When Noel, Lea, and I first arrived in Mexico City two and a half weeks ago, we weren't quite sure how we would adjust to living in such an enormous city. The streets are always filled with trucks and taxis, and it always seems like rush hour on the Metro. However, we somehow lucked out and found ourselves welcomed into La Casa de Los Amigos, a Quaker peace center and guest house. Dividing our time between living and volunteering inside La Casa, and working at internships throughout Mexico City and the State of Mexico offers us the opportunity to experience both the calm and the chaos that this complex city has to offer. While in La Casa, we engage in program work focusing on economic justice, migration and peace and conflict resolution. Outside La Casa, we have the chance to work directly with organizations that support women's rights in the home, workplace and society as a whole. For the next seven and a half weeks, Noel, Lea, and I will do our best to describe the amazing things we see and do. For now, I will leave you with a timeless image: in the foreground is the Aztec ruins called the Templo Mayor; in the middle is the colonial Cathedral that borders one side of the Zocalo; and in the background is the Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico City's first skyscraper. It is this combination and preservation of separate time periods that makes Mexico City such an incredible place to spend our summer.
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