By: Justin Powell One of the privileges of Youthlinc’s work is the opportunity to learn from communities around the world—not simply about their history, but about what their experiences can teach us about our own communities. Recently, I traveled with a group of students through Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country still living with the legacy of a devastating war that ended thirty years ago. Like many Americans, I arrived with only a basic understanding of the conflict. I knew

By: Allie Sherman I have never flown internationally before. I can still remember the way my heart was beating as I saw the Eiffel Tower from outside the airplane’s window, thousands of feet above the ground. When we climbed off the plane in Rabat, the ocean breeze called to me: “let’s have an adventure.” I closed my eyes and soaked in the feeling you get from being somewhere strange and new. When I opened them, I saw three soldiers walking on the tarmac. The two on the ends