Davey's Study Abroad: Civic Engagement in Latvia and Sweden

Davey Crumley Start Date: Dec 21, 2017 - End Date: Apr 20, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
  • Riga, Latvia
  • Stockholm, Sweden

My Travel Story

by: Davey Crumley Start Date: Dec 21, 2017 - End Date: Apr 20, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
This campaign is for my faculty-led study abroad course: Social Work (SWK) 377: Latvia and Sweden-Civic Engagement in Intercultural Context. This course, offered through Warren Wilson College, will take me to the Eastern and Northern European countries of Latvia and Sweden. We will go to these countries from May 30th, 2018-June 13th, 2018 with an option to stay abroad during the summer afterward. Prior to the study abroad, I will take a course during the Spring semester, preparing me to be able to engage in these countries. Our course will focus on understanding how Latvian and Swedish folk organize and structure their respective societies. We will look at their history and their social programs that they offer to their citizens. We will understand how Latvian and Swedish folk interact with their natural environments and create their social environments.
    I look to use the tools and information that I learn in this course to help complement my degree in Conservation Biology. Understanding how societies interact and create community is essential in being an effective Conservationist as you must be able to work with a diversity of communities to be able to conserve various lands. I hope that this course helps deepen my appreciation of the diverse ways we humans understand and interact with the world and am very excited for this opportunity to broaden my horizons and experience a part of the world that I have never experienced before. 
     The official course fee is 1200$. This includes housing, on site transportion, and food. The airfare will cost around 1000$. Including cash for spending and being able to pay for a few meals not covered by the course fee, I estimate this course to cost around 2500$. My goal is to cover at least half of this projected cost through crowdfunding, so your help is greatly appreciated!! Tack själv and liels paldies!

Sincerely, 
Davey Crumley

  • Riga, Latvia
  • Stockholm, Sweden