The Journey Begins

In a few hours, we will congregate at LAX, trudge through security, and wait for our flight to Brazil. We hope to build off of the foundation laid by last year’s group for the Global Affirmative Action Praxis Project. (For a description of the project, see the entry on February 24, 2007.) After weeks of reading, planning and fine tuning our research proposals, the nine of us are, for the most part, both anxious and excited to land in Brazil and begin the field study phase of our projects. Our projects will examine affirmative action related issues in education, hip-hop, and the military. In the coming days, each researcher will post a description of his or her respective project. Visit this blog every day for up-to-date news on our experiences, reactions and analyses; engage in GAAPP by submitting your comments. Back to packing.