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An Amizade 30 Recap: Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!

On Saturday, September 14th, around 250 incredible people joined us to celebrate 30 years of Amizade and the bright future...

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Idiot Parents, Champion Travelers, and a Very Hot Planet: Reflections from a Trip Around the World in 67 Days (with Children)

by Brandon Blache-Cohen 20 years ago I had the incredible opportunity to circle the globe as a university student. It...

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From Dream to Reality: the Making of a Fair Trade Learning Scholarship

After many years in the making, the first Fair Trade Learning Scholarship is now a reality! In August 2021, Amizade...

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How to Manage a Team While Work-Parenting During the Omicron Surge

This post is written by Amizade’s Executive Director, Brandon Blache-Cohen, who is letting us in behind the scenes. While Amizade...

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Reflection: Facilitating virtual service-learning programs in a pandemic world

This blog is written by Amizade’s Brazil site liaison Daniel Alexander. Daniel had the opportunity to facilitate two programs with...

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A deep dive into public health and misinformation in Brazil

This blog post was written by Amizade participant and Connecticut College student Claudia Marmelo after her VSL experience with our...

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Amizade presents: Anti-Racism and Black Identity around the World

If you’ve been following along with Amizade this year, you probably know by now that we’ve gone virtual: we’ve got...

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Partnering with Fulbright for Virtual Service Week

This article was written by Amizade, and it was originally published on the Fulbright Program blog. It is reposted here...

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Building Community Connections — Virtually!

Laura Gooding participated in one of Amizade’s first virtual service-learning experiences: a series of webinars we designed for the Vira...

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Appalachian community partner runs 400 miles in one month!

Alexis Batausa isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop him from doing what he loves. As a strong advocate for an...

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5 artists to connect you to Brazil’s culture

Isolated at home? Luckily, there are ways to explore a culture without traveling, and one of them is through music....

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What I learned in Ecuador, Pt. 2

We are sharing stories of Amizade’s first short-term program to Ecuador completed in February and hosted by one of our...

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