{"id":600,"date":"2025-08-05T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/?page_id=600"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:51:33","slug":"special-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/special-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A very big thank you to professor Sarah Williams and Evergreen State College Executive Vice-President Dexter Gordon. This trip would not have been possible without their hard-work, commitment, innovative spirit, and perseverance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 44%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4613.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-603 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4613.jpg 475w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4613-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Dr. Sarah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the moment she heard about the State of Emergence in Trinidad, Sarah Williams worked tirelessly to pivot our program and provide us with a full, engaging, exciting, and educational quarter. Sarah&#8217;s passion and fervor prevailed! If it weren&#8217;t for her, we all would have spent the quarter in other programs back in Washington, with the loss of time, money, and life-changing experiences. Endless gratitude to our dear professor and fearless leader.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:44% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4114.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4114.jpg 475w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4114-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Dr. Dexter Gordon <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A huge component of the successful pivot to Jamaica is credited to Dr. Gordon, native Jamaican and Executive Vice-President of Evergreen. Dr. Gordon tapped into his background in African American Studies and Communication Studies and added an element of Caribbean Studies (and a reggae band) to our program that hadn&#8217;t previously existed. We are grateful to have had his guidance before, during, and after our trip to Jamaica.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4505.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4505.jpg 475w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/bittersweetcaribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/796\/2025\/08\/IMG_4505-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Thank you Dr. Williams &amp; Dr. Gordon<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very big thank you to professor Sarah Williams and Evergreen State College Executive Vice-President Dexter Gordon. 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