Creators: Angela Magin, Amanda Savona, Lissette Bermudez, Nora McGowan, Lena Gaultier, Jessica Carr, Madison Haywood, Maria Victoria Virasoro This semester the Food Justice and Social Change class partnered with YMCA ILC Boston to conduct a series of research projects that would ultimately be used as a resource for both the YMCA ILC and the students…
Creator: Xiaoqi Yuan Empty nesters became a serious phenomenon in China. Since their children leave home because of work, study, marriage, and other reasons, alone “empty nest” middle-aged and elderly produce psychological disorders, known as the family “empty nest” syndrome. Despite appeals from society and the government to care for the elderly, most young people…
Creator: Ava Serra This is an excerpt from Eva’s ME Plan, which is the final project for students in our class. Using the alphabet as the theme for her video, she mentions her service-learning site as one of the defining moments in her first semester….
Creators: Emily Keith, Omar Sindi, Maxcy Grosso This project was aimed towards understanding the reasons for the distribution service requests made through the Boston’s 311 app, and what could be done to promote greater equity in the usage and deployment of city services….
Creators: Leslie Gonzalez, Tatum Abadir, Emily Breen, & Lucy Brainard For our class, Nonprofit Communications, we were assigned to work with a service-learning partner in the Boston area for the entirety of the semester. Our group of four was paired with Resilient Sisterhood Project (RSP), a local nonprofit organization that works to educate and empower…
Inclusion for All Creator: Amanda Stark I wrote a blogpost about what I learned and observed in my time at You’re with Us when I was paired with William, a peer with a disability. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goals In working with You’re With Us, my group aimed to create meaningful one on one relationships with William, a…
Service-Learning Blog Post Clubhouse Network Inc. Creator: Soumia Litim The blog post includes some of my experiences at the Clubhouse Network Inc. I explain the work I did and some of my specific interactions I’ve had, as well as an example of the art I created during my time serving. Over the past semester I…
Bird Street Organization Creators: Maria Grunauer, Thelma Mogensen, Carlos Genie, Solveig Kagge This video shows our service place which was Bird Street. We give a brief tour of all the place, including the areas where we performed. Also, we explained our main role in the organization. Moreover, we interviewed our supervisor Jamel, who is in…
Resistance Learning Creators: Xiaoyun Ma, Yukai Qiu, Tyler Nguyen, Timothy Smith, Min Hyuk Kim Students at Boys and Girls Club Boston display varying levels of willingness to participate in learning during homework time. One student in particular, S, an African-American elementary schooler that grew up in Roxbury, refuses to complete their homework. We wondered: What…
Service-Learning at the Family Gym Creator: Alexis Trattler My service learning partner for the semester was the BCYF Family Gym. The Family Gym is a place for children and their parents to come and play in a safe indoor space with Northeastern students. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I completed my service learning at the BCYF Family Gym. The…