St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Shawntelle sends a video postcard from our 4th day in Detroit!

Shakari and Alyssa send a video postcard from Day 3!

Today was a very productive day. Waking up early again was no surprise and shockingly easy. Breakfast was edible. During the morning devotions in the auditorium, the uplifting songs woke me up. Then we got the oppourtunity to go to a community center for a workshop called "A Key Way for Kids", where we met more church youth on the trip with us, made Detroit t-shirts, learned about filming and camcorders, and lastly played volleyball with the younger kids(which was very excite

Cheyenne sends a video from our second day in Detroit!

Shakari interviews Alyssa for our first video postcard from Detroit!

Today was very stressful... but it ended greatly. I was very sleepy waking up at 3am. The plane ride was uncomfortable because it was hard to sleep. When we finally arrived in Detroit things got a little better. We had to wait for others to get their bags before we could leave hte airport. Finally we got to Wayne State University and ended the long day with Jets Pizza.

At our sixth and last getting ready gathering, we set personal goals for the trip! We're only one day out now - almost there!

For our fifth gathering, we learned about four levels of racism: internalized racism, interpersonal racism, institutional racism, and structural racism.

For our fourth gathering, we learned about the history of racism in Detroit.

For our third gathering, we learned about the history and culture of Detroit.