Across Storied Lands Jordana Manchester

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to never take human connection, time with family or TRAVEL for granted, EVER AGAIN! But that doesn’t mean it’s time to pack a suitcase and race to the airport. Consider using this pause on travel to start drafting the plans for your most epic travel experience, the one you’ve been putting off, daydreaming about for years. I’ve got a handful of destinations that are perfect for anyone wanting a post-pandemic adventure that takes you off the beaten path and away from crowds of tourists.

We dive into the topic of tourism, and what the return to travel looks like for the airline and cruise sector. Also, what is over-tourism, and how can we become more mindful travellers?

Today is a time for reconciliation and self-education. So today, I will be giving you a brief history of what I believe to be the second most important day in American history, a day that never should have had to become a marked occasion, and one that was both long overdue, and incomplete. I give you a bit of background on the Emancipation Proclamation, the foundation of Juneteenth Day, and talk a bit about life for the enslaved immediately after June 19, 1865. 

If you want to learn more about Juneteenth Day please visit:  https://www.juneteenth.com/

And the books I mention in the episode are: 

1) We are not yet equal, Understanding Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
2) Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
3) How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

These are just a FEW of the MANY excellent books on racism against the African American community