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• Posted cable car. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  0 0 1 134 768 University of Minnesota-Morris 6 1 901 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Brittany Anderson 10 January 2012 Title: cable car. This afternoon, we rode the cable car to the top of Table Mountain, or Trafelberg.  Zama and Chris were with us and it was Zama's birthday! This was her first trip to the top of Table Mountain and she'd lived in Cape Town her whole life. ...
• Posted service and learning. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted forgiveness. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted honoring the past. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  0 0 1 186 1066 University of Minnesota-Morris 8 2 1250 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Brittany Anderson 9 January 2012 Title: honoring the past. Back to Afrika Tikkun!  This morning was filled with children: smiling children, crying children, and yawning children.  We visited an Islamic Day Care Center in Delft today.  When we arrived, there was one woman watching over about 7 kids. All of us travelled together today...
• Posted a look into the past. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  0 0 1 407 2323 University of Minnesota-Morris 19 5 2725 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Brittany Anderson 8 January 2012 Title: a look into the past. We began our morning with Zama leading us around UCT and showing us around. The school is the largest in Southern Africa and has beautiful historical buildings, and a Master's in International Relations...I'm thinking about it. Nazim and Aaron brought us to the...
• Posted a trip into the wild. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  0 0 1 572 3265 University of Minnesota-Morris 27 7 3830 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Brittany Anderson 7 January 2012 Title:  a trip into the wild. This morning, we took a long drive with Lisa and Louise from African Trax into the Groote Karoo to Aquila Wildlife Reserve.  Freesia, Cyndi, Shira, Paige, Courtney, Kasey, Bean and I were welcomed with a glass of champagne and roaring 4x4 Jeeps ready...
• Posted ptfo. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted feeling family to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson 6 January 2012 Title: Feeling family On Friday, we went back to Afrika Tikkun and broke into three groups. I was in a smaller group that headed to do a home visit further away. We went to visit...
• Posted feeling family. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted undeserving. to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson 5 January 2012 Title: Undeserving So, more about Nate Whittaker Boot Camp. We leave our houses at 8h30. We get to Afrika Tikkun at 9h00. We volunteer until 13h00. We have class at 15h00. We leave class at...
• Posted Undeserving to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted familiar places, unfamiliar spaces to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson 3 January 2012 Title: familiar places, unfamiliar spaces Since Educo, we've been experiencing Nate Whittaker Boot Camp, and its been great. We got back on New Year's Eve and didn't waste time hitting up the mall at V&A...
• Posted familiar places, unfamiliar spaces to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted comfort in rocks. to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson 1 January 2012 Title: Comfort in Rocks. We had barely gotten off our plane and we were packing up for bush camp. We met Mark from Educo Africa at our houses and headed up into the mountains of...
• Posted home is where the heart is. to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson 28 December 2011 Title: Home. I have so many feelings. I love being back in South Africa. I love being able to get a Hunter's Dry and go to Pick N Pay. I love getting a Steers Cone...
• Posted Returning. to Academic Center for Enrichment
  Brittany Anderson, '12 Circle Pines, MN 14 November 2011 Title: Returning. 886 days have passed since I stepped onto the plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport, leaving what I considered to be my newfound home. Since June 27, 2009,...
• Posted comfort in rocks to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
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• Posted home is where the heart is. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  0 0 1 444 2536 University of Minnesota-Morris 21 5 2975 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Brittany Anderson 28 December 2011 Title: Home.   I have so many feelings. I love being back in South Africa. I love being able to get a Hunter's Dry and go to Pick N Pay. I love getting a Steers Cone for R3.50.  Buying Airtime. Buying internet. Buying electricity.  Everything feels so much more...
• Posted Flashback to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  I just wanted to leave y'all with a little something that warms my heart and is calling me back to South Africa. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. -Nelson Mandela xoxo, b...
• Posted Returning to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2011/12
  Brittany Anderson Title: Returning. 886 days have passed since I stepped onto the plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport, leaving what I considered to be my newfound home. Since June 27, 2009, I have been searching for opportunities to return to South Africa. There are so many reasons for me to want to go back, and this opportunity fits almost every aspect of my wants. While in the Rainbow Nation, I had the opportunity to take a Community Service Learning course at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Through this course, I was required to volunteer 4 hours a week at...