Summer In Africa Builds A Togolese School By Crossroads
Rebecca Cook recalls the 1966 Crossroads Africa trip with seven Americans and two Canadians to Agou Gar Togo. They built a three room schoolhouse, learned from Togolese partners, and faced dichotomies between tradition and modernization while forming lasting cross cultural relationships.
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Togo
Operation Crossroads
Africa
Opérations Crossroads Africa
Peace Corps
James H. Robinson
Hattera
Crossroads
Agou Gar
U.N
Eve
Agou-Gar
Where The Fun Is A Pan Am travel guide
Beril Lapson reviews Where The Fun Is, a 1968 Pan Am student travel guide compiled in New York. It covers 25 countries in Europe and the Caribbean with Don’t Miss and Where The Fun Is sections, highlighting local spots and practical tips while noting omissions like Turkey Luxembourg and Czechoslovakia.
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Beril
Lapson
Pan Ams
Simo and Schustex
New York
Rajka Museums Sev
Vienna
Tivoli
Copenhagen
Athens
Europe
Caribbean
Pan Am
Turkey
Luxem
Czechoslovakia
Pan American Airways
States
Student Teaches Inmates In Local Women's Prison
Ju d ie Bar rack recounts a summer effort by college students in the New York City Urban G org e under the Federal Work-Study Program to teach at the New York City Women’s House of Detention in Greenwich Village. The program offers daily classes, typing, and high school equivalency prep for inmates aged 16 to 60. The article reflects on the inmates, their backgrounds, and the impact of education on rehabilitation amid prison routine and bleakness.
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Agou Gar
Au Chentier
Nel
Crossrosdex
Chicago
Judie Barack
Dimples
New York City
New York
Eewin Robinson
Richard Cory
Barbara
Fashion Institute of New York
Barbake
Two Wells
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