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Eric’s Journal – Day 22
A friend recently sent me a very appropriate e-mail that compared a week’s worth of food in various cultures. There were pictures of 10 families with their weekly groceries. At the top of the list was the Melander family in Germany, the Revis family in the...
Eric’s Journal – Day 20
Today marks the 2/3 point of the month, and 1 week until Thanksgiving in the US. Yesterday I saw, the first of I’m sure many to come, “news” segments on how to avoid gaining weight this Holiday season. Our biggest problem for a few weeks out of the...
Brandeis Camp Darfur – Boston, MA
On Wednesday November 12, four large boxes arrived in the student union office at Brandeis University. The next morning members of the Brandeis STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition chapter began assembling the contents of these boxes into large tents. By the time...
Jeremiah’s Journal – Day 17
I was advised again that I should start some sort of multivitamin. This has been about the fifth serious request that I have had to start doing so. Today it was from my brother who is in pharmacy school. (Thanks Jed, but I don’t remember you being all that...
Eric’s Journal – Day 16
Sunday night and Jeremiah and I are now on the downhill half of the month. I’ve been having trouble finding the focus to sit down and write a journal entry. At the start of the month I thought that I would be much more focused on the seeking empathy aspect of...
Jeremiah’s Journal – Day 15
“Rise and shine campers…..it’s Groundhog Day!” Another day, another bowl of wheat. My meals are becoming so monotonous; at least I have made it to the halfway point. My hearts go out to all the refugees, not only are their meals the same (day day-in and...
Grassroots sets up Camp in DC
Communities from America’s 50 States came together in Washington DC this last weekend. After a year of activism centered around their Tents of Hope tent, the Washington Mall became an unlikely refugee camp, hosting hundreds of tents directly in front of the...
Jeremiah’s Journal – Day 9
I feel much better now that my headaches are gone. I had a constant, pounding headache that started the morning of day three and went to day seven. They have now past, which I am extremely grateful for. I imagine it was my body adjusting to not getting enough...
Eric’s Journal – Day 8
Today Eric is in Washington D.C. for the Tents of Hope event on the National Mall. He brought his rations and a small cookware set with him and cooked his meals in his hotel...