#BlackInAmsterdamAdventures (Day 11)

 ... A Day of Reflection and Deep Thinking... As I approach the final day of my time here in Amsterdam, I just had to sit and think back to how INSPIRING, Motivating, and Informative this trip has been. Never in a million years would I have thought I would be here in Amsterdam. This trip has been spiritual, emotional, physically taxing, and just what I needed to push through these #PhDChronicles !! The knowledge that I have gained and acquired is beyond words. Also being here lets me further know that the struggle for #BlackLife remains and the fight is global! However knowing that others are taking up the baton assures me that freedom and liberation can be within reach and not to give up. I am very grateful for this Black Europe Summer School opportunity, so that this young girl from small town Champaign, IL can look back and say "You doing your thing, and keep on doing it!! Travel the world, soak up the culture, and remember to pay it forward !! "