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The painting of Dartmouth’s 18th president will hang in Baker Library.
Fellows with the Young African Leadership Initiative enjoyed an afternoon on the Connecticut River earlier this month, paddling south from the Ledyard Canoe Club dock to Gilman Island.
Some 24 Mandela Washington fellows were at Dartmouth for two weeks, hosted by the , to make new connections and gather cross-cultural insights.
The Aug. 3 canoe trip included some Dickey Center staff and alumni.
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Participants prepare to launch from the Ledyard Canoe Club. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Starting from the bow of the canoe, YALI fellow Landry Sagbo; Eden Aldrich and her mother, Dickey Center staffer Casey Aldrich; Maribe Mamabolo; Mhlangeni Chiiko; Alice Aryeetey; Kayula Chisanga (partially obscured, with the red hat); Skye Herrick ’17; Simone Schmid ’17; and Lindsay Putnam paddle down the river. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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(Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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YALI fellows and others on the trip follow the safety boat on the Connecticut River. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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From the bow, Timothy Mweemba, Abdul Aderibigbe, Chima Amadi, Willam Marandu, Ezéchiel Amagoron (partially obscured), and Dickey Center global studies program manager Peter Jenkinson make their way down the river. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Jacky Waiharo, a teacher from Kenya, enjoys a break on Gilman Island, where the paddlers ate snacks and basked in the sunshine. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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(Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Some of the paddlers wave at a drone with a Dartmouth News camera. (Photo by Chris Johnson)
