Day 7 the last full day :(

     We probably should have went to bed early last night, since we woke up at 6:30 this morning! We thought that we would get to Thurgood Marshall Academy early, but that wasn't the case this morning. We got on the wrong train twice leading us into the depths of Virginia-uh oh! Luckily, third time is the charm and we made our way to the high school. Upon entering, we actually found out that we weren't late like we thought we would be-yay! We were escorted by Annie who taught juniors and seniors at the school. While we were waiting for the students, we began setting up our powerpoint and PSA video. To break the ice, we played a game in which all students and ASB participants created a circle and answered questions that were on a beach ball that was being tossed around. After that, we started our powerpoint discussion. The group was very engaged and asked questions and were interested in learning more about the topic. We then broke the group into teams of 4-5 where we all worked to create a skit that demonstrated preventions to take if faced with this situation. The kids had such great ideas and were taking charge and presented to the entire class. We then showed our PSA video to end the presentation. It was great to see such enthusiasm from high school students. It was such a rewarding feeling when Annie asked us to consider presenting to other local high schools.
     Then we quickly ran home and changed into our snazzy and professional outfits to make our way to Capitol Hill. We were met by Congressman Chris Smith's office staff, Bob. He gave us a great tour of the Capitol building. We then went back to Congressman Smith's office where we had snacks, looked around his office, and were given a huge folder containing the first official law against human trafficking.
Yet again, we rushed back home to change into our comfortable outfits to do our street outreach surveys around the National Mall. We all split up into teams of 2 or 3 and attempted to collect at least 10 survey per person, giving us a large sample size. This survey was to assess the general public's knowledge about human trafficking. This was done for Professor Lederer for Global Centurion (who we met with on our first day). We finally finished and metro-ed our way back to the church at 8:30. Team B made some amazing comfort food (mac and cheese and chicken nuggets). Yum Yum.
     Then, it was time for our LAST reflection! :(:( We talked about the entire trip, how our views had changed, and what we learned. The night ended with a heartwarming game called Mad Props.
     We stayed up to do facials, even the boys joined:)...if only we had pictures right now to show you all!
     It was a great week, learning and creating new friendships that we all want to maintain.

sad to say this is our last blog post, but hopefully you all learned and got to share our experience through these posts:)

-Fo'Real and Gnarly Nar