Category: International Trip
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International Trip Day 5: LIFE IN CONSTANT FEAR … and a little bit of hope
As we embrace our second day in Medellín, Colombia, our Presiding Fellows provided the Class with three questions to have in mind while we enter today’s sessions and tours. These questions are presented to elicit spectral thinking (not everything is black and white – the grey is real) when presented with some of heavy topics…
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International Trip Day 4 – ¡Vamos a Medellín!
Rise and shine class 52! At 5:15AM we said a sleepy goodbye to gracious Panama City and went on our way to the City of Eternal Spring: Medellín, Colombia. At the Medellín airport, we were greeted by our gregarious guides for the next 7 days. While in route to our first excursion, we heard about…
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Day 3 – Finding the “American” Dream
What is the “American” Dream? Is it achievable? What does it mean to be “American”? On our third day in Panama City we spent the day in the Bristol Hotel conference room learning about the mass human migration through the Darién Gap, the history of Panama and some of it’s leaders who dreamed dreams of…
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International Trip: Day 2 – A City of new Beginnings
After a good nights rest and some time for self reflection, class 52 began day 2 of their international trip in Panama. Fellows boarded the bus, again led by local tour guide Ian Sanchez, and class 52 was off to Panama Viejo or Old Town. As class 52 pulled into Panama Viejo, we were met…
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International Trip: Day 1
And we’re off! LAX –> Panama City, Panama The clock strikes 10:00PM at LAX, a full and electric crowd traffics through the busy international nexus as a group of CALF fellows gather in Terminal B for a tradition as old as Reaganomics. It was time for Class 52 to begin their international odyssey! The itinerary…
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