Mercedes Davis '20, Deborah Ekwale BMC '21, and Valentina Zavala-Arbelaez '21 make up the first cohort of this new fellowship, an outgrowth of the longstanding Haverford House Fellows, that partners recent graduates with entry-level positions at nonprofits in Philadelphia.
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The sociology major and economics minor is helping support first-generation students at the Community College of Philadelphia as a fellow at CollegeTogether, an organization started by Oscar Wang ’14.
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In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the political science major is interning at the Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict.
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Interns for the Sefrou-based Cherry Buttons Cooperative and Golden Buttons Women’s Empowerment Center, Wang and Li are teaching English and computational skills to local women this summer.
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Brower is taking a closer look at the vibrant Philadelphia subculture of urban farming via an internship with the Neighborhood Gardens Trust.
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The political science major is interning at the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, where she focuses on LGBTQ programming.
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As an intern at Facing History and Ourselves, the history major is studying the historical development of the Holocaust and other genocides.
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As an intern for Philadelphia Futures, a nonprofit that helps prepare Philadelphia high-schoolers from underserved populations for college, Wong’s students have consistently stunned her with their creativity and resourcefulness.
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Thanks to a summer internship at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, the anthropology major is examining the art of performance in a professional setting.
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The comparative literature major is a CPGC-sponsored intern at Justice at Work, a legal group that provides free legal aid to low-wage immigrant workers.
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Thanks to funding from the CPGC, Rhodes is interning at Philadelphia nonprofit Food Moxie.
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As a Lagim Tehi Tuma Fellow, the prospective computer science major emphasized the importance of experiential technological education at the Dalun ICT Center.
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With support from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the psychology major and health studies minor is fighting for civil rights and liberties for the LGBT community in Chile.
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The anthropology major is engaging in direct action and local activism to fight for a living wage for all workers in the Twin Cities.
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Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the English major and peace, justice, and human rights concentrator is exploring public art in Philadelphia through an oral history lens.