This week we are thanking and recognizing the people who make Global Exchange’s work possible. We’re highlighting a few individuals who represent the thousands who make up the amazing global network of change makers.
In this post, we thank Lea Murray, Reality Tours traveler extraordinaire! To read about others we’re thankful for, click here.
Lea Murray, Reality Tours Traveler Extraordinaire
Lea (left) with fellow Reality Tours travelers
Reality Tours travelers aren’t tourists.
They’re travelers on a mission.
What makes Reality Tours travelers so awesome is what they do when they get home. They don’t just unpack their suitcases, they unpack a life changing experience. Speaking to family and friends. Hosting film screenings. And in a few instances, starting their own volunteer efforts to address the issues raised on their journeys.
Lea Murray traveled with Global Exchange on a Reality Tour to Venezuela in June of 2012, and her life hasn’t been the same since.
“Now that I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears, what will I do? I will re-think my life. I have a new vision. I want to see how other people live and experience life. I want to travel to even more places where black Africans were dispersed during the slave trade. I will travel to Haiti and Cuba and examine the plight of my black brothers and sisters in these small island countries. I will re-think my business…I will open my eyes — see the vision — and do something to make a difference. I will participate,” said Murray.
All of us at Global Exchange are grateful for Lea’s efforts to inspire and educate others about what she’s seen, and for the work done by the hundreds of other Reality Tours participants each year.
Every traveler makes a difference.
So to Lea and all Reality Tours travelers, we say…
Thank You.
Know that wherever your journey takes you, we are honored to have joined you.
P.S. Have you watched our new Thank You video yet?