Blogs
Haverford House
Founded in 2002, Haverford House provides a venue for the Haverford community to explore global citizenship in our own region and to strengthen connections between the College and the city of Philadelphia.
The (Community-Building) Blizzard of 2010
I’ve always been a big fan of snow in cities. The snow makes a city so quiet and peaceful; it’s like the city slows down for an evening, everyone stopping to take a breath to watch the snow fall. And the almost 2 feet of snow from this weekend showed me another great way that snow change... Read more >
Posted: 2/7/10
Summer Blogs
Democracy in Niger
Nick Lotito '10 will be travelling to Niger to work with the Nigerien Movement for the Defense and Promotion of Democratic and Human Rights.
Peacebuilding: Architecture in Belfast
Meghan McAllister '10 will be researching the architecture of social housing in Belfast, focusing on finding ways to incorporate peacebuilding into the design process of social housing in highly religiously segregated neighborhoods.
Nanjing, China
Eli Blood-Patterson '11 and Dena Kronfeld BMC '11 will be blogging from Nanjing, China as part of their summer internship with Amity Foundation Teaching Program.
Urban Farming
Fay Strongin '10 is spending her summer in Philadelphia exploring the intersection between urban and rural life, the dynamics of local food production, and getting to know all the plants and people who make it happen.
Community Health
Ariel Herm '10 will be blogging about her internship with Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in New York.
X-Street Children in Nicaragua
Maggie Bishop '10 returns to Nicarague to work with Asociación Los Quinchos, an intricate program for former glue-sniffing street children.
Organic Farming in France
Andrew Bostick '12 will be blogging from Southern France as part of his summer internship with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
Reggae in Prague
Misha Baker '10 will be attempting to infiltrate the underground reggae and ska scene, hoping to explore youth identity transformations and cultural movements as well as the theme of social justice through music using the Czech Republic as her research site.
Philadelphia Community Gardens
Cecily Moyer '09 will be testing the soil and vegetables of community gardens in Philadelphia for lead and other heavy metals with Ari Briski BMC '09.
Ahmedabad, India
Katie Johnston-Davis '10 will be working with the Self Employed Women’s Association, an organization that works to organize its members to achieve their goals of full employment and self reliance.
CPGC Guatemala
Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds '11, Kara Percival '11 and Jane Holloway '11 willing be blogging from Guatemala this summer.
Social Entrepreneurship in India
Nora Graham '11 and Mohenna Sarkar '11 are working for Ashoka International in New Delhi.
Archived Blogs
Check out a sample of past CPGC-related blogs:
Teaching English in China
Patrick Lozada '11 video blogged from Huangshi in China's Hubei province where he taught English at the Huangshi Institute of Technology.
Community Murals in Portland
Max Rosen-Long '09 was in Portland, Oregon working with a group of children in the field of Arts Based Community Development, focusing on painting murals.
Humane Education in Cape Town
Sarah Mills '09 went to Cape Town, South Africa to work with Community Animal Welfare workers, helping with veterinary care for township animals.
Poli Sci/Hist 233: Guatemala
History/Political Science 233, co-taught by Anita Isaacs and Alex Kitroeff, visited Guatemala, where they spent eight days traveling and studying its history.
Oral History in Bali
LinKai Jiang '11 was in Bali, taking courses on human rights, social science research methodologies and ethics, while also doing field research.
Human Rights in El Salvador
Inez Steigerwald '09 and her mother were in El Salvador working with the Comité de Madres, a Salvadoran human rights organization founded in 1977.
Teaching English in Tibet
Chris Healy '09 spent the summer teaching English to Tibetan children and researching the effects of the Tibetan/Chinese language gap on the local economy and culture.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Five Haverford students traveled to the Middle East to work and study with Israeli and Palestinian peace activists. The trip was sponsored by the CPGC.