Alternatives?

<p>Hi
I was wondering what any one did during summers in high school before College. I know lots of people do classes at great schools (I took a class at UChicago last summer) or go to a foreign country with the program? but has anyone done or heard anything more unique? I like meeting new people and the cities (I am from rural Vermont ) but I dont know of any alternatives. I am very interested in the recent civil liberties movement, spear headed by the ACLU and other organizations. Also I am from Peru so I speak Spanish, I dont know if that helps any.
Thanks for any responses
(PS im posting variations of this post more than once, sorry)</p>