The Ways Gun Violence Affects Dorchester and What to Do Creator: Sawyer F. Thompson A digital poster describing the link between my service learning project and gun violence, as well as what we can do about it….
Rafael Hernández Video Creators: Emily Perez & McKayla Quinn-Steineke Our video describes our experience volunteering at the Rafael Hernández after school program in Roxbury during the past semester. We discuss what the after-school program does and what school grades we worked with. …
“Digital Divide” In Your Schools Creators: Jingjing Hu & Maxwell Lincoln It is a poster session that explains the current situation of digital divide and ways to improve this situation. It also includes connections with our service learning partner, Let’s Get Ready….
Providing Technology For Underserved Kids Creators: Benjamin Heid & Caio Foreman Technology skills are key for the future of any child born into this technological era. However, not all schools provide access to faculty or software that teach these skills or provide the necessary technology as a medium for their learning. Furthermore, 35% fewer US homes…
Supporting After School Programs as Northeastern Students Creator: Bennett Helfrich My poster describes the benefits of afterschool programs to youth and parents, outlines the issues facing their success and describes programs that are effective. It provides the example of my service learning partner, the Clubhouse Network, describes the goals of the organization and encourages Northeastern…
Service-Learning at USES Creator: Jimena Unzueta My infographic aims to provide an insight into how service-learning is. It shows the different aspects of service-learning and the benefits of this. It particularly focuses on serving at USES (United South End Settlement) and how what you do is more than just volunteering for two hours….
El Centro del Cardenal Creators: Tatiana Pelegrina & Luis Gonzalez Luis and I share our experiences while volunteering in El Centro del Cardenal through a video. …
Internal Development in Response to the Gentrification of Roxbury Creator: Evan Comeau The process of gentrification is synonymous with rising home values and economic development in a deteriorating area. However, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, this has come at the cost of forcing predominantly minority groups from their homes and out of their communities….
Raising a Reader Project Proposal Creator: Mariola Johnson, Cara Jennings, Earnest Kim, Maelle Jeanty, & Riha Khan. This is a project proposal for our collaboration with the Massachusetts organization Raising a Reader. In this proposal, we outline some goals to better understand our target market and potential market research ideas. Raising a Reader Project Proposal (i) Definition of…
Boston Building Resources Project Proposal Creator: Alexandra Papermaster, Nadia Naeem, Teema Sawas, Eva Samper-Mateu, & Mitchell Lee This project proposal for Boston Building Resources, located in Roxbury, demonstrates our thoughts on how our team would increase kitchen sales for their for-profit kitchen sales sector. Boston Building Resources (BBR) has experienced declining kitchen sales for the past 2-3 years….