Day 2 of the Project exceeded my expectations. It began early in the day with the meeting of the Legacy 3, which are the first African American women to attend the College of William and Mary, and I was mesmerized and star-struck. The three ladies told us their experiences as students while in attendance during a time of civil rights and overt racism. Though I expected it to be a tale of hardships and struggles they had to endure as studenrts during that time, they instead proved that it was a story of triumph and really normality. In other words when Karen, Lynn, and Janet attended the College, they didnt realize at the time the significance of their admittance, continued attendance, and graduation from the College especially in the launching of the growth of future generations of African American students. The Legacy 3 were humble in the depiction of their story, yet the courage and pererverance they had to stay at a difficult school, in more ways than one, is admirable and incredible to me. After that we continued to grow in work on the project that will be finalized tomorrow, which was done with the help of the details given by the Legacy 3. The work was productive and for the most part had a very strong foundation for what it will look like tomorrow upon completion. The rest of the evening turned into a girl bonding session, which made for a very relaxing and entertaining evening. I hope that this bonding will allow us to work stronger on our teams but also as a branch out team in the completion of the project through these new found relationships and strengthened passion for the subject at hand. I await the experiences of tomorrow and what it might bring, hopefully with a completed project, positively impacted lives, and overall successful Branch Out Trip witht the Lemon Project.
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