#fulbrightamizade

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A short summary of our service-learning trip in Appalachia. #Repost @caraballocordovez with @repostapp ・・・ I'm with a group of other twelve Fulbright students in Williamson, West Virginia. We're volunteering in the community and learning more about their efforts to reinvent their economy after the coal industry collapsed. Around 20,000 mining jobs have been lost in this area during the past five years. Unemployment and addiction to opioids are some of the problems that Williamson is facing right now. #fulbrightamizade #fulbright #fairtradelearning #servicelearning #travelgram #appalachia #williamson #westvirginia #landscape (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Meet our Appalachia SD Nate Siggers through the lens of the #FulbrightAmizade participants. #Repost @the_fulbright_program ・・・ The more we learn about others, the more we learn about ourselves. Last month, #Fulbright students and alumni met in Williamson, WV for a week of service learning with @amizadegsl. Original caption from @eric_ejs: ""I didn't know I liked people until I started volunteering, and now I just can't get enough of teaching and working with people." ~community organizer Nate Siggers. #fulbrightamizade When Nate was a child in the early 80s, he recalls having to sit with his sister upstairs in the local movie theater because they are black. Hearing him talk about how some white locals were skeptical of that experience actually happening was a reminder that discrimination is often invisible or hidden in plain sight for those who don't suffer from it." . . #fairtradelearning #appalachia #westvirginia #travelgram #storytelling #stories #powerful (at Williamson, West Virginia)

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Memories from Appalachia alongside @the_fulbright_program. Shared by @seokwun. ・・・ Watching Daniel from Amizade interviewing father and daughter musicians, Jay and Dee Clark. They shared with us some beautiful songs about Appalachia and their love for music. Dee: "I'm a country girl at heart. My favourite thing about being in Williamson is to be able to walk out to my front porch and look at the stars. My grandpa has a pond in front of his house and I always think it's so great to be able to play music to the frogs. You can find yourself with music when it's just you and your guitar." #fulbrightamizade #Fulbright #appalachia #travelgram #westvirginia #fairtradelearning #volunteer #servicelearning #countryroads (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Memories from our journey in Appalachia alongside @the_fulbright_program. Shared by @_biancapatel. . Chatted (read: laughed) with Betty while planting onions in her rented space of a community garden. She is one of the most vibrant and hilarious people I've ever met. Being here reminded me of when I used to work at a nursing home, a place where love and laughter blooms if you tend to it 🌱 #fulbright #fulbrightamizade #appalachia Pc to the great @caraballocordovez #fairtradelearning #community #travelgram #volunteer #storytelling (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Last day of activities in Appalachia through the lens of @seokwun. ・・・ Last night in Williamson and we had a bonfire in the community garden. It's been such an inspiring experience to meet the Fulbrighters from all over the world (truly beautiful souls who shine with kindness and wisdom) as well as the local residents in Williamson who showed us what it means to be purposeful and be of service to the community regardless of the hurdles in life. Truly blessed. #fulbrightamizade #Fulbright #appalachia #westvirginia #fairtradelearning #volunteer #travelgram #bondfire (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

#Repost @geoedlo with @repostapp ・・・ Williamson Fire Dept is the only paid 🔥 dept in Mingo Co. The firefighters see and do so much for the community. Through our conversations, we have learned important trends that are occurring. #FulbrightAmizade #Appalachia #travelgram #williamson #fairtradelearning #volunteer #volunteering (at Williamson, West Virginia)

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‪It's cold out here in Williamson but the #FulbrightAmizade group is rolling up their sleeves and working alongside the garden club. 🌿‬ . . #fairtradelearning #servicelearning #fulbright #travelgram #garden #volunteer #westvirginia (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

#Repost @geoedlo with @repostapp ・・・ WV formerly exported produce but now imports 80-90% of its produce. Community gardens are working to change the imbalance #Appalachia #FulbrightAmizade @the_fulbright_program #landscape #fairtradelearning #westvirginia #appalachia #travelgram #volunteer #servicelearning (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Local shop @34ate welcomes #FulbrightAmizade in #appalachia. #Repost @kingazsofiahorvath with @repostapp ・・・ Having dinner at 34:Ate in Williamson. #feelingspecial #fulbright #fulbrightamizade #fairtradelearning #servicelearning #travelgram #shoplocal #community (at 34:Ate)

[amizadegsl]

Day 4 in #Appalachia. This morning, the #FulbrightAmizade participants worked alongside community members at a local community garden to prep beds for the upcoming planting. . . #travelgram #volunteer #volunteering #fairtradelearning #servicelearning #fulbright #garden #community (at Norfolk Southern Yard Williamson, WV)

[amizadegsl]

The #fulbrightamizade saga continues. Check out this amazing time lapse by @seokwun. ・・・ Visited Refresh Appalachia's farm today. They do really cool organic farming that turns the unusable land into fertile soil. #fairtradelearning #appalachia #volunteer #servicelearning #timelapse #travelgram #traveltuesday

[amizadegsl]

Shared by @kingazsofiahorvath. 👏🏼 ・・・ Let's turn some "mud" to plants and vegetables! Building #communitygardens with #fulbrightamizade in Pike County, #kentucky . . #fairtradelearning #kentucky #travelgram #servicelearning #garden #volunteer #greenrevolution (at Pikeville, Kentucky)

[amizadegsl]

What issues is the community of Williamson facing in a daily basis? Our Appalachia SD Nate Siggers is recording its local show, Relate with Nate with a live audience to discuss these challenges and the #FulbrightAmizade group is here to follow the discussion. @the_fulbright_program . . #fairtradelearning #fulbright #travelgram #traveltuesday #appalachia #williamson #westvirginia #servicelearning #volunteer #community (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Shared by our the #fulbrightamizade participant @seokwun. ・・・ Harold, 81 years old local resident who loves gardening is giving us instruction on what to do. #fairtradelearning #appalachia #servicelearning #volunteering #Fulbright #travelgram (at Pikeville, Kentucky)

[amizadegsl]

The #FulbrightAmizade journey in Appalachia has started. Today, Tim Caudhill of the Health and Wellness Center led on a hike to see a #breathtaking view of Williamson. On the top of the Mountain, he talked a lot bit more about the city and its geography. With @the_fulbright_program . . #fairtradelearning #fulbright #williamson #westvirginia #travelgram #volunteer #volunteering #servicelearning #appalachia (at Williamson, West Virginia)

[amizadegsl]

Amizade is hitting the country roads towards Williamson, West Virginia to meet up with the Fulbright Program and the Health and Wellness Center. An exciting week of service and learning activities is waiting for us in the Heart of Appalachia. #CountryRoads #FulbrightAmizade (at Charleston, West Virginia)