The road trip begins

Taylor Hall, the former chapter president at UMW, has been volunteering his time by accompanying me in the east coast tour to promote SHH. He has until May to be with SHH as he is waiting to hear back from the Peace Corps. The two of us spent the entire week in Philadelphia, going to Temple, Drexel, UPenn, Arcadia, St. Joseph’s and La Salle. We promoted SHH in these campuses and talked to seven students on a one-one-one basis over coffee. We’re already in the process of creating chapters at Drexel and Temple. Taylor and I have been hopping around staying in different people’s couches and eating PB&J and cheap street food. He has generously offered us to use his car until we obtain a used vehicle later this month (hopefully).

This week, we are already in Boston. Sarah, who came to Honduras in the winter with BC, has generously offered us her room while she is in Ireland during her spring break. We have a ton of schools to visit, as we hit up the giant BU campus tomorrow. Our goal is to talk to students from at least five universities on a one-on-one basis to have them start chapters. I don’t think it can get any more grassroots than this.

Afterwards, we hit up New York at Kelly place and New Jersey at Justin’s. The tail end of our trip ends in North Carolina, where we hope will be a bit warmer.

Although the pace is grueling, Taylor and I have been enjoying meeting a variety of people. We’re even staying in a place in Boston that is literally Little Brazil – tons of Brazilian immigrants and restaurants. I used to live in Brazil and love their culture, food and people. Hopefully, I will get to eat a big bowl of Feijoada and listen to some samba in the evenings.