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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.

My Job: Criminal Records and Employment

As a paralegal in the employment unit, you might think my job has me helping people find jobs or deal with issues in their workplace. While that does make up a tiny portion of my caseload, the biggest issue I deal with is criminal records. Having a criminal record is a huge barrier to finding any jo... Read more >

Posted: 11/26/12

Summer Blogs

  • ProNica, Nicaragua

    ProNica - Nicaragua

    Associate Prof. of Independent College Programs Kaye Edwards and 10 Haverford students are visiting Nicaragua for a 10-day educational delegation led by ProNica, a Quaker organization. Half of the delegates will stay on for CPGC internships.
  • ProNica, Nicaragua

    Golden Baobab Prize

    Helen Farley '14 is spending her CPGC internship in Accra, Ghana working to promote African children's literature.
  • Generative Gardening

    Generative Gardening

    Stuart Hean '14 will be working with the CPGC on maintaining the student garden at HCA and working to expand the current garden with new raised beds.
  • Michigan Land Use Institute

    Michigan Land Use Institute

    Marie Greaney '14 is spending her CPGC internship doing work with both the Energy and Food & Farming divisions of MLUI.
  • Kelsey Goes to Haiti

    Kelsey Goes to Haiti

    Kelsey Capron '12 is working on issues of maternal and child health education with Olive Tree Projects in Jacmel, Haiti.
  • Indonesia Research Program

    Indonesia Research Program

    Jacob Lowy '14, Alex Jacobs '14 and Alia Cynthia Luz BMC '13 represent half of the CPGC interns traveling to Indonesia this summer.
  • Titagya Schools

    Titagya Schools

    Clara Kang '13 has a CPGC internship in Dalun, Ghana working at Titagya Schools, a primary school co-founded by Haverford alum Andrew Garza '08.
  • Comunidad AC

    Comunidad AC

    Nour El-Youssef '12 and Atena Jeretic '14 are in Mexico doing research on solidarity economy and working with a non-profit organization, Comunidad AC.
  • Senegal Sam

    Senegal Sam

    Sam Gant '13 is in Dakar, Senegal working as a Client Relationship Manager for Zidisha, an American microcredit NGO.