Summer Links 2017 Internship Host Site Profile Student Supervisor Organization and Mission Internship Project Neighborhood Avishi Agarwal Aileen Aragones, College Possible: River North Program Manager Train in processes and procedures to maintain To help low-income students earn admission to contact and hold students accountable to task college, as well as earn their bachelor’s degree specifically as they transition from high school to college and track interactions between AmeriCorps members and students in a systematic way to ensure that students are fully supported beginning at the end of August Anna Aguiar Kosicki Robert Smith III, National Public Housing Museum: River North Associate Director Serve as a Research and Collections intern to To preserve, promote, and propel public housing support staff on all collections management as a human right through exhibitions and public activities and institutional research priorities, programs that frequently collaborate with including oral history, exhibition development, community partners in order to interpret the and public and conference presentations American experience in public housing Jack Balch Officer Jennifer Maddox, Chicago Police Department: Bronzeville Officer Administrator Keep track of streams of engagement and help To build a safer, more peaceful city, through communicate with members of the community building authentic relationships between people in and department members to ensure proper law enforcement and their fellow residents with follow up and evaluation of relationship whom they must co-create peace, focusing on building alongside screening offers to help those neighborhoods and police districts that suffer bridge the divide to determine appropriate the greatest amount of harmful behaviors, which situations to connect them with CPD’s efforts coincides with the deepest mistrust of the system of law enforcement Adam Berger Maria Post, Taller de Jose: Little Village Work directly with clients as a Compañero/a Program Director (individual companion) in order to provide To provide resources and connections with other clients with high level services in order to gain agencies to make social services more accessible to a better understanding of the challenges they a population in need regarding any legal, personal, face and how to overcome them while financial, immigration, or counseling needs present working with the social service system in Chicago
Summer Links 2017 Internship Host Site Profile Student Supervisor Organization and Mission Internship Project Neighborhood Avishi Agarwal Aileen Aragones, Program Manager College Possible: To help low-income students earn admission to college, as well as earn their bachelor’s degree Train in processes and procedures to maintain contact and hold students accountable to task specifically as they transition from high school to college and track interactions between AmeriCorps members and students in a systematic way to ensure that students are fully supported beginning at the end of August River North Anna Aguiar Kosicki Robert Smith III, Associate Director National Public Housing Museum: To preserve, promote, and propel public housing as a human right through exhibitions and public programs that frequently collaborate with community partners in order to interpret the American experience in public housing Serve as a Research and Collections intern to support staff on all collections management activities and institutional research priorities, including oral history, exhibition development, and public and conference presentations River North Jack Balch Officer Jennifer Maddox, Officer Administrator Chicago Police Department: To build a safer, more peaceful city, through building authentic relationships between people in law enforcement and their fellow residents with whom they must co-create peace, focusing on those neighborhoods and police districts that suffer the greatest amount of harmful behaviors, which coincides with the deepest mistrust of the system of law enforcement Keep track of streams of engagement and help communicate with members of the community and department members to ensure proper follow up and evaluation of relationship building alongside screening offers to help bridge the divide to determine appropriate situations to connect them with CPD’s efforts Bronzeville Adam Berger Maria Post, Program Director Taller de Jose: To provide resources and connections with other agencies to make social services more accessible to a population in need regarding any legal, personal, financial, immigration, or counseling needs present Work directly with clients as a Compañero/a (individual companion) in order to provide clients with high level services in order to gain a better understanding of the challenges they face and how to overcome them while working with the social service system in Chicago Little Village