Witnessing Obama's win at the American embassy...

On election day, Brian and Cora (and a handful of additional ISK students) were invited to join folks at the American embassy to watch the election results pour in. At 4 a.m., my two intrepid political scientists ventured forth to pick up a few more kids and drive to the ambassador's residence. Our ISK group was quite diverse (American, Canadian, Greek, Israeli, South African) and the experience of being at the embassy during such a charged political event was powerful. Cora even ended up colouring in states on a big US map on behalf of the Democrats (Canadian interloper!). The ambassador ended the event with a speech about peace in the midst of political differences (very poignant for the Kenyan students in attendance). Wow - what an opportunity!