Julia, Adonis, Ezzie, and I (Annaliese) visited New Quarter Park on a Friday Afternoon in late March. New Quarter Park was far more vast and rich with history than we anticipated. We were eager to explore the park, especially long and winding "Queens Creek." The creek extends from New Quarter Park and serves as a... Continue Reading →

By Marley, Laila, Evelyn, Isabel

Anna Lowe, Grace Dho, Lindsey Monteith, and Stella Davis York River State Park is an area of immense beauty as well as a dense history. When we visited the park, there was lots of information both outdoors and within the Visitors Center about the flora and fauna of the park, yet in comparison, there was... Continue Reading →

On a warm Friday afternoon, we drove all the way down Jamestown Road until we arrived at Jamestown Island. The water was glimmering in the sun, and the clouds were voluminous. Margaret and her dad are in a cloud appreciation society, so she stopped to take a photo of the clouds to pass along to... Continue Reading →

Carly, Brittany, Jordan College Landing Park is located just off South Henry Street in Williamsburg, VA. Upon arriving, one enters a parking lot facing a body of water (College Creek). There is a wooden bridge (pictured above) which allows visitors to get a better view of the riverbanks as well as the muddy waters below.... Continue Reading →

Decolonization is the process of deconstructing pre-existing colonial approaches to knowledge, research, and technology. For this to be possible, there is a need for prior understandings of the colonial nation’s violent histories. The histories of U.S. lands were Indigenous, but these lands are still Indigenous (Jacobs). Indigenous people cannot be treated as a relic of... Continue Reading →