The Challenge of San Francisco is found in Community
Published by Raisa Reed
San Francisco is a city that you couldn’t dream up… or at least I couldn’t, coming from the conservative South. …
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A Look Into My Work at a Non-Profit
Published by Natalia Espinosa
It is now my third week working with At the Crossroads in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. For those who are …
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“I am my own muse, the subject I know best.” -Frida Kahlo
Published by Jose San Martin
Another week down, another week closer to going home, another week filled with self-evaluations. There is a lot I want …
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Published by Jason Brovich
At Legal Services, we work two days in the office and one day remotely from the University of Miami campus, …
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A Dry Week, A Dry Post
Published by Fiona Xin
Because we were so static and uninspired last weekend, our group was determined to do at least something over the …
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Durham: a Community for Communities
Published by Vishnu Gottiparthy
My name is Vishnu Gottiparthy, and I’m working with the Community Empowerment Fund this summer as a part of DukeEngage-Durham. …
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“Making Cent$” of Durham and its Economic Roots
Published by Grace Donahoe
When I applied to the DukeEngage Durham program, I was hoping that I would gain a better sense of the …
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Law & Disorder
Published by Sanjidah Ahmed & Srinath Soundararajan
For the past two weeks, we’ve been working on updating a list of community resources in the area with things …
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Bring Me The Law
Published by Fiona Xin, Jose San Martin, Jason Brovich
Everyone’s wheels touched down sometime on Friday last week, but we spent the night raiding the grocery section of a …
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Problematization of Poverty
Published by Ekim Buyuk and Caroline Murphy
To problematize is to view what is deemed a concrete or immutable element or structure as a challenge (or problem) …
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