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Our Last Day at MCJ

Today, we presented our projects to Mississippi Center for Justice staff and several community stakeholders.  The presentation was a wonderful opportunity to learn about the work of various community members and also tell them about our research and findings.

Below is a photo of the entire Maryland Carey Service Corps Health Law Trip Team with our dear MCJ friends, Linda, Courtney, and Jasmine.

After our farewells to MCJ staff, we drove over to Medgar Evers's home.

Our last stop of the afternoon was at the Ross Barnett Reservoir, where we got beautiful views of the water.

The Final Countdown

We started the day out with another great continental breakfast at the hotel.  When we got to the Mississippi Center for Justice, the HIV and ACA groups buckled down to complete their projects.  For lunch, we went to a really interesting restaurant called Bruno’s Adobo, where we had a variety of Latin American and Asian dishes with many yummy spices.  During the afternoon, each group finished up their assignments and provided their final products to MCJ.  MCJ also treated us to some delicious Mississippi cookies (sugar cookies covered in icing).

For dinner, we excitedly went out to Julep.  It was one of our best meals of the trip, with some of the star dishes including Julep’s “Tuna Tower,” strawberry pecan salad, award winning fried chicken and delicious strawberry cake.

We then made our way to Apothecary to wrap up the night.  We enjoyed the music and ambiance, then returned to the hotel to get some rest to present our projects on Friday!

"I drink your milkshake!"

We continued to work on our projects at MCSC today.  After a day's work, we enjoyed pizza and milkshakes at Sal and Mookie's.  

Day Two on the Job

Today, we had the opportunity to meet with Representative John Hines, Sr. of the Mississippi House of Representatives.  Representative Hines discussed his background and work in Mississippi.  

We then split up into our respective groups to continue our research and assignments.  One group went to MCJ’s new office at the Jackson Medical Mall and the other group continued their work at MCJ’s headquarters in Jackson.  Development of the Jackson Medical Mall was part of an inner city revitalization project that converted an ailing retail center into a modern medical complex, providing medical care and human services to those who are economically disadvantaged.  Here is a photo of us in MCJ's newest office at the Jackson Medical Mall. 

For lunch, we had incredible BBQ at Chimneyville.  We ended our day dining at Babalu, where we had delicious table side guacamole and fresh tacos.  

Too Cold For Karaoke

Monday meant it was time to return to the welcoming Mississippi Center for Justice office and we were all very excited. Linda and staff received us warmly, as expected, and we got to hear in more detail about the work we would be doing. Our group of nine is working on an ACA project and an HIV project and so we all got our respective assignments. But before work it was time to return to the one and only Two Sisters for amazing southern food.

We filled our bellies with hearty, delicious home cooking, which we needed on what was one of the coldest days in recent history for Jackson. From there we shivered over to the Capitol for an informative and detailed guided tour.

After walking every foot of the mostly marble floors of the beautiful building, we were ready to return to the MCJ office and put together our work plans. The group spent the afternoon dividing assignments within the two projects and getting started on some research.

Despite so recently thinking we would never need to eat food again in our lives, we found as usual evening had us hungry. Thus we returned to a favorite from last year, Las Margaritas, for Tex Mex and bottomless chips. From there, the group went on a fruitless hunt for karaoke, but were told, as the title implies, it was too cold for karaoke. We eventually found a place to sit and relax and think about week to come, which with any luck will finally have karaoke.

Arriving in Jackson!

January 5, the adventure began. Half the trip enjoyed a fine lunch with plastic knives in the airport, while the rest had already arrived in Jackson and feasted on some tasty Wendy's.

We all met up at the HoJo and decided to hit the ground running, well at least in terms of eating. It was on to Burgers N Blues!

It's going to be a great trip with a great group!!