Programs: Haverford House - Fellows
Emily Bock '11
Major: EnglishConcentration: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Home Town: Fammettsburg, Pennylvania
Placement: This year I will be working as a paralegal at Community Legal Services (CLS), a non-profit law firm that serves low-income Philadelphians. I will be working with people who have criminal records to help them overcome different obstacles preventing them from finding stable employment.
Haverford House Project: I'd like to connect Haverford students with incarcerated Philadelphians and help them become advocates for a more just criminal justice system.
Karina Puttieva '11
Major: English
Concentration: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Hometown: Towaco, New Jersey
Placement: I am working at Philadelphia Legal Assistance as a paralegal in their Family Law Unit. I will have my own caseload of clients and provide them with assistance in the areas of custody, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity, and domestic violence. With help from my supervising attorneys, I will be giving advice to my clients to help them with their legal matters.
Haverford House Project: I would like to organize a group of Haverford students to go to a domestic violence shelter in Philadelphia and hold a resume-writing workshop for the residents, in order to help them transition into employment.
Caila Heyison '11
Major: Political Science
Concentration: Philosophy
Home town: Wellesley, Massachusetts
Placement: This upcoming year my placement is at Community Legal Services, a non-profit law firm in Philadelphia. I will be working in the Public Housing Unit as a paralegal helping the managing attorneys represent low income tenants living in public housing.
Haverford House Project: I hope to bridge the gap between learning about a social problem in a classroom and actually seeing the problem first hand and meeting those that experience it. I hope to do this by setting up an academic seminar where students can learn about an issue such as homelessness, a topic in Philadelphia that I am acquainted with, and then travel into Philadelphia to do a service project that allows Haverford students to learn about the issue from those that experience it. I hope that by doing this Haverford students gain a more nuanced approach addressing large social issues.
Jason Lozada '11
Major: History
Home Town: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Placement: I look forward to working with The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, a newspaper that raises awareness about issues pertaining to Philadelphia public schools. The Notebook is led by Paul Socolar ’77 and is an effort to illuminate the triumphs and setbacks of the Philadelphia school system. As a Program Coordinator for The Notebook, I will be working with the newspaper's supporters and reporting on community concerns over recent changes to the School District.
Haverford House Project: My goal is to form a small group of students to work with incarcerated youth in Philadelphia. This group will go into the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center and work with youth on a project that we will develop further on.
Stephanie Strockis '11
Major: Psychology
Concentration: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Home Town: Huntington Beach, California
Placement: I will be the Peace Fellow at Parkway Northwest High School in Mt. Airy. Parkway is a peace and social justice themed public high school, which focuses on educating youth about understanding and working towards a non-violent society. My main duties will involve working at the Student Community Development Center, helping coordinate the mentor and tutoring programs, and assisting with in-class projects that are specifically social justice and peace related.
Haverford House Project: My goal is to deepen the connection that Haverford students have with Philadelphia, as a place for fun, culture, and as a city with its share of problems. Through guided time spent in Philly that looks at the positive work that non-profits are already doing, mixed with historical and cultural activities that put the spotlight on different neighborhoods, I hope to get Haverford students more involved with this great city!
Peter Block '11
Major: Philosophy
Home town: Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Placement: I will be working as a public health fellow for the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a research branch of Main Line Health Systems. Part of my time will be spent studying a pulmonary disease process endemic to the Philadelphia area through laboratory and population-based research. Another part of my fellowship will be spent helping coordinate Main Line Health's Health/Science Academy, an after-school program based out of four West Philadelphia public high schools. Finally, I will provide general assistance to the research institute's efforts to expand its public health programs and initiatives.
Haverford House Project: I would like to create a Haverford environmental coalition that would bring together students, faculty, and residents from the surrounding area to let them collaborate on projects based on Haverford's campus. Part of the project will involve creating a student committee to visit local community organizations in Philadelphia to get a sense of how such organizations are successfully maintained. The second part of the project will involve uniting current Haverford clubs and committees with residential community members around projects of their interest.