Creative, All of the Above Approaches
I began this internship eager to see things from a different lens after being somewhat unsatisfied with results I observed while offering...
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Dec 30, 2017
Knowing Your Neighbors: Reflections on How to Build Diverse Small Business Communities
During my time in Burlington, Vermont this summer I learned how to be uncomfortable. As a white, American-born woman pursuing a college...
Dec 28, 2017
Privilege and Inequality: Where Theory Meets Reality
The time has come to be honest: ‘privilege’ is a buzzword. I cannot count the instances in which I’ve thrown the term out, whether in...
Dec 26, 2017
Creating Opportunities for Children in New Orleans
Anna’s Place NOLA, a non-profit organization, seeks to improve the lives of citizens living in the Tréme/7th ward of New Orleans. This...
Dec 8, 2017
The Dehumanizing Nature of the Immigration System: More Than Names on a File
“I am really sorry to ask these questions. I won’t pretend to know how difficult it must be to answer them,” I reached across the table...
Nov 28, 2017
Traversing the 9th Street Divide: Educational Enrichment for the Children of Louisville
As we drive down West Hill Street I count the number of foreclosed properties we pass, the boarded-up windows and doors marked with...
Sep 18, 2017
He Too is a Son
Working at Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC), a homeless outreach non-profit, in New York City this summer elicited two different...
Sep 13, 2017
More Than Just Food: Community Gardens
With blooming potted vegetables at my feet, I stood in front of Brian at Beacon Apartments, a permanent housing site for the formerly...
Sep 5, 2017
Wealth Inequality in the Big Apple
This summer I interned at the Bowery Residents Committee in New York City. Every morning I would wake up at 4:30, throw on my jeans and...
Sep 4, 2017
The Power of Empowerment: Exploring My Work with Agape Youth and Family Center
Children yearn to feel empowered, a theory I developed and observed during the summer of 2017. From June 5 to July 28, I interned at...
Aug 28, 2017
Integrative Healthcare: How HIV Taught Me about Medicine, Patients, and Poverty
I walked into the doors of the Cone Health Regional Center for Infectious Disease in Greensboro, North Carolina basically clueless. I...
Feb 16, 2017
In the Gardens and Markets of Atlanta
“The biggest hurdle for these families was finding affordable, high quality food without jumping through enormous obstacles” writes...
Jan 26, 2017
Holistic Healthcare Transcends Medicine
“Medical treatment is not enough; we must also consider how to relieve a patient’s psychosocial situation to improve and sustain their...
Jan 25, 2017
What I Learned about Poverty in Eastern Kentucky and How it can be Reduced
The idea of the began with Reverend Ralph W. Beiting, a Roman Catholic priest born and raised in northern Kentucky. He was the oldest of...
Jan 12, 2017
How Poverty Perpetuates Domestic Violence
The connection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and poverty isn’t obvious. In fact, it took me the majority of the summer to...
Jan 11, 2017
UpLIFTing: Emphasizing Individuality and Dignity in Washington, DC.
(LIFT is a national anti-poverty non-profit devoted to empowering families to break the cycle of poverty. This summer I was a Community...
Jan 10, 2017
My Future Fighting Poverty
“The Patch taught me that every effort to fight poverty successfully should promote holistic development, trust, and new experiences”...
Jan 10, 2017
Children in Poverty Can Thrive!
I interned this summer with the Kanawha County Extension Office in West Virginia. I worked with the 4-H Positive Youth Development...
Jan 3, 2017
Building Rapport: A Personal Approach to Homelessness in NYC
The office of the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, and their clients are in the elevators,...
Dec 21, 2016
Privilege’s Place in Poverty Alleviation: What We Lose When Success Looks like I Do
“We, those of us with privilege, must take this challenge to define our roles, but we must keep our eyes and ears open” writes Iglitzin....
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