Brandeis students to pursue social justice internships around the world this summer

Nineteen Brandeis students will pursue social justice internships around the world this summer -- from the United States to Kenya to Kazakhstan -- through the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice in partnership with the Hiatt Career Center.

The Legacy Fund, established in 2006 through the generosity of an anonymous Brandeis donor, provides students with a $3,500 stipend to alleviate costs associated with an unpaid internship in an organization that addresses issues of social justice. The fund supports a wide range of activities at Brandeis that reflect the commitment of the University, and its namesake, to social justice.

Students were selected through a competitive process administered by Haitt that required them to reflect on their career goals and secure an internship offer prior to applying.

The 19 members of the 2009 class of Legacy Fund interns:

• Jenna Brofsky ’10 will work in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she will assist the public foundation Civil Society on fundraising initiatives, proposals to combat corruption in the court system, and creating a legal resource center for women.

• Marnina Cowan ’10 will intern in Washington, D.C., at Just Vision, an organization helping Palestinian-Israeli peace builders through media and education by performing community and media outreach through online and video content.

• Shaina Gilbert ’10 will work with the Organization of Support to the Development of the Plateau Central to help launch a summer youth camp for Haitians. She will tutor and train youth to strengthen their academic and social justice leadership skills.

• Julie Goodman ’11 will work in New York at the American Jewish World Service, where she will focus on fundraising initiatives, including coordinating the Young Leadership Program and other major donor events.

• Hannah Janoowalla ’10 will intern in Kenya for the Wem Community Based Organization, which cares for abandoned and displaced children. She will work with health centers to provide counseling and support to children and also teach English and physical education.

• Anum Khan ’10 will work at UNICEF Canada in Toronto, where she will bring conduct research, review policy and analyze data for reports for the State of the World's Children Report and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Tamar Levkovich ’12 will work in Israel for B’Tselem, where she will review the documentation of human rights violations in occupied territories and conduct a study of the effectiveness of the organization’s marketing and advocacy campaigns.

• Paul Norton ’11 will teach, tutor, and assist with student selection for the Kenya Scholar-Athlete Project (KenSAP) at The KIMbia Foundation to help qualified student-athletes from underserved regions of Kenya gain admission to elite U.S. colleges.

• Hilda Poulson ’10 will intern at Los Angeles-based Community Partners, where she will work on foundation proposals to help social entrepreneurs gain economic and social footing to advance the public good through stronger community organizations.

• Shanna Rifkin ’11 will work for NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts in Boston on grassroots campaigns to inform college students around the country about two new public health initiatives.

• Tiffany Roberts ’11 will intern in Bangladesh for Grameen Bank on loan proposals and disbursements to the country’s poorest women.

• Sophie Rosenberg ’10 will work with the Refugee and Immigrant Community Services Center in Chicago to assist and train clients with job-search skills.

• Adam Ross ’10 will work for the Israel Religious Action Center in Jerusalem, where he will's advocate IRAC’s vision and activities to Diaspora.

• Erin Ross ’10 will continue her work on child abuse investigations in the Sex Crimes/Special Victims Unit of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office in New York.

• Molly Schneider ’11 will serve as a civil rights intern involved in community organizing, research, activism, organizational development, anti-racism training and consulting at Community Change in Boston.

• Benjamin Serby ’10 will assist the director of communications at United for a Fair Economy in Boston to improve media coverage for all key campaigns highlighting economic inequality.

• Rachel Sier ’11 will intern at Citizen Action of Illinois and Health Care for America Now in Chicago, where she will work on a grassroots campaign to mobilize community action for President Obama’s health care reform proposals.

• Rebecca Sturgis ’11 will work at the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington, D.C., where she will be responsible for creating a report on the mortality rate of homeless people and the leading causes of death in shelters.

• Elisette Weiss ’10 will work with the Feminist Majority Foundation's Global Health and Rights Division in Arlington, Va., assisting with coalition building and press conferences.


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