Thursday, September 18 ("The Middle Passage"/ sailing to Namibia): Late in the evening on September 16, Success at Sea presented: Traveling as a Person of Color at Sea. The session was intended to provide an academic context for race relations around the world AND prepare students of color for issues they may encounter outside the U.S. Additionally, I hoped allies could learn about challenges students of color may experience while traveling. I asked SAS...

Friday, September 12 ("Success at Sea Series"/ sailing to Namibia):Things are quiet…first day back at sea…six days until Namibia. My collateral assignment, Academic & Learning Skills, has not been well defined; this collateral assignment was recently established, so there a few expectations in place. On one hand it's great to create something from scratch, but-on the other hand- it can be challenging to create something from scratch. In past voy...

Sunday, September 7 (Salvador, BRAZIL—finally!): YAY! We made it to our first country—Salvador, Brazil! Last night residents wanted to sleep out on the deck, which I was open to doing, but we were rained out. So, as an alternative, we agreed to wake up around 05:30 (yes, AM) to watch pulling into port. Since the sleep out event was cancelled, I started packing for Rio…working on an ACPA conference proposal….organizing SAS tasks and, surprisingly, before I...

Monday, September 1 (alcohol service & sailing to Brazil): Each morning I cannot wait to look outside my window. Will I see an island? Mountains? Unique buildings? Well, this morning the water looked as smooth as glass—really. I've never seen anything like it. Then, if that wasn't good enough, we saw two whales and flying fish during our Living-Learning Team meeting. I usually have my camera with me, but I intentionally left it in my cabin because I thought...

Monday, September 1 (alcohol service & sailing to Brazil): Each morning I cannot wait to look outside my window. Will I see an island? Mountains? Unique buildings? Well, this morning the water looked as smooth as glass—really. I've never seen anything like it. Then, if that wasn't good enough, we saw two whales and flying fish during our Living-Learning Team meeting. I usually have my camera with me, but I intentionally left it in my cabin because I thought...