Several of the kids who participated in "Journey for Change," a youth empowerment program founded by activist Malaak Compton-Rock, were asked to blog about their experiences last August when they traveled to South Africa. They have continued to blog about their journey and share what they've learned from their experiences after they returned home to Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Here is a look at their most recent entries:
Journey for Change Notebook: June 2009 The trip to the United Nations was a very good experience. I didn't know I left the country until my tour guide told me. I bet Martin Luther King Jr. would have loved the United Nations. I say that because Dr. King loved peace. Peace is what the United Nations represents. The information that I received was just amazing and will be with me for the rest of my life. Thank you, Malaak, for the wonderful experience.
I also had fun when we went to UNICEF. UNICEF was an amazing place. UNICEF and Journey for Change do the same thing. However, UNICEF is a much bigger group. I hope that one day Journey for Change will become as big as UNICEF. UNICEF is always helping children all around the world. Journey for Change is always helping children all around the world also.
The trip to CNN was really fun because I love being around really highly technical gadgets. It was also cool because we got a chance to see a Journey for Change clip. The Journey for Change clip showed us in Brooklyn and in Africa. I just want to tell CNN that they did a really good job with the short clip. I also can't wait to see the full version of the clip. 
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