{"id":68,"date":"2014-12-17T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2021-04-20T00:59:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:59:25","slug":"registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"Ashay U Cultural Enrichment Field Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>To continue, expand and enrich the Ashay University experience, cultural field trips led by Mwalimu are being offered yearly.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Morocco, Senegal and The Gambia 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Continuing the Ashay U commitment to experiencing the Motherland, adding value to our lifelong learning, as well as giving back to our community through donations of school supplies and economic participation, students visited cultural sites in three African countries, including the slave dungeon of Goree&#8217; Island in Senegal, a batik village and marketplaces in The Gambia and the second largest mosque in the world in Morocco.\u00a0 One of our highlights was staying at the only Black-woman owned boutique hotel, Jnane Tamsna, in Marrakech, Morroco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MOROCCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_959\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4771-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"wp-image-959 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4771-copy-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"Ashay U Students at the Mosque in Casablanca\" width=\"488\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashay U Students at the Mosque in Casablanca<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_963\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4650.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4650-300x195.jpeg\" alt=\"Casablanca Mall\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4650-300x195.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4650-1024x666.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casablanca Mall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_960\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4897.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4897-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gathering at Jnane Tamsna, Marrakech\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4897-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4897-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gathering at Jnane Tamsna, Marrakech<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_964\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4904.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4904-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"MMVP and Meryanne Loum-Martin, owner of Jnane Tamsna\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4904-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4904-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MMVP and Meryanne Loum-Martin, owner of Jnane Tamsna Hotel in Marrakech<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SENEGAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_946\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5021-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-946\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5021-copy-300x261.jpeg\" alt=\"Ashay U standing in front of Renaissance Statue\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5021-copy-300x261.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5021-copy-1024x892.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashay U standing in front of Renaissance Statue<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_947\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5017.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5017-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Renaissance Statue honoring the African Diaspora\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5017-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5017-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance Statue honoring the African Diaspora<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_951\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5102-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-951\" class=\" wp-image-951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5102-copy-300x235.jpeg\" alt=\"Ashay U at Senegalese school\" width=\"355\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5102-copy-300x235.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_5102-copy-1024x803.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashay U at Senegalese school<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE GAMBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_953\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ride-to-the-island-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-953\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-953\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ride-to-the-island-copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ferry to Kunte Kinte Island, The Gambia\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ride-to-the-island-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ride-to-the-island-copy.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ferry to Kunte Kinte Island<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_957\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gambian-school-children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gambian-school-children-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gambian School Children\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gambian-school-children-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gambian-school-children.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Albreta School Children<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_954\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/never-again-the-gambia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-954\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/never-again-the-gambia-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Never Again, The Gambia\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/never-again-the-gambia-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/never-again-the-gambia.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Never Again, The Gambia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_958\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20190624-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-958\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20190624-WA0006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Albert Market, The Gambia\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20190624-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20190624-WA0006.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Royal Albert Market<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ashay U Ghana 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A cultural immersion experience, Ashay U students visited historical sites and museums, including enslavement dungeons of Cape Coast, Elmina and The Last Bath, the Kente Village in Kumasi and the Artist Alliance Gallery in Accra.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_636\" style=\"width: 633px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ghana-Bound_pic-for-poster.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-image-636 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ghana-Bound_pic-for-poster-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"Ghana Bound_July 2017\" width=\"623\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ghana-Bound_pic-for-poster-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ghana-Bound_pic-for-poster-300x168.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ghana-Bound_pic-for-poster-730x410.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana Bound! JFK airport, July 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_637\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/emerging-from-the-dungeon-victoriously.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637\" class=\"wp-image-637 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/emerging-from-the-dungeon-victoriously-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"emerging from the dungeon victoriously\" width=\"338\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerging from the slave dungeon victoriousl<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_638\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20170721-WA0035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-638\" class=\" wp-image-638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20170721-WA0035-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Bath River\" width=\"347\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20170721-WA0035-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20170721-WA0035-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20170721-WA0035.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Last Bath River<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_644\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644\" class=\" wp-image-644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0713-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting Atasemanso R\/C Primary School, Kumasi\" width=\"363\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0713-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0713-1024x714.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visiting Atasemanso R\/C Primary School, Kumasi<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_645\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645\" class=\"wp-image-645 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0543-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"Ashay U Students at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0543-300x246.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0543-1024x841.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashay U Students at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ashay U Trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC, April 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_642\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/th-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"wp-image-642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/th-1.jpg\" alt=\"The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC\" width=\"568\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_640\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BDA-NMAAHC_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-640\" class=\" wp-image-640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BDA-NMAAHC_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ashay U students at the National Museum, April 2018\" width=\"515\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BDA-NMAAHC_2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BDA-NMAAHC_2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BDA-NMAAHC_2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashay U students at the National Museum, April 2018<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To continue, expand and enrich the Ashay University experience, cultural field trips led by Mwalimu are being offered yearly. 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