{"id":942,"date":"2025-06-02T14:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/?p=942"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:12:42","slug":"before-the-trip-getting-ready-for-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/2025\/06\/02\/before-the-trip-getting-ready-for-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Trip \u2013 Getting Ready for Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hey everyone, my name is Seif El-Askary.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently majoring in Communication and have been thinking more seriously about getting into Health Sciences. I\u2019m still figuring things out, but I\u2019ve always been interested in how people connect with each other, especially in tough situations. That\u2019s part of what drew me to this course.<\/p>\n

I signed up for this trip because I wanted something more than just lectures or textbooks. I wanted to actually go somewhere with a real history of conflict and learn directly from the people who lived through it. Northern Ireland stood out to me because of the way it\u2019s been through so much division, yet there are still people working every day to build peace. I want to see how they do that and what role communication plays in it.<\/p>\n

On a personal level, I\u2019m looking forward to learning through experience. I think it\u2019s different when you\u2019re standing in the places where things happened and talking to people face-to-face. I\u2019m hoping this trip helps me grow and opens my mind in ways that a regular class can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I think the hardest part for me might be taking in some of the emotional weight of what we\u2019ll be learning about. It\u2019s one thing to read about conflict, but being there and hearing people\u2019s stories in person is probably going to be challenging. Still, I think those are the moments that will stick with me the most.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading. I\u2019m really looking forward to the journey and everything that comes with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone, my name is Seif El-Askary. I\u2019m currently majoring in Communication and have been thinking more seriously about getting into Health Sciences. I\u2019m still figuring things out, but I\u2019ve always been interested in how people connect with each other, especially in tough situations. That\u2019s part of what drew me to this course. I signed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/peacecomm2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}