Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means Since my placement last summer was completely remote, there weren’t a lot of external circumstances influencing my placement. This summer, we are working the entire summer with in-person modalities, which means navigating more areas of Baltimore which I lack a little experience in. For…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means During the first week, my supervisor notified me she had COVID, so I worked remotely on a couple of planning tasks for staff orientation next week. While preparing for the summer program to be in person, I wanted to get fully acquainted with the…
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Genesis Aire | Public Justice Center I’ve been looking forward to this week for months. Selecting my placement this summer differed from last because I was able to do my own research and reach out to CIIP alums for their input. Based on my conversations, I was certain that I…
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Aiman Altaf | 29th St Community Center When I stepped in on Tuesday, my supervisor said “We have an event tonight, wanna help out with that or start on something else?” Being thrown into an event on my first day was probably the best introduction to the community center because…
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Fatima Baloul | Shepherd’s Clinic Shepherd’s Clinic is a free, comprehensive clinic for the uninsured in Baltimore. Patients are provided with clinical services [ primary and / or specialty care ], behavioral health services, and mindfulness programs. Given that all the providers, nurses, and a majority of the staff at…
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Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway The first week of working in Councilman Conway’s office has been very exciting and interesting. I started out the week learning about my day-to-day tasks in the office. While I thought that responsibilities such as answering the phone or returning voicemails would…
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Fatima Elzamzami | Franciscan Center Although I’ve only been at the Franciscan Center for four days, it is clear to me what a significant role the organization plays in the surrounding community. Not only does the Franciscan Center provide resources for those who may need them, but also serves as…
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Angelica Brooks | Farm Alliance of Baltimore Throughout my first week at the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, my supervisor and I spoke about the removal of an urban garden near my neighborhood. I asked my supervisor why the Cherry Hill Urban Garden was demolished so quickly, and she told me…
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Liesel Arauz Vallecillo | Art With A Heart Every day at Art with a Heart (AWAH) is so vastly different from the one preceding it. I really like that about my placement. I technically got a bit of an preview of what my week would be like beforehand because I…
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Aiman Altaf | 29th St Community Center – Week 7 I see intersectionality at 29SCC through the activities I do with the kids and adults who come to the community center, and in the ways the center interacts with other local nonprofits. One of the first times I noticed it…
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