by: Sierra Romero Today was National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. The goal of NVRD is to encourage individuals to register to vote, feel equipped with the necessary resources, and familiarize themselves with voting support on campus. Hopkins Votes, the University’s…
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by: Sierra Romero On August 16th, the Center for Social Concern’s Pre-Orientation program, HopkinsCorps, began. Thirty-three First-Year students gathered at Hodson to meet the program’s five student leaders and one another for the first time. HopkinsCorps is an immersive, service-learning, and leadership development experience for incoming First-Year JHU students. First-Years…
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by: Sierra Romero On August 4th, students, community partners, and staff gathered at the American Visionary Art Museum to celebrate the closing of this years Community Impact Internships Program (CIIP). CIIP is the Center for Social Concern’s competitive, paid summer internship program that pairs JHU undergraduate students with nonprofit organizations…
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by: Sierra Romero Get to know one of our CIIP Interns Natalie Wang, her Community Partner Keswick MultiCare Center, her thoughts on difference in care for aging adults, and reflections on language barriers in healthcare. “There’s so much in geriatrics that reflects medicine more broadly in ways that don’t…
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by: Sierra Romero On July 7th, two of the Center for Social Concern’s staff members, Dr. Jasmine Blanks Jones and Markya Reed, were presented with a Certificate of Recognition from the Baltimore Mayor’s Office for their participation in the creation and documentation of 200 Years of Returns. 200 Years of…
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by Sierra Romero Get to know one of our CIIP Interns Dua Hussain, her Community Partner Jubilee Arts, reflections on a person-oriented approach to the medical world, and being a First-Generation student at Hopkins. “There is no objectivity in medicine,” stated Dua Hussain. “You can’t come into a clinic…
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by Sierra Romero After three and a half years with the Center for Social Concern (CSC), Whit Johnson is embarking on a new adventure outside of Johns Hopkins University. Whit joined the office as Associate Director in January 2020. “I’ve always been interested in elements of education, community engagement, and…
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by: Sierra Romero Get to know one of our CIIP Interns Frank Meng, his Community Partner ERIC, and an introduction to Baltimore’s rich history of immigration. “I think I used to have this romanticized view of immigration,” stated Frank Meng. After a pause, Frank explained his career at Johns Hopkins…
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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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