The last day of the Branch Out Alternative Break/Collaboration with the Lemon Project was a productive and yet another meaningful day. It began with our participation in Moral Mondays which was a rewarding and humbling experience as we got to help out as activists. Because it was Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday we honored Dr. King by participating in the Moral Monday surrounding establishing peace over cruelty from policemen, calling for positive race relations, being treated fairly based off socieconmic status and various other causes. Participating in moral monday helped launch our discussion into being an active citizen and we were able to reevaulate our citizenship continuum and how we can stimulate its growth in our busy lives. This conversation really opened up how we see ourselves as citizens doing active community service while evaluating our passions and how we can channel our passions into our actions and be more active citizens. Then as a team we collaborated on finishing the digital archive for this year’s Lemon Project project. The evening was finalized by the celebration of our accomplishment by reaffirming our thoughts about our team members in a genuinely sweet way. The trip overall was very impactful to me as it helped me realize my decreased active citizenship and reignited my passion to continue it in my daily life. Working with the lovely ladies who were in charge of running the Lemon Project as well as the participants who were willing to come back to campus early to work on the project was really great as I got to learn so much from all of them and about their passions and how they channle it into their everyday life. I realize that this blog may be somewhat rushed but I truly cherish my time on the Lemon Project this year and cannot wait until I have an opportunity to work with it again.
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