Name: Kevin Wong Role within Service-Learning: Community Partner Organization: Family Gym - Foundation for BCYF How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I feel that I learned a lot about myself during my first semester as a graduate student at Northeastern. Dr. Li's Intro to Assessment class was my first… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Kevin Wong
Category: Community Partner Reflections
#CapturingCommunity: Jennifer Lewis
Name: Jennifer LewisRole within Service-Learning: Community Member What Organization do you Represent?: Roxbury Tenants of Harvard How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I value collaboration and partnerships which allow youth to experience different perspectives and grow beyond their expectations. Bringing together youth from the community and youth in colleges… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Jennifer Lewis
#CapturingCommunity: David Meshoulam
Name: David Meshoulam Role within Service-Learning: Community Partner What organization do you represent: Speak for the Trees How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? We aim to connect residents to their community through appreciating and inventorying trees as a way to connect people to space and neighbors. What is one thing… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: David Meshoulam
#CapturingCommunity: Barak Soreff
Name: Barak Soreff Role within Service-Learning: Administrative Assistant for Camp Harborview Did you find Service-Learning or did Service-Learning find you? Service-Learning found me...then found me again...and seems to continue finding me in really meaningful ways. My introduction to the practice was in an English course that I took at community college. At the time I… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Barak Soreff
#CapturingCommunity: Sheyla Carew
Name: Sheyla Carew Role within Service-Learning: Volunteer Interpreters Program Coordinator at Boston Housing Authority How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? The Center for Community Engagement and Civil Rights started the Volunteer Interpreters Program as an initiative "from the community to the community". Students assist Boston Housing's clients who speak limited English… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Sheyla Carew