The Weekly Passport

THE WEEKLY PASSPORT

Sponsored by San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum

Good morning! El Salvador is now charging Africans and Indians $1000 to enter into the country. That pretty much answers on question on passport privilege. We have a lot to share with you in this week’s newsletter. We’re headed to Zimbabwe, we’re two weeks away from releasing our next issue and learn which outdoor retreat program is our newest media partner!

COMPANY UPDATES
NEW ISSUE, NEW MERCH

We’re less than two weeks away from the release of our latest issue featuring a one-on-one conversation with social media sensation and travel tv show host, Jeff Jenkins!

Jeff is the host of the highly popular travel tv show, Never Say Never. We were super excited when he agreed to be the first person to appear on the cover of Culture Travels magazine. Jeff’s open personality, contagious curiosity, and joyous spirit are a few of the reasons we feel that Jeff embodies the culture travels spirit.

We’re looking forward to you meeting Jeff and learning his inspiring story in the next issue of Culture Travels.

NEW MERCH

This month, we’re also debuting our highly anticipated Culture Travel merch lineup.

No more DMing us with questions like, “Yo, why y’all playing? Where can I get a culture travels t-shirt?” In a few weeks, pre-sales will begin for the following swag:

• T-shirt

• Hoodie

• Dad Caps

• Something really cool!

As with everything created by the Culture Travels team, we exerted a level of intention and dedication unknown to the human experience into the design, look, feel, and meaning behind each item. Below is a behind the scenes look through two images that speak to that intention and our dedication to help you feel global, while remaining true to your roots.

🌍️ WORLD
CULTURE TRAVELS HEADS TO ZIMBABWE

Our founder, Leroy Adams, has been invited to attend the upcoming Africa is Digital Summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe as a keynote speaker.

The three day event is built around four key socioeconomic themes - education, emerging technologies, arts & culture, and social development (civic society). By bringing together the “brightest young minds emerging on the continent and globally” the Summit aims to facilitate dialogue and knowledge transfer between native and international players in these critical sectors.

Leroy will join as a keynote speaker on the topics of New Media and The Creative Hustles Dare offering his insights on the future of communication and storytelling in Africa and her Diaspora, and the potential that Creatives have to expand their reach and influence through smart partnerships and brand building.

We’ll provide updates and pictures in every newsletter as we prepare for this exciting opportunity.

🧳 SPONSORED BY SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE & MUSEUM

Rosa Parks in San Antonio?

Did you know that in 1987 Rosa Parks visited San Antonio to attend the Martin Luther King Jr. march - the largest in the country? During her visit, she rode on the VIA bus, the cities public transportation provider.

Each of VIA’s 500-plus buses has an engraved, bright yellow seat dedicated to her as part of its Rosa Parks Seat Program, which started in 2005. The seats are in the front section of each bus, accompanied by a plaque describing her actions. 

Every year, on Dec 1, VIA offers free bus rides to commemorate Parks’ legacy and role in the civil rights movement. We learned this and more hidden African American history during our visit to the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM (“say-CAM”)).

Upon entering SAAACAM's door, a timeline of our ancestors’ impact greets you. Beginning in 1526, when the first Africans arrived in Texas, each timestamp offers a window into our past and their labels introduce the stories that make up “the cultural heritage of African Americans in the San Antonio region”.  

As stated in their mission, SAAACAM collects, preserves, and shares our cultural heritage. With roughly 7% of the 1.43 millions San Antonio residents identifying as Black or African American, one may ask, what cultural heritage do African Americans have in San Antonio, a city which is known for its hispanic community and influences?

A guided tour at SAAACAM reveals our heritage in San Antonio is older than the Alamo.

Learn more about our heritage here.

💰️ MONEY 

CULTURE
BOYZ N THE WOOD - A Camp for Black Men

Earlier this year, our team received an invitation to join the newly launched outdoor retreat program, Boyz N The Wood, to attend their Seattle retreat in the North Cascades.

The retreat, as express by its Founder CJ Goulding, was “a long, overdue opportunity to bring Black men together to build brotherhood, for rest, for mental and spiritual healing, and to just get outside and do something different”.

For Mr. McBride, the respected elder and griot of the group, it was a culmination of years of advocacy to create a safe space and reconnect Black men to the outdoors.

Last month, Culture Travels, became an official media partner for Boyz N The Wood. Their team host retreats throughout the country - from Seattle to Virginia to the Everglades net week - and we’ll be there to capture the stories of the attendees, document the impact of the program, and contribute to the work of encouraging more of us to get outdoors.

Read more about our the first in the North Cascades here.

📖 FAN REVIEWS

A LOVE LETTER TO BLACKNESS

W love hearing from our readers about how our magazine has impacted their lives. Your stories inspire us to go even deeper searching for those untold travel stories or tips that will help you on your next adventure. Here’s what our latest reader had to say about our magazine:

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