My Chicago to LA Cross-Country Trip!

Last week I went on a cross-country trip on Amtrak!  I have always wanted to see Route 66 and travel through the American Southwest. Recently, I read Candacy Taylor’s book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. While the legendary route no longer exists, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief follows most of the original route from Chicago to Los Angeles.  It travels through eight states – Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.  It was also a great opportunity to see friends in Chicago and LA that I haven’t seen since before the pandemic.

The best part of a train trip is that you get to see things, meet people you wouldn’t normally meet, and see if you are flying.  There were people on the train from the Amish community on the trip who were traveling to southern California to enter Tijuana for inexpensive medical services.  It speaks volumes when American citizens have to travel cross-country to Mexico for cheaper healthcare!

It was a great trip, and I highly recommend it to others.

 

Online Teen ContentCamp 2023 Registration Opens

ContentCampWe are running a special, intensive ContentCamp over the summer just for young adults ages 13 – 17. This is a week-long webinar series led by GWA’s leadership team on making good content work for you, your brand and your audience. This immersive series is designed for individuals who are new to content strategy and want to step up their online marketing skills for personal or organizational branding. Each day we will have a three-hour, interactive live discussion.

Dates: 5-8 July 2023

Price: US$ 699

Price includes:

• Supporting online documents and other materials to use during the webinars
• Lifetime access to the webinar videos
• A closed online study group where you can discuss your content strategy ideas with other ContentCamp participants.
• Six months of one-on-one technical support on your content strategy from an assigned GWA staff member
• Two follow-up webinar meetings to discuss the progress of your content strategy with GWA staff members and other ContentCamp participants

How To Apply:

Please send us a one-page essay telling us why you want to participate in ContentCamp at info(at)globalwireonline(dot)org, with “Teen ContentCamp Application” in the subject line. We are taking applications until we fill all spaces. Because we want to keep the group small, we are being a little more selective so to make sure we have the right mix of participants. Once you are accepted, then we will take full payment.  We encourage applications from qualified women, ethnic/racial minorities, people with disabilities and those from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as recognized by the United Nations. Full payments will be taken once you have been selected. Scholarships are available to those who demonstrate a financial need.

Rod Serling On Race in America

Rod Serling is one of my favorite storytellers.  The Twilight Zone is my all-time favorite TV show.  I found this gem of an interview on YouTube recently, where he is discussing race in America.  This is still relevant today.

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