Tag: Global Justice Summer Internships

Insights from our RAICES Interns

July 3, 2018 | Intern | Internship, RAICES, Young Adult
This summer, two of our Global Justice Interns are working with RAICES. In the past few weeks, RAICES has been in the national spotlight for the work they have been doing to help reunite separated families. Thanks to a viral Facebook fundraiser, they have raised more than $20 million dollars to continue fighting for immigration […]

Boundless Justice: Expanding Beloved Community

August 19, 2015 | Deva Jones | Internship, Young Adult
This post was written by one of our 2015 interns, Lucy Tucker. Nineteen years ago my birth announcement said I was born between two parades: Babylon and Hermes. To most New Orleanians this makes sense. Any baby born during Mardi Gras season simply has to avoid the parade route on their way to the hospital. […]

Transition and Transformation at Bethany House in Boston

August 12, 2015 | Deva Jones | Internship, Young Adult
This post was written by one of our 2015 interns, Ruth Hanna. A page from a brochure for the Bethany Union for Young Women (not dated, but probably pre-1950). Courtesy of the Andover Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School. I came across this brochure while sifting through a mass of old documents about Bethany House in […]

A Summer of Standing on the Side of Love: My Story

August 5, 2015 | Deva Jones | Internship, Young Adult
This post was written by one of our 2015 interns, Carter Smith, and was originally published on Standing on the Side of Love’s website here. Unitarian Universalism is in my blood. I am here today because my parents met at the UU church in Birmingham, Alabama many years ago when they were seeking spiritual community in […]

Seizing my Future

November 24, 2014 | Deva Jones | Internship, Young Adult
This post was written by Eleanor Brow, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. Coming out of my freshman year of college in May 2014, I felt even more confused about what I wanted to do with my life than when I began college back in August. I had gone to many events and […]

Working in the Food Industry

October 10, 2014 | Deva Jones | Economic Justice, Internship, Young Adult
This post was written by Renee Bryant, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. Working with Jose Oliva this summer at the Food Chain Worker’s Alliance (FCWA) allowed me the opportunity to reflect on my previous experience as a black woman in the food industry and study more about food justice overall. Jose is […]

Camaraderie at Camp for Urban Youth

September 11, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Maris Nyhart, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at Tufts University, Nyhart served as an intern at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. As my first summer living in Boston and my first summer living on my own, these […]

Practicing What We Preach: Interning with UUCSJ

August 28, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Joe Gayeski, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at University of Edinburgh studying International Relations, Gayeski served as an intern at UUCSJ’s headquarters.   We do a lot of preaching in the United States. If you’re like me and were raised Unitarian Universalist and attended […]

The Simple Gift of Interning in London

August 22, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post was written by Michael Hassin, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at the College of New Jersey studying economics, Hassin interned this summer with SimpleGifts Unitarian Centre for Social Action in London, England. Working at SimpleGifts has been an intense, high-speed ride that’s as fun as it is eye-opening. […]

Talking, Listening, and Learning: An Internship in Kenya

August 7, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Internship, Young Adult
The following post and video were provided by Abie Troen, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. A student at Brandeis University majoring in Film Studies, Troen is serving as multimedia intern with the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT). This internship is the most challenging, difficult, and wonderful project […]