Brittany, Alaska and I had the chance to talk with Dr. Eric Schrimshaw who works at Columbia University (previously: King’s College) about HIV prevalence in LGBT+ populations
photo credit: Rhiannon Matthews
I was not ready for how cold our first week in New York was. I’m from Georgia, so it normally starts getting really warm around early March. But what I wasn’t expecting was how much colder it was during our time in Battery Park and on Liberty and Ellis Islands. (photo credit: Rhiannon Matthews)
Jacob Riis is notorious for his series of photographs of life in New York’s tenements. He conducted a lecture in which he discussed his photos called “How The Other Half Lives and Dies in New York City” on January 25th, 1888. The Museum of the City of New York had an exhibition where they displayed photographs and other selected works by Riis.
Another exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York detailed 14 activist movements that have occurred in New York City, from the fight for religious freedom in the early 17th century through LGBT+ liberation, a movement which is still in action today. This was such a fascinating exhibit that I took advantage of the flexible time to go back and revisit some of the movements that I knew little about, as well as realize that a lot of these movements weren’t as long ago as I thought they were.
I wasn’t ready for how many times we were going to be on a subway. I, as someone who craves personal space, had issues with the idea of being shoved into an underground tin can with a lot of people. But at midnight after a show, it’s amazing how empty the 1 train can get. (photo credit: Rhiannon Matthews)
Yes, mornings aren’t my thing. But I was so ready to get on the plane and find out what SUMMIT had in store for the two groups that would be in the Big Apple for a week
I feel like a lot of things that immigrants experienced, we can’t even imagine. Being crammed onto a boat for months at a time, and all one could do was hope that they wouldn’t be sent back to where they came from once they made landfall. (photo credit: Rhiannon Matthews)
