Archived Blogs
2012 Blogs
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.
Golden Baobab Prize
Helen Farley '14 is spending her CPGC internship in Accra, Ghana working to promote African children's literature.
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
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 Capron '12 is working on issues of maternal and child health education with Olive Tree Projects in Jacmel, Haiti.
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
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
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
Sam Gant '13 is in Dakar, Senegal working as a Client Relationship Manager for Zidisha, an American microcredit NGO.
2011 Blogs
Women's Law Project
Lizzie Douglas '13 is a history major who will be spending her CPGC internship working with the Women's Law Project in Philadelphia.
UNAWE
Maya Barlev '12 is an astrophysics major spending her Center for Peace and Global Citizenship internship with UNAWE (Universe Awareness) in Leiden, The Netherlands.
KIPP Schools Philadelphia
Hannah Zieve '14 will be spending her CPGC summer internship with KIPP Schools Philadelphia working for the Director of Talent, who is responsible for hiring all the teachers.-
Generative Gardening
Anna Menon '12 will be working with the CPGC on maintaining the student garden at HCA and researching American agricultural policy and problems, as well as civil society reactions to current food crises./div>
Unite HERE! Local 75
Seth Kennedy '12 will be interning with Unite HERE! Local 75 in Toronto, Canada for his Center for Peace and Global Citizenship funded internship this summer.
Amity Foundation
Peony Yiu BMC '13 is working with the The Amity Foundation this summer for her Center for Peace and Global Citizenship funded internship.
Art Worlds in Ghana
Robin Riskin '12 is in Accra, Ghana, working with local artists and helping to organize an art project in a public space between artists and local students.
Indonesia Research Program
Madeline Smith-Gibbs '13 and Jen Zelnick '12 are two of six Bi-Co CPGC interns travelling to Indonesia this summer.
Michigan Land Use Institute
Claire Perry '14 is spending her CPGC internship doing work related to energy options for the state of Michigan.
Women Guerrilla Fighters of the Mexican Dirty War
During a three-day conference, Sally Weathers will live with the ex-insurgents in a dormitory at the Quaker institution "La Casa de los Amigos" in Mexico City. The project aims at communicating their experiences to a younger generation.
2010 Blogs
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Generative Gardening
Andrew Bostick '12 will be working with the CPGC on two agricultural projects over the summer: the maintenance of a student garden at Haverford and the writing of a proposal to make the garden a permanent program. -
Junior Art Club in Accra, Ghana
Robin Riskin '12 will be in Accra, Ghana to work at the Junior Art Club, where she’ll be helping at-risk youth explore art as a way to develop creativity and enter the business world. 
Arts in Achuapa, Nicaragua
Kate Irick '13 is in Achuapa, Nicaragua working through the Quaker organization ProNica, helping kids create art, poetry workshops, and a community mural.-
Amity Foundation in China
Liz Wolensky '11 will be spending her CPGC internship working in China with the Amity foundation, a Chinese Christian organization dedicated to promoting education, social services, health, and rural development.
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ProNica - Nicaragua
Associate Professor of Independent College Programs Kaye Edwards and six Haverford students will be visiting Nicaragua for a 10-day educational delegation led by ProNica, a Quaker organization. 
Our School @ Blair Grocery
Margo Schall '11 is working with an alternative community school and urban farm in the lower ninth ward of New Orleans.
Cairo, Egypt
Paul Benjamin '12 and Frasat Ahmad '11 are CPGC interns working as legal aids at the Resettlement Legal Aid Project, where they interview Iraqi refugees and prepare their resettlement applications so they can move to safer and more developed countries.
Grameen Foundation in D.C.
Rémy Olson '11 is interning with a Washington, D.C. based microfinance foundation, an offshoot of the Bangladeshi Grameen Bank, founded by the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammed Yunus.
2009
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.
2008
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.