My Story…
Mariah Donnelly
May 8, 2012
One of the main events that occurred during re-entry in California was the Donor Dinner Night. During this event we had some of our Global Citizen Year donors join the fellows and the rest of the Global Citizen Year staff as we shared our new stories, pictures, videos, and skits from the all-different countries. That...
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Stuck Between a First World and a Third World Country
Mariah Donnelly
April 25, 2012
Out of all three of the countries that Global Citizen Year takes students (the other two being Senegal and Ecuador) Brasil is by far the most developed. I think it would be pretty safe to say that two countries previously mentioned fall pretty well into the third world category, but what about Brasil? Where does...
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A Story of Success
Mariah Donnelly
April 25, 2012
How do you create a solution to a problem? Where do you start? How do you fund something so grandiose when the government refuses to give you money, and these days giving money to non-profits has become synonymous with “fueling corruption”. It’s easy to come up with a thousand reasons not to do something, but...
Read MoreExplaining the Unexplainable
Mariah Donnelly
March 30, 2012
America is not perfect. I would say that almost universally Americans would agree that this statement rings true. Just ask an American about recent politics and when you hear just a long moaning noise you will know what I am talking about. But what is easy for Americans to see isn’t always so easy for...
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Giving Thanks… Training Seminar 3
Mariah Donnelly
March 21, 2012
Every seven weeks the fellows come together in a unique or an important place within the country that are staying in to discuss different aspects of their gap year and their journey thus far. During the days the fellows usually engage in what we like call “modules” where we focus on different aspects of our...
Read More“Michael, Eles não ligam pra gente”
Mariah Donnelly
February 5, 2012
15 years after Michael Jackson chose to record his historic music video “They Don’t Care About Us” in Brazil, the problems that Jackson tried to reveal through his video still exists. If you haven’t watched his video (the one he made in Brazil, not the one that was made in the U.S.), I recommend...
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A Guide to… Meeting the Best Brazilians
Mariah Donnelly
September 12, 2011
Ola amigos. The following post will be useful for anyone who is interested in meeting the best Brazilians. This guide comes from the heart and first hand experiences. It is especially useful for people who know little Portuguese. First, in order to find the most friendly Brazilians one must first fail at being able to...
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Mariah Donnelly
July 6, 2011
You might ask what brought me here. What made me decide to take a gap year? To be honest I wasn’t quite sure of the answer when I first applied to become a Global Citizen Year fellow. I wasn’t quite sure this nerdy, debate-loving, music listener, high school graduate could handle a gap year. I...
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