{"id":27475,"date":"2016-03-23T08:16:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=27475"},"modified":"2016-07-19T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:22:55","slug":"emu-students-lead-y-serve-trips-to-georgia-west-virginia-and-michigan-while-civil-rights-tour-makes-pilgrimage-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/emu-students-lead-y-serve-trips-to-georgia-west-virginia-and-michigan-while-civil-rights-tour-makes-pilgrimage-south\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU students lead Y-Serve trips to Georgia, West Virginia and Michigan, while Civil Rights Tour makes pilgrimage south"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University students scattered far and wide <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> from Georgia to Michigan <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> during March\u2019s Spring Break on four different Y-Serve service learning trips. (<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/studentlife\/campus-ministries\/ypca\/\">Y-Serve<\/a> is the new name for Young People\u2019s Christian Association, popularly known as YPCA, which has had a presence on EMU\u2019s campus for decades.)<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cEach spring break, we offer several different service and learning\u00a0trips, and this year was\u00a0no different, but what\u2019s clear to me is that this year, a diverse cross-section of our student body chose new experiences,\u201d said university campus pastor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/bb329\">Brian Martin Burkholder<\/a>, who advises\u00a0the Y-Serve\u00a0program and accompanied the Civil Rights Tour. \u201cOur students took risks in getting to know and learning from\u00a0new people in their\u00a0groups\u00a0and at the various\u00a0locations and they returned richer for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the second week in March, groups traveled to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To <strong>Alterna Community<\/strong> in Georgia, led by Amanda Helfrich and Teresa Garcia Bautista;<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>Mennonite Disaster Service<\/strong> in Michigan, led by Robert Propst and Harrison Horst;<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>Serving with Appalachian People<\/strong> headquarters in West Virginia, led by Grayson Mast and Abe Hartzler;<\/li>\n<li>And on a <strong>Civil Rights Tour<\/strong>, coordinated by advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/ct765\">Celeste Thomas<\/a> and led by students Tae Dews, Oksana Kitrell and Christian Parks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View photos of all the trips in a slide show below.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternacommunity.com\/\">Alterna Community<\/a><\/strong> trip traveled to LaGrange, Georgia. The focus was immigration, with homestays, worship and learning opportunities hosted by the Alterna community and founders Anton and Charlotte Flores-Maisonet. On the itinerary were visits to El Refugio, a volunteer-run hospitality house for family and friends of men detained at Stewart Detention Center, and a vigil and demonstration outside the center. The group also visited Americus Mennonite Fellowship and the Martin Luther King, Jr. historical site in Atlanta. View more photos at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alternacommunity\/\">Alterna\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> and listen to a <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/tag\/anton-flores-maisonet\/\">podcast of a sermon<\/a> offered by Anton Flores-Maisonet when he visited EMU in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Alterna group included Christina Rose Hershey, Quinn Kathrineberg, Joan Pablo Forero Vargas, Hannah Shultz, Delight Tigoe, Azucena Del Real Loera, Juan Sebastian Rivas Duarte and Keyri Lopez-Goodoy, in addition to leaders Amanda Helfrich and Teresa Garcia Bautista.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mds.mennonite.net\/regions-units\/region-ii\/\">Region II Mennonite Disaster Service<\/a><\/strong> (MDS) headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, EMU volunteers joined a large work crew to contribute labor to an ongoing project. Since an August 2014 flood which caused the inundation of thousands of basements with storm water and sewage, residents who were unable to mediate the damage have dealt with mold and respiratory issues. The unit has been helping to clean out and repair basements, which involves work with framing, insulation, drywall, trim and flooring. In addition to leaders Robert Propst and Harrison Horst, Luis Longo made the trip.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mcc.org\/get-involved\/serve\/volunteer\/swap\">Serving with Appalachian People<\/a><\/strong> (SWAP) trip was based out of Elkhorn, a former coal mining community in McDowell County, one of the five poorest counties in the nation, according to Grayson Mast. The team contributed labor to home improvements for a man who would shortly be released from prison and planned to move into the home with his three children. The group also toured the local area and learned more about regional culture and history from evening discussions and presentations by local speakers and musicians.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to leaders Grayson Mast and Abe Hartzler, the crew included Elizabeth Resto, Grace Burkhart, Brandon Chupp, Jolee Paden, Lydia Musselman and Sylvia Mast.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Civil Rights Tour<\/strong> was the first such trip of its kind, says Burkholder, who accompanied the group. It was held in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/multicultural\/\">Multicultural and International Student Services<\/a>, the Gospel Choir, YPCA (Y-Serve) and the Black Student Union, with additional funding provided from the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/sga\/\">Student Government Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Birmingham, they visited Kelly Ingram Park, the Civil Rights Institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Negro Southern League Museum. In Tuskegee, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site took most of the day, with afternoon visits to the home of Booker T. Washington and the Carver Museum. In Selma, the group visited the National Voting Rights Museum and walked around the Montgomery city center, including a visit to Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s church on Dexter Avenue. The civil rights leader was also the focus in Atlanta the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The group included Cameron White, Bethany Chupp, Valeria Meza Cooper, Brittany Williams, Brenda Soka, Kendi Mwongo and Jessa Tobin, in addition to student leaders Christian Parks, Tae Dews and Oksana Kitrell. EMU staff Celeste Thomas, Brian Martin Burkholder and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/jr933\">Jane Ellen Reid<\/a> joined the trip.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/easternmennoniteuniversity\/albums\/72157665931121961\" title=\"Y-Trips Spring Break 2016 by EasternMennoniteUniversity, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1682\/25881945895_76a4188042_z.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20160307_112028\"><\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University students scattered far and wide \u2014 from Georgia to Michigan \u2014 during March\u2019s Spring Break on four different Y-Serve service learning trips. 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