I had an experience just a week or so ago with one of the chaperones on my student tours with Worldstrides.   We were at the Railroad Museum and I was talking about the building of the transcontinental Railroad and how the Chinese were the stalwart builders of the Central Pacific portion and how much they were unsung heroes and how much we owe them for the sacrifices and the incredible hard work and expertise they contributed to achieve what they did.   One of the Moms was a Chinese woman and she came up to me and thanked me for what I had said and taught about the Chinese because she had always been ashamed and resentful about their history.  After coming on this trip and hearing about her people’s part in the Railroad, she was so proud and grateful for their contributions that she was going to tell all her friends and family how proud they should be too.   Without the travel opportunity she had to come to Northern California with her child as a chaperone, she may never have had the opportunity to know what her people contributed to the history of our great State.

Thanks,

Judy Carter