internship
HECUA Classrooms series: These Shoes Project
Kaitlyn Gayle Howell is an intern at Avalon School. She asks various students if it would be ok to take a photo of their shoes, and to ask a few questions about them. For the next five to twenty minutes, students talk not only about their shoes but also their life story. Read More »
Phone free in France – Italy student blogger Cat Braza
The first day of our fall break—which marked the halfway point in our semester abroad—a millennial’s worst nightmare happened: I left my phone on the bus. Read More »
HECUA student becomes HECUA supervisor – Liz and Rosa’s story
Rosa’s supervisor at Open Eye is a HECUA alumna, Liz Schachterle. About 75 per cent of HECUA alums tell us that their time in off-campus study helps them find a job post graduation, and that’s certainly true of Liz. Read More »
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The effort behind the art – Ashley’s story
Not only has it been exciting to watch artists work on these enamel pieces, I’ve learned how to prep plates for them. I grind sheets of metal down and cover them with base layers of enamel to get the plates ready for artists to work on them. This process has given me insight into the amount of behind-the-scenes work that goes into a project of this caliber and scale. Read More »
Alumni Profile: Sarah Peters
Sarah Peters was a City Arts (now Art for Social Change) student in the spring of 1997. She went on to earn her BFA from St. Catherine’s University, and to hold a number of positions within Twin Cities arts institutions and community hubs. Sarah sat down with us over coffee a few weeks ago to […] Read More »
Interning at All Parks – Lao’s story
APAC is a Minnesota statewide nonprofit tenant union for manufactured (mobile) home parks residents. My role as a community organizer is mainly focused on the Rush Line Corridor transit. Read More »
Everyone can be a philanthropist – Kaitlyn’s story
The people of our communities are the key stakeholders to authentic problem-solving and sustainable movement progression. They are the lifeline to community growth and the heart and soul of progressive social justice work. Read More »
The Rainbow Project – Emma McBride
In the first week, we were presented with a list of internship opportunities. The internship I chose was The Rainbow Project, an organization that works to improve the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender people and their families in Northern Ireland. I work with LGBT youth. Read More »
Alumni Profile: Olivia Boerschinger
I had learned about whiteness in an academic setting but was never asked to look at my own role related to white privilege. Hearing others students’ stories made me realize I do have a story to tell. Read More »
Distributing the Equity Agenda – Javaris and Sebastian’s story
As interns, our role at the rally was to ensure that everyone received a copy of the Legislative Report Card for Racial Equity and the 2015 Racial Equity Agenda. Though this role seems purely logistical, it allowed us to meet virtually everyone that attended the rally. Read More »