By Alanna Rivera Window view of my fight back home from Rome ! To me, doing good in the community means giving a helping hand to someone in need and serving your community when they need it most. Research can help find out the disparities in communities and where the help is needed most, furtherContinue reading “What Does it Mean to do Good?”
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What is this for?
By Maria Clara Oliveira To do good in the community is help and be compassionate for a community. It is not to make a short-term change, but make a change that will impact their lives. To do good, one has to build relationships, that relationship needs to be build on trust, kindness, and respect. ByContinue reading “What is this for?”
Fostering Connections and Building “Bridges”
By Ava Jones It’s difficult to define in short what “doing good” for a community really means. Physically, yes, communities can be built; bridges can be constructed, gardens can be plowed, money can be raised. Doing “good” can present itself in an obvious, tangible effect on a community. At LeMoyne, I’ve done good like this.Continue reading “Fostering Connections and Building “Bridges””
What Does it Mean to Do Good?
By Michelle Heims I believe that doing good in a community means taking part in things that result in improvements and/or positive outcomes. If oneself is doing good for their community, they and others will benefit from their actions. There are many different ways to do good for your community, some of which include volunteering,Continue reading “What Does it Mean to Do Good?”
Belonging Without Borders
By Raymond Vickers Data Collection in Germany: I haven’t been “collecting data” in the literal sense. For the time I have been in Germany, I have met new people and heard new stories, yet I have not once thought of it as a methodological procedure. The bulk of the people I have talked to aboutContinue reading “Belonging Without Borders”
Clearing the Path: Lessons from Capitol Hill
By Josiah Rivette This summer, as an intern on Capitol Hill, I have been gathering insights through conversations, close observation, and reflection on the spaces I move through on a daily basis. I have had the opportunity to meet with both Congressman James Clyburn and Congressman Maxwell Frost. These meetings happened after I contacted theirContinue reading “Clearing the Path: Lessons from Capitol Hill”
First Week of Design for the Just City and New Community
By Kaetlyn Patnaude After my first week of Design for the Just City summer school at TU Delft, I feel like I’ve joined a new community. This course brings together around 100 people from 32 countries, making it a very international environment. We’ve bonded not only over being international students in the Netherlands, but also from sharedContinue reading “First Week of Design for the Just City and New Community”
Learning Through Listening: My Summer in CAP and Alzheimer’s Care
By Caitlyn Katumalla This summer, conversations, reflection, and simply being present in the environments I work in (particularly the Clinical Assistant Program (CAP) and my volunteer work with the Alzheimer’s Project) have been the main ways I have been gathering data. During my clinical experiences at CAP, I’ve had the opportunity to engage with aContinue reading “Learning Through Listening: My Summer in CAP and Alzheimer’s Care”
Sanctuaries of Knowledge: Excavating Culture and Community
By Leasah Jean-Francois This summer serving as a lab intern, I was able to handle most of the materials that correlate to my capstone project. A large part of the daily task was data collection. I collected data on retrieved materials and the context in which they were found. I developed a processing and catalogueContinue reading “Sanctuaries of Knowledge: Excavating Culture and Community”
Hearing Every Voice: Understanding Gender Gaps in Orthopedics
By Taylor Haul During this experience I am talking to a variety of healthcare workers including physicians and medical assistants. The purpose of these interviews is to gain understanding on why women are underrepresented in the orthopedic field. I am asking questions to both female and male doctors about if they have faced challenges orContinue reading “Hearing Every Voice: Understanding Gender Gaps in Orthopedics”
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