brazilians, especially those ... read more

by Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

25 Mar 2009

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Asa Delta

I jumped off the cliff. And flew.  When I landed, I said:no language has words to describe this.  I only share the taste of flight through the aftermath.    Eyelids shut, I stood on the beach listening to the sea.  It´s growl ever closer but fleeing before attack.  My feet ... read more

Christina Briscoe

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Reflections on the praia

I involuntarily got my first tattoo today. When I was sleeping on the beach, a newspaper blew over onto my side.  I've been contemplating my navel for the last 10 minutes trying to figure out what it says.   It's a good thing the print from the book I was reading ... read more

Christina Briscoe

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Arrival: when the house breaks the glass slippers

My host mom flipped the switch to turn on the GPS, commenting, “a gente não precisa usar ela pra chegar a Cabo Frio não, mas queremos ver como ela funciona.”  Gunning the engine to make it up the steep incline, we squeaked through the parking garage exit and began the ... read more

Christina Briscoe

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#RIO2016

Defeating major world cities like Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago, the 2016 Olympic Games will be held for the first time in a South American city: Rio de Janeiro. Chicago was the first one to be eliminated; Tokyo, the second one and Madrid got the second place in the race. In ... read more

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Quilombo Project

by Vus (valerie hess) One of Fundação Esperança´s outreach programs is called the Quilombo Project.  Quilombo is the name of a community of people who are descendants of escaped African slaves from several hundred years ago.  Brazil has over a 1,000 Quilombos still in existence since the abolition of slavery ... read more

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Jesus March

  I have attended marches in the past, but I think they were always voicing an opinion against something: war, rape, police brutality.  On Saturday I walked several kilometers with thousands of citizens of Santarém in their annual “March for Jesus.”  Many churches come together for the event- mostly evangelical.  ... read more

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I have a minor allergy to soy protein

The scenery on our 1 hour bus ride to a small farm outside of Santarém (the location of the birthday party for the director of Pastoral do Menor) reminded me of home- Pennsylvania, USA. Slightly rolling hills with farm fields and distant tree lines. All of the fields contain soybeans. ... read more

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Davidson

This entry is very general and less interesting than it could be, but I wanted to give a broad picture of what an Amizade group experience looks like.  Future entries will explore in more detailed, and hopefully more interesting ways, aspects of the visit and the resulting questions. We had ... read more

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Festa Junina

Throughout the past month we have encountered many Festa Junina parties- festivals celebrating rural life and thankfulness for the rain (June generally marks the end of the rainy season).  It seems like every neighborhood has their own.  Typical Northeastern Brazilian food is served and folk dancing (similar to square dancing) ... read more

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Arrival Manaus (Part I)

This is my first post and my first entry in a short series paying homage to early May 2009, our opening week in Brazil.  After the series I’ll leap to the present, but I want to initiate the blog with recent history and excerpts from my journal to shed a ... read more

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It's A Big World After All: "Global Lives" Offers Footage Of Ordinary People From Brazil To Japan

How many people in the world are reading a magazine right now? Eating breakfast? Kissing? Trying to imagine everyone's lives at once can be dizzying, to say the least. The "Global Lives" project, the brainchild of former Glimpse contributor David Evan Harris, plays on this experience by filming the lives ... read more

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Embrace Your Inner Vegetable: Live In An Eco-Village Abroad

The state of the global economy has made it clear that what happens in one country can negatively affect the rest of the world. But the effect doesn’t have to be negative. That’s the driving concept behind Living Routes, a program provider that sends students to eco-villages abroad.  Eco-villages are intimate ... read more

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February 18, 2008 (At sea)

2143 hours I’m going to bed early tonight! I’m so excited! But I’m waking up at 5:30 to watch our arrival into Cape Town and possibly drum our way into port with Courtney, the A/V tech, so that’s exciting, but not particularly sleepful of me.   So tomorrow is South ... read more

Danielle Taylor

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February 17, 2008 (At sea)

0016 hours Age and Megha, if you are reading this, I just want you to know I told the redhead joke tonight in front of the entire student union. And three hundred people laughed. Just so ya know.   Today, I woke up to the lovely sound of Hector, our ... read more

Danielle Taylor

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February, 16, 2008 (At sea)

0031 hours I’ve been writing a column on the Great Chicago Fire for hours now, because I had thought it happened in April and would be timely for the April issue of NF&R, but after hours of reading dozens of webpages accounting the history of what happened in Chicago, it ... read more

Danielle Taylor

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February 14, 2008 (At sea)

2116 hours Okay, so I’m finding it impossible to finish a darn journal entry before falling asleep on my keyboard. I really can’t doze off with my computer on my lap tonight, because I’d wake up with it broken in half across the room, and knowing how soundly I sleep, ... read more

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February 13, 2008 (At sea)

2357 hours I definitely fell asleep in the middle of writing that last one. Hopefully I won’t do that tonight, because today was AMAZING.   So you know journeywoman.com? read more

Danielle Taylor

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February 12, 2008 (At sea)

2100 hours Okay! So! Brazil was incredible, specifically Lençois. Puerto Rico’s got some stuff I’d like to go back and check out if life ever deposits me once again on its shores, but Brazil... wow. Once is not enough. I just called Monita to try and get her pictures from ... read more

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February 11, 2008 (At sea)

2310 hours I really will update on everything that happened in Brazil, and for the past two days since we got back on board. We had a really good screenwriting class today, and yesterday’s transcendentalism class was great too. But I have an exam in Global Studies at 9:20am and ... read more

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February 10, 2008 (At sea)

2335 hours I’m losing another hour of sleep tonight due to time change, and I’m waking up at 7:45 to study for my Global Studies Exam with Ashley tomorrow, and I still need a shower, but I left things hanging after that last post, so I should clear those up ... read more

Danielle Taylor

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Downtown isn't what you think

Audrey Bergner

05 Nov 2009

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Going downtown in Rio de Janeiro can prove to be surprisingly confusing because of a popular outdoor commercial center called “Downtown,” which boasts designer boutiques, bars, restaurants and a movie theatre. When my cousin offered to take me "downtown" one afternoon, I was shocked to end up at a mall! If you want to explore the city's central area, you'll need to use the Portuguese word: “centro.”

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Be safe at Carnaval

Danielle Taylor

06 Mar 2009

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Carnaval in the bigger cities of Brazil is no joke -- it's a lot of fun, but they don't employ thousands of police officers and security guards for nothing. Thieves will rip the earrings right out of your ears and jam their hands into your pockets to fish around for something to steal -- and then get away with it because the crowds pressing into you are so dense. One of my friends got her camera stolen from around her neck when someone forcefully yanked and broke the thick strap (aside from losing her camera, her neck was hurt pretty badly). It's a once-in-a lifetime experience, so go, but bring a disposable camera if you must, leave watches and jewelry at home, and hide your keys and money in your shoes.

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An afro is called a "black power"

Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

25 Mar 2009

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To this day, an afro is called a "black power" (pronounced black-y power) in Brazil. The Black Power movement of the '60s and '70s resonated strongly with Afro-Brazilians, especially those in the state of Bahia, where over 80% of the population has black African roots.

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