EMU Intercultural Learning

ISRAEL-PALESTINE: Three Weeks in Bethlehem

Let’s talk about car horns In the US, a honking horn almost always expresses anger—get out of my way, you cut me off—that sort of thing. Don’t get me wrong, that happens in Bethlehem as well, but a honk can mean so much more here:

ISRAEL-PALESTINE: Desert life and reflections

Why aren’t more people using THESE alternative energy sources? Throughout our time at Kibbutz K’tura the group has listened to several lectures and participated in a variety of Kibbutz activities. Perhaps the most memorable for me was the visit to K’tura’s “Off the Grid” village. As an initiative stemming from the strong emphasis on environmentalism and … Continue Reading ››
ToN - We Refuse to be enemies

RADICAL EUROPE: The Journey Home

We arrived in Berlin on Sunday evening and began our city exploration the following morning. During our time in Berlin, we visited Wittenberg to see the home and church of Martin Luther. However, more important than the places we visited is the idea of the Cross Cultural program itself. On our final night in Berlin, we … Continue Reading ››

NAVAJO NATION: Homestays

Our cross-cultural (CC) group split into three smaller groups for five-night homestays with local Diné (Navajo) families on the reservation. All three homestays were in Leupp, which is a very small town near the reservation border. My group consisted of six guys who stayed in a modernized … Continue Reading ››

RADICAL EUROPE: And Up the Alps We Go

Since we've arrived in Europe we've caught glimpses of some mountains. The more we've traveled, the more of them we've seen. I've grown up around mountains, and I'm quite familiar with them, but the Alps are an entirely different story. At the bottom you're hot and burning up in the 80 degree weather, … Continue Reading ››