Per month, roughly 100,000 people are recorded as having visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to take pictures and enjoy the sites of The White House where the President of the United States resides. While many may get the chance to walk the halls in guided tours,
This quote by Thoreau is painted in large letters in the library at Crotched Mountain School. I had to think about what this quote meant for I couldn’t immediately see its deeper relevance. Sure the school is on top of a mountain but there had
This co-op I am working in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Huron River Watershed Council, a nonprofit coalition that coordinates programs and volunteer efforts aimed at helping restore the Huron River and maintaining a healthy environment around and within the Huron River Watershed, which spans over
I have known since I was a kid that someday I would find myself in Japan. Passion for the country, the culture, and the language began at an early age. The certainty that I’d find myself in the country was something that grew under my
For my third year Co-op I traveled to the Windy City, Chicago, to join the circus! Well… maybe not exactly, but I was an intern for a non-profit organization, CircEsteem. Their mission is “to unite youth from diverse racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds and help
I have spent this summer volunteering for an organization called Rabbis for Human Rights. Founded in 1988, it is the only organization known to be a rabbinic voice in Israel explicitly dedicated to human rights. Over 100 rabbis and rabbinical students, which represent the organization,
Where do I begin? Getting started was probably the most difficult part of the job so far. Before arriving I already knew that part of the job was to work with the kids at Yo’Onik, but what exactly did that mean? Upon first arriving I
Hogar Comunitario first opened it’s doors 20 years ago when a Catholic woman, who after having many babies left on her doorstep, saw the need for such a community home to support young, indigenous, pregnant women and mothers. 20 years later, the population that Hogar
Working as an English teacher for an agency here in Mexico City, I am exposed to an entirely different class of people. I live and am doing research in a working-class, squatter community. Like many other neighborhoods in Southern Mexico, people here have built their
I am an Antiochian. I don't eat kale, and I generally don't protest. It just isn't my way. That said, I am motivated to change the world. That is why I decided to work for Bounce Day. “Bounce Day aims to improve community resilience through
