Puerto Rico Update: Earthquake Recovery
As you may know, Puerto Rico has been dealing with hundreds of earthquakes and aftershocks during the past few weeks….
Amizade Blog
Amizade 25: Saturday Night Highlights
Over 200 people gathered together and beautifully modeled our mission, inspiring empathy, linking with each other, and catalyzing new ideas…
Alternative Break in the Amazon: Get to Know Santarém
In May 2019, Sierra Viands traveled to Brazil to serve and learn with Amizade as part of a group from…
A Tree Grows in Williamson: Seeking Sustainability in Appalachia
This article was originally published on The Fulbright Program blog and is republished here with their permission. Back in May,…
Alumni Impact: An Inspiring Alternative Break in Puerto Rico
In March 2019, Emersen Dodge, a Physiology and Spanish major from the University of Wyoming, traveled to Puerto Rico as…
Announcing the fourth year of Fulbright-Amizade in Appalachia
We are thrilled to announce that Amizade and the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, will…
BCA joins the Fair Trade Learning movement!
It couldn’t be called a movement if we were standing still. Announcing a huge step forward for Fair Trade Learning….
Pine Ridge Flood Recovery Fund
Alumni impact: How Appalachia influenced me
In April 2017, as part of a group of students from the prestigious Fulbright Program, Kinga Zsofia Horvath traveled to Appalachia…
Seeing myself for the first time
In 2010, Ruby Maddox, a student majoring in Public Policy in Urban Communities and Political Science, wanted to connect her…