My Visit to Atlanta

This week, I had the great pleasure of visiting a mentor of mine, Tim’m West, in Atlanta. Although I was only there for less than 24 hours, we had quite the trip together.

First, we started off at the PEACE academy in Atlanta, where he joined me in giving one of my presentations about the importance of democracy. It was a unique experience for me as I had never presented to lower school students and I found it quite enjoyable. I found it especially exciting to explore a new style of presentation in order to adapt to the younger audience. By the end of the day, I had given 4 and a half (our last one got cut short) presentations on the importance of democracy. The enthusiasm that the students had was absolutely phenomenal and it was fascinating to see these problems from a Kindergartener’s perspective.

Additionally, I had the experience of visiting the national center for Civil and Human Rights during our lunch break. The exhibits were fascinating and told the story of segregation and the brave individuals who worked tirelessly to overcome it. One particularly moving experience was being able to sit at a mock lunch counter, and experience through sound and vibration a lesser degree of what many of the sit-in protesters had suffered for freedom.