First Blog Post

Hello my name is Devin Goodwin, I am a senior religious studies major. I have not had a lot of experience with the Peace or Communications Studies departments, I have taken Introduction to Peace Studies with Professor Lederach and I really enjoyed the class and the aspect of peace studies. I have taken multiple classes with the focus on nonviolence conflict resolutions. What I hope to gain from this travel course is how a nation of oppressed people overcame oppression to be able and live within their nation. For the United States, the oppressed minorities had to fight for their rights to be seen as equal and being a black man myself I would like to learn how the oppressed Irish population fought for their rights. Something I anticipate being a challenge for me will be the time change, luckily I can run off of just a couple of hours of sleep. However, being tired during the day could hurt my chance of taking notes. So I plan on being fully caffeinated and present during each tour and talk we get during the trip.

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