Eight Yale students worked this summer to improve life in New Haven and advance the cause of social justice via the Dwight Hall Summer Internship Program. The program, now in its 30th year, provides funding so that students can work full time to establish new community service projects or enhance existing ones. Teresa Mithen '98 served as director of this year's internship program.
The 1998 interns pursued the following projects:
Vanessa Agard-Jones '00 worked at Yale's Center for the Study of Race, Inequality and Politics, developing a national conference to be held in 1999 for Latino college students and young adults to discuss and advance the cause of social justice.
Amanda Bell '00 worked with the Special Projects division of Human Resources at City Hall to establish more efficient and caring ways of helping homeless and formerly homeless clients in New Haven.
Rebecca Goodman '00 worked as artistic director for the Yale Children's Theater Summer Company and developed a theater/sports curriculum for junior and senior high school students.
Anne Langford '99 worked at the Domestic Violence Training Project in New Haven, restructuring their current resource library and writing grants to expand it. The program is affiliated with the University of Connecticut's Health Center.
Anne Lightbody '99 worked at the New Haven Ecology Project's Springside Farm, teaching middle school students about ecology, farming and environmental issues.
Connor Martin '00 worked with the Homeless Theater Troupe (which was started by a Dwight Hall Summer Intern last year) to expand their volunteer base, coordinate rehearsals and help troupe members take on responsibilities as director, stage manager and technical crew for future productions.
Lisa Powell '99 worked for Connecticut Voices for Children, researching and writing reports for the state legislature about "family friendly" work policies and juvenile crime prevention.
Peter Stein '99 worked at Varick Memorial AME Zion Church in
New Haven, helping young people in the Dixwell neighborhood to create and
distribute a calendar of community events. He also developed a tour of
African-American historic sites in Dixwell and worked with neighborhood
high school students to identify and solve local problems.
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