Season 2, Episode 7: Reconnect to your Roots Through Travel ft. Georgina Lorencz
References:
St. Paul Youth Services: spys.org
Kumasi, a city in Ghana
The Need to ‘Decolonize’ Parenting: A Q&A On Family Healing with Erasma Beras-Monticciolo
Everything you need to know before booking your first African safari
Ghana’s Slave Castles: The Shocking Story of the Ghanaian Cape Coast (Note that Georgina does not use the term “slave castles” but this article shows images and offers context on the history.)
8 African Cultural Values You Need to Know Before You Travel
Further Reading:
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For our seventh episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re shining a light on Georgina Lorencz, whose work builds on power and genius fundamental to Black communities. Our host, Dr. Tracine Asberry, talks with Georgina about her work helping people to connect to their roots and identity. Our aim with the conversation is to tell the truth. We do this to respect those before us, those among us, and to conserve and preserve those who are yet to come.
About Georgina:
Georgina Lorencz is passionate about learning through travel. She custom-designs travel programs for individuals and groups so that they can explore and learn through firsthand experience, focusing on Africa and countries that offer significant African history, culture, as well as African heritage sites.
Georgina was born in Ghana and came to the US in the late 1970s to attend The University of Minnesota, earning her bachelor’s in international relations, then her master's in communications with an emphasis and broadcasting, doing a 6-month internship with KARE 11, an NBC affiliate.
She has directed International Students and the Study Abroad Programs at the university level, including 8 years at Hamline University, where she was Director of International Programs. She also worked with The University of Minnesota’s Student Program for Amity Among Nations.
Georgina has won numerous awards for her experience, including an Apex Award for Distinguished Contributions in Heritage Tourism, and an African Diaspora Tourism Award for Outstanding Cultural Heritage Educational Tours. She is also a two-time Finalist for African Business of the year.
Find Georgina:
Georgina Lorencz’s business, African Travel Seminars
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