Participated in the Social Work Program's annual Social Action Day Event. This years topic centralized around the topic of housing reentry for ex offenders in our society today. As a student in the program, my contribute to this project was advocating to the greater public to attend this event. This was done through flyers, social media, Eastern's radio broadcast, mass emails to the university, and linking with officials of Willimantic and surrounding towns.

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Very blessed to have been granted the Theme Member of the Year award for the 2017-2018 academic semester through my participation in Service With A Purpose's Themed Housing. I was fortunate enough to serve as the President for my E-board in facilitating all meetings, decision making, events, and volunteer opportunities.

Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

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President

Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

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Extremely grateful to have had many opportunities servicing the surrounding community of my college through the Center of Community Engagement, and Service With A Purpose's Theme Housing at Eastern Connecticut State University. Some of the organizations/establishments I have volunteered with are; Journey House at Natchaug Hospital, North Windham After School Programs, Windham Middle School After School Programs, Sweeney House Elementary School, Covenant Soup Kitchen, and Grow Windham/ WAIM gardens which are all located in the Willimantic/Windham area.

Fall 2016 - Spring 2019

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Attended the LEAP into Leadership conference held at Eastern Connecticut State University, where various leadership dynamics were presented through different workshops that were available to attend. This program encouraged students to enhance their own leadership qualities and work to their fullest potential while portraying the university's core values.

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Public Relations

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 Mead Hall
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 Laurel Hall

Fall 2016 - Spring 2018

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Liaison

I participated in a group assignment with Grow Windham, where we were set with a task of generating a survey that would inquire knowledge and feelings about Lauter Park and the many attractions it is home too, including the community gardens by Grow Windham and also WAIM. The survey would allow our group to form an understanding of the usage of Lauter Park, residents knowledge on the park itself and the numerous attractions it is home to such as; the splash park, skate and bike park, grilling area, the river, sport fields, and lastly the community gardens. As the Liaison of my group, I finalized the survey and had a set goal of about 100(+) participants, in hopes of reaching not only English-speaking respondents, but also Spanish-speaking respondents. Our results consisted of 131 respondents and many were interested in participating in the community garden including renting a plot in the garden, along many intriguing ideas on how to improve the usage of the park. Some people knew about the park and the availability of it, but it was also shown that many werent aware of the park itself. Some of the activities that take place currently are recreational activities such as sport games and family events. Most citizens were interested in seeing more structured family activities such as summer camps, music events (concerts), or even group events like arts and crafts, or movie nights. We hoped that each of these results can help with providing more resources to the residents of Willimantic.

Spring 2019

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