Living peoples, not dying languages: Inside the fight to preserve and revitalize Quechua and other Indigenous languages in the Andes
By Heather Physioc In a rustic adobe building in the Andean mountainside, cool light filters in through small windows that look out over a misty valley below. The hut is constructed from bricks of mud mixed with straw and highland grasses. The roof is corrugated sheet steel and thatch. The clay walls are brushed white...
Working for Democracy and Peace in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
This Thanksgiving I served as an international election observer in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I entered the Central American country hoping to support democracy and see Honduras first-hand. I left the country humbled to my core because the experience changed my worldview. I struggled to write about my brief experience in a way that would do justice...
What to Do With A Week in Bogotá, Colombia
I got to visit the wonderful capital city and largest city of Colombia, Bogotá, twice in one year! Once was for a school trip, upon which I got to meet my amazing VML colleagues in that city. Then, there was a follow-up visit that summer to help my colleagues in that office launch a practice....
15 New Year’s Travel Resolutions Ideas
As 2017 comes to a close and I look forward to a clean slate in 2018, I am taking time to remember all that has happened this year, and all I hope to do in the next. I appreciate this time for its focus on mindful reflection. This time when we appreciate what we have...