UMass amherstCivic Engagement & Service-Learning CESL CELebration2020 /HONOR BOOK

Honoring the Accomplishments & Contributions of Students Completing CESL Programs

• Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service• Civic Engagement + CivX BDIC Track• Community Scholars Program• The Boltwood Project • IMPACT Service Learning RAP• Student Bridges

Name CESL Program Major Community Partner

Terrance Agyare-May Student Bridges Architecture Commerce High SchoolCaleb Askew IMPACT / CSP / CEPS Certificate History VELAGrace Baker Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Psychology Holyoke Connections Program / Boltwood Co-Coordinator

Maxwell Bamford Boltwood Biology BHMA Nehemiah Brent Student Bridges Kinesiology Holyoke High SchoolEmily Carreiro Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Biology Sunrise House, Good'ell Times / Boltwood Co-Coordinator

Gabriela Colmenares CSP / CEPS Certificate Hospitality & Tourism Management MASSPIRGMugisha Cutsimpumu Student Bridges Public Health Commerce High School Bridget Daoust Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Communication Disorders BHMA and Riverside Industries, Inc.Jessica Daury CEPS Certificate Sustainable Community Development Worcester Housing Authority Haylee Denham Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Dance; Psychology Amherst Leisure Services - Lost AmigosDaniella Dias Student Bridges Political Science; Psychology Commerce High School and Holyoke High School / Student Bridges COCA Events Coordinator

Hannah Elmi Student Bridges Public Health Commerce High School and Amherst High SchoolNurayn Faris Student Bridges / CEPS Certificate Kinesiology; STPEC Commerce High School and Amherst High SchoolVictoria Ferrara-Lawlor CSP / CEPS Certificate Psychology; Public Health MASSPIRG Henry Francis CEPS Certificate Architecture One Holyoke and Town of Erving Raju Gandhi Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Biology Chestnut Street Home, Florence Homes and Mass. Families Organizing for ChangeKelly Gershkoff CEPS Certificate Architecture One Holyoke and Town of Erving Victoria Giffin Boltwood Biology Center Street School Isobel Hayes CSP / CEPS Certificate BDIC Success After High School (ARPS)Robert Johnston IMPACT / CEPS Certificate Political Science Hitchcock Center for the Environment Arianna Jade Jones Student Bridges Psychology Commerce High School Divine Kamba Student Bridges Public Health Commerce High School and Amherst High SchoolJessica Lanahan Boltwood Biology Farren Care Sharon Lincoln CSP / CEPS Certificate Public Health; Legal Studies Public Health Institute of Western MAMadison Murphy Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Psychology BHMA Abbey Nicholson CSP / CEPS Certificate Sociology Amherst Survival Center Uju Onochie Student Bridges Political Science Commerce High School and Amherst High SchoolTejaswini Pallikonda Student Bridges Political Science Student Bridges Policy Coordinator Jasmine Pearce IMPACT / CEPS Certificate Education; Sociology Not Bread Alone Marvens Pierre Student Bridges / CEPS Certificate Anthropology; STPEC Commerce High School and Amherst High School / Student Bridges Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Taylor Powers Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Marketing Farren Care / Boltwood Co-Coordinator

Elizabeth Regan Boltwood Marketing BHMALuis Rodriguez Student Bridges Operations & Information Management Holyoke High SchoolTaylor Ryan Boltwood Psychology Farren Care Hary Sanchez Student Bridges Psychology Commerce High School and Holyoke High School / Student Bridges Recruitment Coordinator

Kevin Shannon Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Biology; Psychology Amherst Leisure Services - Lost AmigosScott Steimle Boltwood / CEPS Certificate Biology Chestnut Street Home and Amherst Fire DepartmentRohen Sundaram CSP / CEPS Certificate Public Health Pioneer Valley Workers CenterParker Sweet CSP / CEPS Certificate Public Health; Philosophy Public Health Institute of Western MASteven Turner-Parker Student Bridges Journalism; Communication Commerce High SchoolAlexandra Vona CEPS Certificate Architecture One Holyoke and Town of Erving Stacey Wainaina CSP / CEPS Certificate Biology; Psychology Safe Passage Saint Wilson Student Bridges WGSS; STPEC Student Bridges Workshop Coordinator for Holyoke and Springfield Bound

2020 CESLStudent Honorees

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Students responded to this relational compassion with their own resiliency and re-sourcefulness as they worked from home. Without direct connections to their com-munity partners, many continued to develop remote and/or on-line engagement. Others worked remotely or in-person at organizations responding to COVID-19 in their hometowns. And some—in lieu of remote or direct engagement—developed research projects examining root causes, designed assessment tools, developed fund-raising strategies and/or created digital content for use by their community partners in the future. Our next challenge, in both the short-term and long-term, is to consider how we will address the inequities that this crisis has revealed. The primary post-crisis task might be to connect, support, and deepen our involvement with the circles of communities we are part of—from our families and friends, to local non-profits, national organizations and community activists. How to do this in ways that include community voice at the center of our deliberations, as well as in a landscape where social distancing has re-set our civic contract, are key questions. And I believe that your experiences in CESL programs has prepared you well to take on this challenge in the future.

We should ask and answer the difficult questions about how to structure our return after the crisis. How can we use this summer to rethink strategies and agendas? How do we build solidarity networks and creatively construct new models of being together, of acting together, so that we can emerge from this crisis more connect-ed, and more involved. I’m wondering how we can use this moment to construct that portal that Arundhati Roy speaks of, walk through it together, and fight for the reimagined world we know is possible.

My warmest regards and best of luck to you all,

Joseph

“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.” Arundhati Roy We have all completed a semester that has been called many things—disruptive, unsettling, tumultuous and unprecedented. In the last two months, as we have all worked hard to adapt to this challenging time, students, faculty, staff and commu-nity partners demonstrated the creativity, perseverance, empathy and compassion that we will surely need more of in the months and years ahead.

This pandemic has had a profound impact on our community partners and have made visible the health, racial and economic inequities that effect vulnerable com-munities—the very ones we collaborate with and work alongside of in CESL. I do worry that the disparities that have been starkly revealed will, once again, be cov-ered with inadequate “band aids” unable to heal the gaping historic and structural wounds of injustice and oppression. But, I am also hopeful that this crisis can re-set our priorities and actions to open up new avenues for engagement, reciprocity and equity—and my hope is based in the concrete actions I saw enacted by the stu-dents, faculty and staff at CESL this semester.

The faculty and staff at CESL have always been committed to relational teaching, advising and community building, and this semester demonstrated that ser-vice-learning is not only shaped by our commitment to a more just world, but can also recognize and appreciate our students as whole and complex people. As face-to-face learning was disrupted, many students returned home to family responsibil-ities and health crises that made both learning and engagement incredibly difficult. More than once this semester, I noted that I felt our students were in good hands to navigate this pandemic’s trials in wholistic, reflective and compassionate ways, and I’d like to thank all CESL faculty and staff for their extraordinary efforts in support of our students.

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CESL Director’s Message:

Community Scholars Program (CSP) Director’s Message:

To CSP Cohort 20 - as we complete our journey together I am excited about where each of you will go next. I don’t doubt you will continue to stay in community with one another, build community wherever you go, and bring passion, humor and a critical lens to all the work that you do - just as you have done in the CSP.

In solidarity, warmth and light,

Deborah

Boltwood Academic Director’s Message:

“The site visits are the best part of my week.” “It was the best and most memorable experience of my college years.” “Boltwood will change your life!”

These are only a few of the ways students describe their experience as part of The Boltwood Project. This semester challenged everyone in unprecedented ways, yet this oldest and largest UMass community engagement program persisted and in many ways thrived. As leaders you connected with your site participants in fun and creative ways; designed media assignments that resonated with the lived experi-ences of the people at your sites; and raised funds to support the basic needs of several long-time community participants.

Together, we got through the spring of Covid 19, and you set the stage for Bolt-wood to continue to do good work throughout this public health emergency and beyond. I am so proud to be associated with this remarkable organization, and to have had the opportunity to work with each of you. I wish you all great happiness and continued opportunity to do good work in your future. Please stay in touch and visit me whenever you are in the area. Boltwood has changed you and you have changed Boltwood . . . all in pursuit of a better world.

With my highest regard and gratitude,

Ellen

Student Bridges Director’s Message:

As the director and faculty advisor of Student Bridges (SB), I have been humbled by the work of this thriving agency. Informed by their lived experiences, their academic and professional skills, the SB student coordinators are uniquely equipped to iden-tify the needs of our fellow student body community. I feel very honored to have been selected to be a part of the amazing work of this collective. Student Bridges addresses education disparities by serving underrepresented student communities both on and off campus to promote and sustain access and success in college.

COVID-19 has revealed substantial structural inequities among this same group of students at both the k-12 and college levels as well as throughout the country. Our organization sustained our academic coursework as well as our community engagement component and learned of the deep and penetrating inequities our students are experiencing ranging from family illness, unemployment, and access to proper equipment and resources to make remote learning feasible. We have suc-cessfully maintained the trust-based support resources to these student groups by providing critical advocacy for learning while ensuring safe social distancing and culturally-relevant social/emotional support during a time of community social isolation and grief. In response to disproportionate burden of inequity being expe-rienced as a result of COVID-19, Student Bridges’ mission and capacity remains in-tact and the need is even greater for the innovations and linkages this student-led organization provides.

Student Bridges Agency is indispensable to the University of Massachusetts, Am-herst, and even beyond this community, the agency is one of a kind in the field of higher education. What Student Bridges does is impactful and powerful. Paulo Freire reminds us that, “it is imperative that we maintain hope even when the harsh-ness of reality may suggest the opposite”. SB has faithfully exemplified this notion. I congratulate Student Bridges and celebrate our seniors with love and happiness. Here’s to new beginnings and “Fuerza!” (Strength!) to grow.

In solidarity,

Dr. Yedalis Ruíz

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Jessica Daury is majoring in Sustainable Community Development and mi-noring in Anthropology. Jessica is graduating with the Certificate in Civic En-gagement and Public Service. She has participated in service-learning courses focusing on socioeconomic inequality and equitable food access. She was re-cently awarded the Go Get the Sustainable World scholarship for a community development proposal which prompted her to spend her last semester intern-ing at the Worcester Housing Authority. During this internship she designed and implemented outreach for a self-sufficiency program and assisted with resident communication during the COVID-19 crisis. After graduation, she plans to visit communities across the country and use her own website to publish her research regarding sustainable and resilient communities.

Haylee Denham is a dual-degree student majoring in Psychology and Dance. She has been an active member of the Boltwood Project since Fall 2016 as a UMass participant and student supervisor at the Fun Club, in partnership with Amherst Leisure Services. Haylee is also in the Developmental Disabilities and Human Services certificate program as well as the Civic Engagement and Public Service certificate (CEPS) program. For her CEPS capstone project, she worked with Riverside Industries, Inc. to craft a dance/movement program to expand the breadth of activities currently offered to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. She hopes to continue to explore how dance can be a vehicle for change in her future career.

Daniella Dias is the COCA Events Coordinator for Student Bridges at the Uni-versity of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a fourth year student with a double major in Political Science and Psychology. She is going on her fourth year being involved with Student Bridges. She began her infatuation with Student Bridges when she took two semester classes from Student Bridges during her freshman year. During her sophomore year, she continued her involvement with Student Bridges by volunteering to work for events for the organization. Daniella aims to use the experiences and connections that she has made with Student Bridges through law school and into her career in law, with a focus on civil and human rights.

Caleb Askew is a junior majoring in History and for the past two years has worked with Vela, an after school program for middle school students of diverse backgrounds. Caleb participated in the IMPACT Service-Learning Residential Academic Program and the Community Scholars Program. He will graduate with the UMass Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. Through his community engagement with Vela, he has had meaningful experiences that will enable him to be an agent of social change. In his senior year, he will be applying to Master of Education programs and plans on becoming a special education/history teacher.

Emily Carreiro is a Biology major on the Pre-Med track and will graduate with the UMass Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service and the Letter of Specialization in Developmental Disabilities and Human Services (DDHS). She has been a part of The Boltwood Project for four years. She was a participant at Sunrise House group home, helped conceive of and supervised the recently created Good’ell Times group, and this year is Co-Coordinator for the program. Her capstone project involved creating video modeling and role play scenarios for adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities at Riverside Industries, Inc. Emily is an EMT with the UMASS EMS and her long-term goals include ap-plying to medical school to become a physician and making the medical field more accessible for those of different cultures, ages, and abilities.

Gabriela Colmenares is a senior Hospitality and Tourism Management Ma-jor who worked with the statewide nonprofit Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) to promote the youth vote, make college more affordable and protect the environment. She served as a MASSPIRG leader for two years through the Community Scholars Program and learned the impor-tance and power of student-led organizing. Gabriela is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. After graduation, she will work for a hotel in Lenox, MA.

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Victoria Ferrara-Lawlor is a junior majoring in Psychology and Public Health. Victoria participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. She worked with MASSPIRG Students, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting public health, turning out the youth vote, and protecting the environment. As a leader for three years in the organization, she has learned the importance of guiding others to leadership and supporting students in their social change work. She has become passionate about access to healthcare in the United States and plans to tackle these injustices. After her senior year she hopes to pursue a graduate degree in a healthcare related field.

Raju Gandhi majored in Biology and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. He has spent the last four years as a member of the Boltwood Project, serving as a supervisor for the last two years. Raju will be attending Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine upon graduation and will be a part of the Class of 2024.

Kelly Gershkoff is a senior architecture student who is receiving the Civic En-gagement and Public Service Certificate. She is excited by community engage-ment and collaborative projects, and through her work enjoyed meeting new people and seeing the impact architects can have with a community. To kick off her involvement with CESL she partnered with OneHolyoke, an afterschool program for middle school students from Holyoke. She has also volunteered with Homework House in Holyoke, and joined the Boltwood Project, spend-ing her time at the Farren Care Senior Center. As a senior with Design 6, Kelly collaborated with the town of Erving to develop a visioning plan with her class in collaboration with business owners, seniors, and town officials. Kelly looks forward to what her future holds as she applies her work with CESL in life after graduation.

Victoria Giffin will graduate with a dual degree in Biology and English. She joined Boltwood as a junior and has served at the Center School as both a participant and supervisor. She has been an active member of the Amherst community, volunteering at the Amherst Survival Center and Arbor’s Nursing home. Victoria is also a teaching assistant and EMT. She wrote her thesis on how writing can heal and is applying to medical school after graduation.

Isobel Hayes is an Honors student majoring in Social Justice Education (Bach-elor’s Degree with Individual Concentation/BDIC) and minoring in Psychology. Isobel participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. For the last two years, they have partnered with Success After High School, an afterschool program which guides students from diverse backgrounds through the college process. By assisting students with their personal statements, Isobel learned how pow-erful it is to tell your own story. Through their community work, they have also become passionate about issues of educational debt and equitable access to higher education. After graduation, Isobel plans to take a gap year and then pursue a graduate degree in an education related field.

Robert Johnston majored in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. He par-ticipated in the IMPACT Service-Learning Residential Academic Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. His community engagement sites were the Hitchcock Center for the Environment and the Center for Women and Community. In addition to volunteering at these sites, he also co-managed Earthfoods Cafe.

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Jessica Lanahan is a Boltwood Project supervisor majoring in Biology. She has served at the Farren Care Center for seven semesters, working alongside resi-dents with physical and mental illness. Jessica has also volunteered throughout the Amherst Community through her gender-inclusive fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi, and as an active member of the American Red Cross Club. She has continued to grow as a leader around campus working as both a resident assistant and Biology teaching assistant. Jessica has done research in sleep psychology and women’s health, and she has recently completed her Honors thesis on the as-sociation between bisphenol A (BPA) and inflammatory markers to understand the extent to which BPA might increase the risk of developing breast cancer. After graduation, Jessica plans to pursue a career in healthcare following a year of work to gain professional experience.

Sharon Lincoln is a junior Public Health major with a certificate in Culture, Health, and Science. Sharon participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. She has been working with the Public Health Institute of Western Massachu-setts where she has been able to learn how to change systems that perpetuate health disparities among elderly populations. She has had the opportunity to engage the community in foundational Public Health evaluation tools such as key informant interviews and health needs assessments. In May 2021, she will graduate and gain work experience before pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration.

Abbey Nicholson is majoring in Sociology and has spent the last three years working with the Amherst Survival Center’s Food Pantry. She participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic En-gagement and Public Service. Through her community work she built valuable relationships with community members, other volunteers, and ASC staff. This engagement has led to a deeper understanding of the complex food systems and the deep inequities that exist in the U.S. After graduating, Abbey will work in development at WGBH and continue her community work as a volunteer at her local food pantry.

Tejaswini Pallikonda is currently a senior majoring in Political Science, minor-ing in Economics, and pursuing an International Relations certificate. Her pas-sion for policy building stems from her work as a national-level Congressional debater. Her experiences debating led to her desire to organize her community and help tackle issues with educational access, both at home and abroad. From tutoring students, to creating large-scale community events, to working on a political campaign, she has experience in the many areas of community organizing. Her goal as Policy Coordinator for Student Bridges is to work with organizations on campus to build policy proposals and create coalitions to ex-pand opportunity on campus, and make sure students feel supported within our academic community.

Jasmine Pearce is an Education and Sociology double major. Jasmine partic-ipated in the IMPACT Service-Learning Residential Academic Program and is graduating with a Civic Engagement and Public Service certificate. Her commu-nity engagement project was done with Not Bread Alone and she volunteered there for all four years of her time at UMass. Working at Not Bread Alone holds some of her most cherished memories that she will carry with her throughout her life after UMass. She was also an RA on campus and an e-board member of the Education Club. Her plans after UMass are to apply to grad schools for counseling.

Marvens Pierre is currently a senior at UMass Amherst studying Social Thought & Political Economy (STPEC) and Anthropology. He is also pursuing a Civic Engagement and Public Service certificate. Marvens has been a part of Stu-dent Bridges since 2016. Ever since then he has volunteered and participated in Student Bridges led events and programs such as “I’m So College” and the service learning courses. Marvens is passionate about social justice and equity and hopes to pursue a future career in Higher Education and Policy and help support underrepresented students of the future. This is Marvens’ third year working for Student Bridges and is first year working as the Undergraduate Program Coordinator as a part of the CORE Team.

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Taylor Powers is an Honors Marketing major and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor, and a recipient of the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. She was a UMASS participant, supervisor, and coordinator in the Bolt-wood Program throughout her four years at UMASS. She completed a capstone working with Riverside Industries creating curriculum to for people who have intellectual and physical disabilities to find and obtain meaningful employ-ment. Next fall she will be working at Wayfair in Boston in their E-Commerce Rotational Program, and hopes to pursue a masters in Diversity and Inclusion. She aspires to continue Boltwood’s mission to “create a culture of compassion and respect.” She is grateful to CESL for providing her with so many friendships and memories she will cherish forever.

Elizabeth Regan is a Marketing major pursuing a Business Data Analytics Certif-icate. She has been a member of The Boltwood Project for the past three years. She spent her time in Boltwood at The Berkshire Hills Music Academy where she has been a supervisor for two semesters. She loves forming mutually beneficial relationships with the students at the Academy while also developing a greater understanding of people with varying abilities. After graduation, Elizabeth will be working full time as a Planning and Allocation Analyst at The TJX Companies, Inc. She is looking forward to continuing to be an advocate within the commu-nity.

Taylor Ryan will be graduating in May with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. She has been a member of Boltwood since Spring 2017, and a Boltwood Supervisor since Spring 2019. She is also a member of the Devel-opmental Disabilities and Human Services (DDHS) program and interned as a respite care worker and a substitute Para-educator at Amherst Regional High School in the Special Education Department. She completed her certificate in Social Work and Welfare and continues to seek opportunities to make an im-pact on the community. Taylor plans to pursue a Master’s degree in Social Work following a year of gaining additional professional experience in the field. Her long-term goals are to continue helping people reach their fullest potential to live a happy life.

Hary Sanchez is the Recruitment Coordinator for Student Bridges. She is cur-rently a senior majoring in psychology. Originally from Worcester, Massachu-setts, Hary hopes to someday open a center for alternative counseling for youth in underrepresented communities. Her goal is to help minorities and underrep-resented students reach higher education. As an immigrant from Dominican Republic, she is aware of the lack of support immigrants face within the school system in America. This has made her passionate about working with Student Bridges and their mission for the last two years and is what has fueled her de-sires to continue working with us in the future. She is also an artist and is very passionate about using art to create awareness about social issues.

Scott Steimle is majoring in Biology with a concentration in Pre-Dental Studies. He is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. Scott spent two years serving as a member of The Boltwood Project, engaging with individuals of diverse abilities. His junior year he volunteered as a student firefighter for the Amherst Fire Department as well as working for the UMass Learning Resource Center (LRC) as a supplemental instructor in Chemistry. This past year he was a tutor for young children at Homework House Holyoke. After graduation he will be applying to dental school for the class of 2025.

Rohen Sundaram is a Public Health major with a certificate in Spanish & Health. He also participated in the Community Scholars Program (CSP) and is gradu-ating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. For two and half years he has worked with the Pioneer Valley Workers Center to support low-wage immigrant, restaurant and agricultural workers in the community. He was the Grassroots and Organizing Intern this past year, tasked with helping facilitate Worker Committee meetings and streamlining the Membership pro-cess. In Fall 2019, he was the Teaching Assistant for The Good Society, the first course of CSP. After graduation, Rohen hopes to work in a local health center before pursuing a professional degree in public health or healthcare.

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Parker Sweet is in the 4+1 Accelerated Master of Public Health (MPH) program, with a minor in Philosophy. He also participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. Two years of community engagement with the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts has catalyzed his interest in equitable health policy. At his site, he engaged in community health work through qualitative methods and regular collaboration with municipal stakeholders. After graduation, he will complete his MPH.

Alexandra Vona is studying Architecture and pursuing a certificate in Commu-nity Engagement and Public Service. She is originally from East Longmeadow, a town right outside the city of Springfield in Western Massachusetts. She has been a part of multiple community engaged projects in Amherst, Springfield and Holyoke over the past four years, and her experiences in connecting with these cities and communities have been influential in shaping the path she’ll be pursuing next. She hopes to work in the area after graduation and explore more the communities and cultures of Western Massachusetts.

Stacey Wainaina is majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology. She also participated in the Community Scholars Program and is graduating with the Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. For the past two years at Safe Passage, she has worked advocating for domestic violence survivors and educating the community on preventing domestic violence and relationship abuse. Through her community work, she has also learned the intricacies need-ed to educate medical professionals on the importance of providing personal-ized holistic care to domestic violence survivors. After graduating she hopes to take a gap year to volunteer and gain clinical hours before attending medical school.

Saint Wilson is a senior in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies depart-ment and is the Retention Strategies Coordinator and Workshop Coordinator for Holyoke and Springfield Bound. Saint has been involved in community work since she was 14 years old, starting out with empowerment programs for ‘disad-vantaged youth’ in their hometown of Hartford, CT. Saint gets a lot of joy out of cooking for their chosen family and hopes to do HIV/AIDS prevention work for trans sex workers after she graduates from UMass.

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Boltwood ProgramAmherst Elementary Schools: Crocker Farm, Fort RiverBerkshire Hills Music AcademyBest Buddies/Amherst Middle School, Amherst High SchoolCenter SchoolChestnut Street Group HomeFarren CareLos Amigos/Amherst Leisure ServicesMassachusetts Families Organizing for ChangeMountain View Group HomeConnections After School Program/STEM SchoolPioneer Valley Homes/Goodell TimesProject TeammateRiverside Industries, Inc.Spruce Hill Group Home The Fun Club/Amherst Leisure ServicesThe Scouts

CESL Capstone CourseMass Families Organizing for Change Nueva Esperanza Riverside Industries, Inc.Worcester Housing Authority CESL Mentoring Course Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County

CESL Community Partners 2019-2020

IMPACT Amherst Survival CenterCenter for New AmericansMarks Meadow Afterschool Program/Wildwood Elementary SchoolNot Bread AloneThe Literacy ProjectUMass Partnership for Worker EducationVELA Afterschool Program/Amherst Regional Middle SchoolWhole Children

Community Scholars ProgramAbortion Rights Fund of Western MassachusettsAmherst Regional Public Schools Family CenterAmherst Survival CenterMASSPIRGNeighbor to NeighborNuestras RaícesPioneer Valley Worker CenterPublic Health Institute of Western MassachusettsSafe PassageScience for the PeopleVELA Afterschool Program/Amherst Regional Middle School

CESL Foundations Course Homework House of Holyoke UMass Partnership for Worker Education Craig’s Doors The Literacy Project

From Amherst to Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield and beyond, we send deepest thanks to all of our community partners for inviting us to share in work with you, and for teaching and learning with us.

FACULTY & STAFF OF UMASS AMHERSTCIVIC ENGAGEMENT & SERVICE-LEARNING Joseph KrupczynskiDirector / Civic Engagement & Service-Learning

Eva Freidman HullOffice Manager

Chris FeltonCommunity Partnership Coordinator

Kris NelsonCEPS Certificate and Undergraduate Advisor

Deborah KeischLecturer / Community Scholars Program Director

Ellen CorreaLecturer / The Boltwood Project Program Director

Katja Hahn D’ErricoLecturer / Impact Program Director

Nicole NemecSenior Lecturer / Commonwealth Honors College (CHC)

Yedalis RuízDirector / Student Bridges

Terrell JamesGraduate Project Assistant

Maria Ximena Abello HurtadoGraduate Project Assistant

Srisuma MovvaUndergraduate Community Service Assistant

Raju GandhiUndergraduate Community Service Assistant

Caroline AultUndergraduate Community Service Assistant

Elizabeth Webb Undergraduate Community Service Assistant

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