The Community Impact Internships Program is a competitive, paid summer internship, that pairs 50 JHU undergraduate students with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to work on community-identified projects in Baltimore. During the program, students create blogs about their experience. These blogs are not just a chance for students to document what they are…
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Orientation A topic that was brought up several times throughout orientation in different panels and lectures was positionality and how our identities can impact us in different ways depending on the situation. I think in many conversations about identity, our identities can get reduced to the ones that give us…
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Orientation What challenged me about orientation is the amount of sitting down and listening there was and difficulty paying attention because I have a short attention span. I did enjoy the numerous speakers from different positions that came to talk about Baltimore overall! It was insightful to hear words of…
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Orientation We were challenged to explore our identities and understand how our role as a Hopkins student affects our positionality in Baltimore. This was one of the most important topics throughout orientation week and our biggest challenge will continue to persist throughout the summer to gain a better understanding of…
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Week 1 This first week working with PBRC, more than anything, taught me that there is a significant gap between the number of residents needing help in Baltimore City right now and the resources available to them. I felt this most during my in-person clinic days (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). These…
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Orientation Week It was a bit challenging to voice my thoughts just because there are a lot of people in the program who I don’t know. Public speaking is something I am constantly working on so I am proud that I participated more on the last day. If I were…
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Orientation Week This week, I was challenged to understand my values, privilege, and identity in relation to this internship program. While public health classes began to discuss the relationship Hopkins has with Baltimore, this series of presentations and activities made me think further about the relationship I could have with…
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Orientation Week Going through orientation this past week has been a fun yet thought-provoking experience which has challenged me to think about my position as a Hopkins student in the context of my partnership and interactions with Baltimore. Monday’s presentation on engaging with Baltimore Communities and Jessa Wais’ presentation on…
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Orientation Week This week, I experienced orientation from a new perspective, developing different skills than as an intern. Last summer, orientation was simultaneously disorienting and validating. I started the week knowing almost no one and worrying about the summer; however, by the end of the week, I had forged strong…
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Orientation Week Orientation week for CIIP went great! I met a lot of cool people that I look forward to hanging out with in the future. I also learned a lot from the many guest speakers that we had, and they taught me priceless knowledge about the history of Baltimore…
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