unc bonner leaders 2012-13 annual report
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2012-13 Annual Report for inaugural Bonner Leaders Program at UNC-Chapel Hill's Campus Y.TRANSCRIPT
UNC’s Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y 2012-‐2013 Annual Report
From the Director:
Now in its third year, the UNC’s Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y is demonstrating the significance of students’ sustained commitment to public service work with a community partner, allowing for deep civic engagement. This is a unique four-‐year campus-‐community collaboration that uses federal work-‐study funds to subsidize public service. Every day, Bonner Leaders work on developing new educational opportunities, fighting hunger, preserving cultural histories, promoting racial and environmental justice, and ending poverty. Their solutions are as diverse as the students themselves.
Carolina Bonner Leaders 2012-‐13 Snapshot
• 25 students (12 Class of 2015; 13 Class of 2016) • Approximately 5,000 community service hours in 2012-‐13 • 16 North Carolina communities – from Rutherfordton to Wilmington • 6 out-‐of-‐state students from Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 5 first in family to attend college • 11 Covenant Scholars • 1 Robertson Scholar
The Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y achieves transformative impact on both the student and the local community. There are four key components to our model:
Campus Partners Capacity Building Co-‐Curriculum Student Engagement and Development
Community Partners
The focus on student development coupled with intensive community work, complemented by a weekly capacity building co-‐curriculum, provides opportunities for Bonners to take on increasingly responsible roles and responsibilities. These students are creating new ways to take initiative, serving on local task forces and boards, developing new partnerships, and strengthening partner capacity, especially in the areas of social media and grant writing. The Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y was developed in response to three of the Y’s organizational goals:
• Diversify student membership (in alignment with UNC Diversity Plan) • Support strong community partnerships • Measure impact and build student capacity
The biggest challenge to our model is unanticipated fluctuations in federal and state funding due to continuing budget cuts. The Campus Y is dedicated to maintaining our commitment to the transformative potential of our Bonner students and their community partners as they change lives. Philanthropic support for the Carolina Bonner Leaders Program would ensure that our students retain access to critical service and leadership opportunities, and would allow our Bonner Leaders to continue to demonstrate UNC-‐Chapel Hill’s impact on our campus and community. Carolina is has always recognized student service as central to personal and professional development. Help the Campus Y take that model to the next level by supporting the Bonner Leaders Program.
Lucy Lewis
Director, UNC Bonner Leaders Program/Assistant Director, UNC Campus Y
CAPACITY BUILDING CO-‐CURRICULUM
The UNC Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y also relies heavily on its campus partnerships to provide academic components for a capacity building co-‐curriculum focusing on six common commitments of the Bonner Leaders Program.
2012-13 Expanded Carolina Bonner Leaders Co-Curriculum
The Bonner Leaders Program expanded its leadership development co-‐curriculum to provide introductory sessions on the above topics for first-‐year Bonners, developed more advanced topics for second-‐year Bonners, and held joint sessions for both sets of students on skill-‐building and critical issues. This year for the first time, Bonner community partners and Bonner Leaders also facilitated sessions.
Civic Engagement: Participate intentionally
as a citizen in the democratic process, actively engaging in
public policy and direct service.
Community Building: Establish and sustain a vibrant community of
place, personal relationships and common
interests.
Values Exploration: Explore personal beliefs while respecting the spiritual practices of
others.
International Perspective: Develop
international understanding that enables Bonners to
participate successfully in a global society.
Diversity: Respect the many different
dimensions of diversity in our public lives.
Social Justice: Advocate for fairness, impartiality and equality while
addressing systemic social and environmental issues.
The expanded weekly capacity building workshops help our students, many of whom are of high financial need, to adapt to a university environment, build a group identity within the program, better understand the communities they work with, build skills to effectively assist their community partners, and reflect and process their experiences. The Bonner Leader model of intensive public service and leadership development carries through into students’ professional lives. A 2010 survey of Bonner alumni showed at least 65% are working in nonprofit or public sector careers and nearly 100% are engaged in regular community service.
2012-‐13 Co-‐Curriculum Topics Orientation
• Black and Blue Tour of Campus • How to Succeed at Carolina • Time Management
Leadership Development • Public Speaking • Myers-‐Briggs – A Tool for Self-‐
Awareness • Goal Setting • Resume Writing and Public Service
Careers • Effective Facilitation
Community Building • Community Building • Social Media 101 for nonprofits • Get-‐Out-‐The-‐Vote: a Youth
Perspective
Social Justice • Politics of Poverty • Human Rights – What They Mean
for Your Community Work • Journey of a Social Entrepreneur
Diversity • Introduction to Race and Ethnicity • Race, Class and Gender
Civic Engagement • NC Demographics and What They
Mean • Community-‐based Research • Service vs. Social Justice
Approaches to Community Work • How to Be a More Effective Tutor
2012-‐13 Co-‐Curriculum Facilitators • Martha Arnold, Independent education/curriculum
Consultant • Dr. Tema Okun, faculty, Educational Leadership
Department, National Louis University and author, “The Emperor Has No Clothes” (Consultant)
• Dr. Kim Abels, Director, UNC Writing Center • Blanche Brown, Hannah Jessen, Patrick Mateer, Zack
Kaplan, Bonner Leaders, Class of 2015 • John Brodeur, Director, Carolina Leadership
Development • Teresa Bunner, Academic Support Specialist, Blue
Ribbon Mentor-‐Advocate Program • Dr. Marcie Fisher-‐Borne, Asst. Professor, NC State
Department of Social Work • Jacquleyn Gist, Career Counselor and employer liaison
for Nonprofits and Social Work, University Career Services
• Dr. Anne Hastings, Senior Lecturer, UNC Dept. of Sociology
• Dr. Jim Johnson, Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, UNC Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, UNC Kenan Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
• Leslie King, Campus Y Communications Consultant • Dr. Jim Leloudis, Professor, UNC Dept. of History, UNC
Assoc. Dean for Honors, Director, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
• Will McInerney, Executive Director, Sacrificial Poets • Dr. Tim McMillan, Senior Lecturer, UNC Dept. of African
and Afro-‐American Studies • Ryan Nilsen, Student Services Specialist, Carolina Center
for Public Service • Tony Patterson, Sr. Assoc. Director, Student Life &
Activities, Carolina Student Union • Dr. Charles Price, Assoc. Professor, UNC Dept. of
Anthropology • Jeff Sackaroff, Associate Director, University Career
Services • Dennis Whittle, Co-‐Founder and former CEO,
GlobalGiving, Social Entrepreneur-‐in-‐Residence and Professor of the Practice (2011-‐13), UNC Minor in Entrepreneurship
BONNER LEADERS PROGRAM COMMUNITY PARTNERS
• Three initial community partners in 2011-‐12 • Eight new community partners in 2012-‐13* • Two new community partners for 2013-‐14**
The Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y pairs a driven, diverse, and committed group of students with a local nonprofit in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area for four years. Bonner Leaders Program Director Lucy Lewis and site supervisors work with the Bonners to guide their development from direct-‐service volunteers as first-‐years into project leaders, public policy advocates, and community-‐based researchers over the course of the four-‐year partnership.
Low-‐income students have historically been underrepresented in the ranks of student volunteers because they are more likely to be working their way through college. The Bonner Leaders model of using federal work-‐study funding earmarked for community service allows our students to commit to approximately 300 hours of service per year, allowing a level of civic engagement virtually unmatched by the rest of the student body.
First-‐year Bonner Leaders make initial introductory site visits to community partner organizations in the fall, meeting staff and learning about each organization’s programming before choosing where they want to serve. UNC Bonner Leaders are currently working as literacy tutors, youth mentors, hunger relief volunteers, community outreach coordinators, cultural heritage preservationists, and innovators in launching programming to augment existing community services.
The Bonner Leaders Program’s three initial community partners were chosen for two reasons: 1) the organizations had existing relationships with the Campus Y through student engagement with the Y’s social justice committees, and 2) the Campus Y had developed significant insight into the communities served by these organizations through a needs-‐based assessment project funded by the Jesse Ball DuPont Foundation. The Bonner Leaders Program has intentionally expanded its community partnerships and increased the scope of issues addressed as the program grows.
Blue Ribbon Mentor-‐Advocate Program (Chapel Hill-‐Carrboro City Schools)* A comprehensive support program providing students with mentoring, tutoring, advocacy, enrichment, leadership training and scholarship support services.
Jerome Allen (Class of 2016) • South Central High School in Winterville, North Carolina • High school service: Planned a benefit concert series raising more
than $1,000 for American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge and benefiting a local homeless shelter
• Greenville representative of American Legion Tar Heels Boys State • Majors: Dramatic Arts, Political Science • 1st Year: Academic Success for All Facilitator with Blue Ribbon
Mentor-‐Advocate, tutoring a middle school student whose motivation, inspiration, responsibility, and engagement with his studies grew over the course of the year
Catherine Jackson-‐Jordan (Class of 2016) • Hopewell High School in Huntersville, North Carolina • High school service: President of Hopewell High School's chapter
of Invisible Children, an organization devoted to stopping violence and supporting war-‐affected communities in East and Central Africa
• Major: Global Studies with a focus on Latin American arts and culture
• 1st Year: Academic Success for All Facilitator with Blue Ribbon Mentor-‐Advocate, tutoring two high school students twice a week at the Hargraves Community Center (one made A/B honor roll at the end of the school year)
• Summer 2013: Internship in Bratislava, Slovakia tutoring high school students in English through AIESEC, and working as camp counselor at her church
Chapel Hill-‐Carrboro Human Rights Center A community center where students and community members work together in support of human rights and connect theory to practice through service-‐learning and intercultural exchanges. Projects include tutoring and activities for youth, workshops for the community, and providing a safe space for learning and sharing.
Chloe Imus (Class of 2015) • East Surry High School in Westfield, North Carolina • Major: Communication Studies (Interpersonal and Organizational
Communication) • 1st Year: Afterschool Assistant tutoring elementary school children
and adult English Language Learners at Chapel Hil/Carrboro Human Rights Center
• 2nd Year: Improved elementary students’ educational, grade-‐level performance or retention levels. Worked to enhance English-‐speaking and reading skills of adult ELL students.
• Spring 2013 Study Abroad program University of Seville, Spain
Hannah Jessen (Class of 2015) • Coastal Christian High School in Wilmington, North Carolina • Majors: Journalism, Global Studies • Minor: Hispanic Studies • 1st Year: Afterschool Assistant, tutoring elementary school children
at Chapel Hill/Carrboro Human Rights Center • 2nd Year: Enhanced enrollment in HRC afterschool program,
developed consistent weekly schedule, improved elementary school students' reading skills, improved adult ELL conversational skills
• Summer 2013: Maymester Spanish class, study abroad in Chile fall 2013 through global youth nonprofit IES Abroad
Patrick Mateer (Class of 2015) • Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Majors: Mathematics, Economics • 1st Year: Afterschool Assistant at Chapel Hill/Carrboro Human
Rights Center, tutoring elementary school children • 2nd Year: Enhanced HRC’s programming by serving as Lead Volunteer
Coordinator at Farmer Foodshare, ran the organization’s program at Carrboro Farmer’s Market, trained 40 new volunteers to collect and distribute donations from farmer’s market shoppers to food bank programs serving low-‐income local families, directed a collaboration between volunteers and the Donation Station Director of Farmer Foodshare on ways to improve the program
• Summer 2013: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to conduct research on food insecurity; staff with Farmer Foodshare
Sotires Pagiavlas (Class of 2015) • The Early College at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina • Major: Business Administration • Curriculum Development Team (Spanish and Entrepreneurship
first-‐year seminar) • 1st Year: Afterschool Assistant, tutoring elementary school children
at Chapel Hill/Carrboro Human Rights Center • 2nd Year: Enhanced math skills of students by creating mini-‐
programs to accelerate retention, measuring impact through weekly problem set accuracy. Multiplication proficiency improved significantly, with an average improvement rate of 35%.
• Summer 2013: Marketing strategy planning, grant writing, and social media development of small businesses through Winston-‐Salem State University's Enterprise Center.
James Smith (Class of 2016) • Carrboro High School in Carrboro, North Carolina • President, National Honor Society • High school service: Created annual scholarship for students
with financial need, founded and led program for tutoring Chapel Hill/Carrboro elementary school students, raised funds for local charities, co-‐leader of two service trips to Kiria, Kenya
• Majors: Environmental Science, Economics • 1st Year: Afterschool Assistant at Chapel Hill/Carrboro
Human Rights Center, tutoring an adult learner through the ESL program, lead volunteer at Farmer Foodshare Farmer’s Market booth
• 2013 recipient of Robertson scholarship awarded to first-‐year students
• Summer 2013: Robertson summer enrichment program at St. Gabriel Mercy Center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi
EmPOWERment, Inc.* A non-‐profit organization specializing in community organizing, affordable housing, and grassroots economic development to empower people and communities to control their own destinies.
Lynn-‐Indora Edmond (Class of 2016) • Commack High School in Commack, New York • High school service: Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Distinguished Finalist for founding "Supporting Children Around the World", providing basic necessities to impoverished children in Haiti, travels frequently to Haiti to teach English, job skills and environmental awareness (parents are Haitian immigrants), received $1,000 scholarship for community service
• Majors: Public Health, Psychology • 1st Year: Conducted research on, and outreach to local nonprofit
organizations in preparation for the launch of EmPOWERment Inc.’s Community Resource Center
• Summer 2013: Summer school classes in her hometown
Destiny Rogers (Class of 2016) • Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology in Charlotte, North Carolina • High school service: Volunteered at Carolinas Medical Center,
interned at Presbyterian Hospital, provided more than 60 hours of community service as an Honors HEROES Student, organized grants and funds for SAT and AP peer tutoring programs
• Major: Psychology • 1st Year: Revamped EmPOWERment Inc.’s website, wrote grants
for affordable housing, conducted research for launch of Community Resource Center, worked on monthly tenants’ newsletter, helped organize Career Explorers program to give low-‐income high school students summer jobs
• Summer 2013: Classes at UNC-‐Charlotte, interning with speech therapist
Hargraves Community Center (Chapel Hill Recreation and Parks Department)* The Hargraves Center is a multipurpose recreation center offering year-‐round educational, recreational and athletic programming for all ages. Facilities include a computer lab, an indoor pool, gymnasium, climbing wall, basketball court, playground, and walking trails.
Frederick Ferguson (Class of 2016) • The Early College Program at Guilford in Greensboro, North
Carolina • AP Scholar with Distinction, member National Honor Society,
Student Council secretary • Attended North Carolina Governors School in Winston-‐Salem • High school service: One of the first recipients of Service Learning
Diploma (awarded to students who earned at least 175 service hours), created Service Week (a school-‐wide service project), two-‐term president of Greensboro Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
• Major: Chemistry • 1st Year: Program Assistant at Hargraves Community Center,
providing academic support and mentoring to eight elementary school children; six students improved one level in math and five improved one level in reading
Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History The Jackson Center is a public history and community development center, with activities including oral history interviews, Heavenly Grocery/La Comida food ministry, and Fusion Youth Radio.
Blanche Brown (Class of 2015) • Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida • Major: American Studies, with Creative Writing minor • 1st Year: Edited and transcribed oral histories and assisted with
outreach projects through the Public History Project at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center in the Northside community, assisted with production of monthly community newsletter
• 2nd Year: Worked on creating online database for oral histories and designed website to make database publicly accessible, worked with Fusion Youth Radio (youth-‐produced media program), served on community-‐based task force to increase retention of long-‐term residents in the Northside area
• Summer 2013: Z. Smith Reynolds internship with Corporation for Enterprise Development’s 1:1 Fund, an online community promoting educational opportunity for low-‐income students
Khristian Curry (Class of 2015) • Pine Forest Senior High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina • Major: Communication Studies (Speech and Hearing) • 1st Year: Worked with the Food Justice Project at the Marian Cheek
Jackson Center in the Northside community, assisted with Heavenly Groceries/La Comida Bread Ministry, certified food bank and bread ministry
• 2nd Year: Volunteer Co-‐Coordinator for Food Justice Project, recruited 20+ volunteers to assist with hunger relief efforts serving 80-‐100/day, created volunteer manual with orientation information (including maps, contact information, volunteer biographies, history, and procedures) with fellow Bonner Ayat Soufan
• Additional service: Curriculum coordinator for Strive For College • Summer 2013: Internship with Democracy North Carolina in
Fayetteville
Joseph Dayaa (Class of 2015) • Freedom High School in Tampa, Florida • Majors: Biology, English • 1st Year: Edited and transcribed oral histories and assisted with
outreach through Public History Project at Marian Cheek Jackson Center in the Northside community
• 2nd Year: Worked to create online database of historic oral histories, beginning a course to establish the archive within the UNC library system, helped create lending library of CD’s of oral histories, contributed articles for monthly community newsletter, assisted in newsletter distribution to more than 900 homes in Northside/Pine Knolls area
• Summer 2013: Internship at UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for 2013 and 2014
Ayat Soufan (Class of 2015) • Rocky Mount Academy in Rocky Mount, North Carolina • Ran numerous blood drives as Student Body President, Sophomore
and Junior Class President • Major: Psychology • 1st Year: Worked with the Food Justice Project at the Marian Cheek
Jackson Center in Chapel Hill's Northside community, assisted with Heavenly Groceries/La Comida Bread Ministry to address issues of food scarcity and study the importance of food
• 2nd Year: Volunteer Co-‐Coordinator for Food Justice Project, recruiting more than 20 volunteers to assist with hunger relief efforts serving 80-‐100/day, created volunteer manual with orientation information about the program (including maps, contact information, volunteer biographies, history, and procedures) with fellow Bonner Khristian Curry
• Summer 2013: Volunteered with Boys and Girls Club in Rocky Mount; began fellowship training in New Orleans with Young People For, a leadership development program focused on identifying, engaging and empowering young progressive leaders
Paris Vaughn (Class of 2015) • John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California • Major: Economics (Management and Society), with minor in
Hispanic Studies • 1st Year: Edited and transcribed oral histories and assisted with
outreach projects through the Public History project at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center in Chapel Hill's Northside community
• 2nd Year: Work broadened to include neighboring Pine Knolls community in distribution of Jackson Center’s monthly newsletter involvement in activities, solicited numerous community donations for Center’s Annual May Day celebration
• Additional service: Member, Carolina Mock Trial Team • Summer 2013: Internship with Chapel Hill-‐based civil rights firm
Orange County Family Resource Center* The Resource Center offers parent education classes, child development activities, parent-‐to-‐parent support groups, afterschool and academic enrichment, GED and literacy instruction, health information, referrals, and many other programs, activities and services. Services are added to and modified based on the needs and desires of local families
Rachel Woolridge (Class of 2016) • Lexington Senior High School in Lexington, North Carolina • 2012 Project Potential graduate, Senior Class President, National
Honor Society, Human Rights Campaign, and Environmental Club • High school service: Attended “Redesigning Our Future” National
Environmental Summit at Catawba college learning environmental issues and leadership
• 1st Year: Worked as a Tutor/Mentor at the Orange County Family Resource Center (FRC), worked with Campus Y student committee Helping Youth through Providing Enrichment (HYPE) on FRC enrichment activities including Pumpkin Palooza and Eggstravaganza, collaborated with Y committees Technology Without Borders and HOPE Gardens.
Rogers-‐Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) Community Center The RENA Center serves the Rogers Road community, including youth after-‐school programming and summer activities and adult computer classes, English literacy classes, and art classes. The Center closed in 2012 to begin upgrades to satisfy county codes, and hopes to re-‐open in 2014.
Daron Holman (Class of 2015) • Pine Forest Senior High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. • Major: Physics (Astronomy) • 1st Year: Center Assistant at RENA Community Center, assisting
with Bread Wrapping and Distribution project, Community Garden, and after-‐school tutoring program
• 2nd Year: Conducted policy research examining the effect of the Community Center's 2012 closing, created communication network between Rogers Road and Marian Cheek Jackson Center, contributed articles on the Rogers Road struggle for Jackson Center’s monthly newsletter, created children’s curriculum with fellow Bonner Zack Kaplan about Rogers Road history
• Additional service: UNC Global Brigades, Co-‐Chair of Campus Y committee Students Working for Environmental Action and Transformation (SWEAT)
• Summer 2013: Summer classes, campus tour guide at Carolina
Zach Kaplan (Class of 2015) • Central Bucks High School South in Warrington, Pennsylvania • Majors: American Studies, Political Science • 1st Year: Center Assistant at RENA Community Center assisting
with the Bread Wrapping and Distribution project, Community Garden, and after-‐school tutoring program
• 2nd Year: Conducted policy research examining the effect of the Community Center's 2012 closing, created communication network between Rogers Road and Marian Cheek Jackson Center, contributed articles on the Rogers Road struggle for Jackson Center’s monthly newsletter, created children’s curriculum with fellow Bonner Daron Holman about Rogers Road history
• Additional service: Carolina Kickoff counselor, Admissions Ambassador, Campus Y Co-‐Director of Communications (2012-‐13), Campus Y Director of Membership (2013-‐14)
• Summer 2013: Biking across the country to raise awareness and funds for persons with disabilities through Push America
Sacrificial Poets* Sacrificial Poets inspires, fosters, and promotes artistic expression, personal growth, and social justice for youth through the use of the spoken and written word. Serving middle, high school and college-‐aged youth, the organization facilitates writing and performance workshops throughout North Carolina and hosts regular youth poetry events.
Street Scene Teen Center (co-‐sponsors Street Scene Inc., Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation) * Street Scene provides a safe place for teens, ages 12-‐18, to do homework and “hang out”, with counselors to provide a caring ear, friendship, and guidance.
Amber Pritchard (Class of 2016) • South Point High School in Belmont, North Carolina • Winner 2012 North Carolina State Moot Court Championship,
selected to participate in North Carolina Governor’s School Program • High school service: Created South Point's first Gay/Straight
Alliance • Majors: Political Science, English • 1st Year: Worked with Sacrificial Poets through Street Scene
Teen Center, created monthly newsletter, recorded four poetry events (60 performances) for local poetry audio archive, assumed responsibility for Sacrificial Poets’ social media and digital platforms (Facebook, Twitter, website, and blog)
Cameron Bynum (Class of 2016) • Rutherfordton-‐Spindale Central High School in Rutherfordton,
North Carolina • Final Convocation Speaker at Governor’s School of North Carolina in
Winston-‐Salem, captain of Academic Team • High school service: Founder and president of Diversity Club • Major: Political Science • 1st Year: Worked as tutor/mentor with Street Scene Teen Center,
worked on Teen Week project assisting with creation of flyers, t-‐shirts, helped organize events for the week’s activities
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)* SCALE supports tutoring in local day cares and elementary schools. The organization supports campus-‐based literacy programs in North Carolina and nationwide, and hosts the Read. Write. Act. Conference; Global Youth Service Day events; and organizes National Literacy Action Week.
Mia Carrington (Class of 2016) • Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia • High school service: Dedicated her senior project to raising
awareness about sickle cell anemia after an aunt succumbed to the disease (developed supporting website and Facebook page "Educate to Eliminate-‐ Sickle Cell Anemia"), tutored students in Japanese as Vice President of Japanese Honor Society, member of National Honor Society
• Majors: Global Studies, Linguistics • 1st Year: Tutored elementary school children through SCALE
Amy Dingler (Class of 2016) • Whitewater High School in Fayetteville, Georgia • High school service: Founded International Friends Foundation,
providing scholarships to students of financial need who want to experience other cultures
• Gap Year: Recipient of 2012 Campus Y Global Gap Year Fellowship, deferring admission to Carolina for one year to spend an international service-‐based gap year combining work, travel and volunteering
• Major: Business and Asian Studies, with minor in Creative Writing • 1st Year: Tutored elementary school children through SCALE,
created a promotional song for SCALE featuring her students, organized “Scrabble Night” for UNC National Literacy Action Week, organized SCALE’s blog, created promotional videos, wrote a grant to raise funding for Global Youth Service Day
• Summer 2013: Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship studying Hindi in India for 10 weeks through the American Institute of Indian Studies
Helen Kyriakoudes (Class of 2016) • Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi • Gap Year: October 2011-‐July 2012 service program AmeriCorps
National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) service program, working on projects at the Boys and Girls Club of Brazoria County, Texas; Veterans' Green Jobs in Denver, Colorado; Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity in Oklahoma City; and Rebuild Joplin in Missouri
• Major: History • 1st Year: Tutored 10 Pre-‐K students at Holmes Day Care and one
first-‐grader at Morris Grove Elementary School through SCALE, several students improved BADER reading test scores during the year
Melody Lee (Class of 2015) • Olympic High School in Charlotte, North Carolina • Major: Global Public Health (Nutrition) • 1st Year: Worked with Youth Media Project at Marian Cheek
Jackson Center in Chapel Hill's Northside community, Intern at RENA Community Center assisting with afterschool tutoring program
• 2nd Year: America Reads Tutor at SCALE, working with two fifth graders, one third grader, and a kindergartner (all performed higher on end of semester Bader Reading and Language Inventory assessments)
• Additional service: UNC's Service & Leadership-‐Living Learning Community
• Summer 2013: UNC School of Nursing course, travel to Hong Kong
TABLE, Inc.* TABLE, Inc. partners with UNC college students and local community members to feed hungry children in the Chapel Hill-‐Carrboro area, raise awareness about local childhood hunger, teach children about healthy eating habits, and support local efforts to help hungry children.
Cameron Coughlin (Class of 2016) • South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina • President of National Honor Society • High school service: President of service club "Sabres Stand
Against Indifference", (SSAI), raised $5,000 for victims of genocide and AIDS in Africa, volunteered at Urban Ministry Center, organized Anti-‐Bullying Awareness Week, raised more than $7,000 for health clinic in Haiti and became head of fundraising for clinic
• Major: Dental Hygiene • 1st Year: Helped with food storage shift and created monthly
newsletter at TABLE, served as Thursday delivery shift volunteer leader, recruited volunteers, held a food drive for TABLE through her sorority
• Summer 2013: Working as a sports camp counselor at Charlotte YMCA and interning for All We Want Is Love, an organization that promotes awareness and fundraises to combat human trafficking.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we talked to the kids about equality, racism, and why Dr. King’s life was so incredibly significant. We asked the kids why they thought people still celebrate Dr. King’s life and his beliefs today. One fourth-‐grade girl raised her hand immediately and said, “Because if it weren’t for Dr. King, we wouldn’t be here in the same room together with you right now.” The HRC provides an environment where people of different races and backgrounds can spend time together, form friendships, and work to achieve common goals. We could not be more blessed to be just one tiny part of all that is happening there. ~ Hannah Jessen, Class of 2015
Farmer Foodshare ** An organization that seeks to end hunger, malnutrition and poverty in North Carolina by providing fresh food to people at risk for hunger, while building healthy community food systems and enhancing community economic development. Volunteers for Youth** Volunteers for Youth serves at-‐risk youth through: a mentoring program, which provides trained adult mentors to spend time one-‐on-‐one with children, a community service program which oversees the court-‐ordered volunteer work of young people, a teen court program, an alternative to regular court staffed by teen volunteers, and a weekly life skills group for middle school girls.
2012-‐2013 BONNER LEADER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Created two new projects through YFund, the Campus Y’s seed capital fund for social
justice initiatives 1. Debuted Fun Fridays at the HRC, adding an additional enrichment day to the
after-‐school program where Bonners provide tutoring during the week. 2. Launched a Fun Friday program at the South Estes Family Resource Center.
• First Year Trip First-‐year Bonners took a day trip in March to SEEDS, a sustainable agriculture, organic gardening, food security and environmental stewardship program in Durham. Bonners weeded and prepared the garden alongside members of Durham Inner-‐City Gardeners (DIG), a youth-‐driven, urban farming leadership development program. The two groups then lunched together while sharing stories and experiences.
The conversations we had with the students over lunch gave us the opportunity to get to know them on a more personal level. They told us about how SEEDS has personally affected them for the better and what they plan on doing in the future in terms of food justice. It was exciting to be able to share our own service work with the staff there and possibly encourage the high school students to continue to do service in the future. Through all the laughter, weeds, dirt, and ant bites the experience was truly inspiring and well worth it. ~ Destiny Rogers, Class of 2016
• Second Year Exchange Second-‐year Bonners visited the Guilford College Bonner Scholars Program in February. Both groups of Bonners shared lessons and experiences, and took a Civil Rights Tour of the Guilford campus in Greensboro.
As our day came to an end, the most exciting part of our conversation was hearing about how many students the Guilford Bonners have in their whole program. Since we’re only in our second year of the program, we don’t have four years of Bonners to work with. By the time I’m a senior, we will have at least twice as many people in the program! That’s an intimidating and exciting idea! I enjoyed the experience and I can’t wait until next year when we can host the second year exchange here in Chapel Hill! ~ Ayat Soufan, Class of 2015
• Carolina Bonner Leaders End-‐of-‐Year Celebration On April 25, Carolina’s two classes of Bonner Leaders and their Community Partners, campus partners, family and friends gathered at the Campus Y for their annual end-‐of-‐the-‐year celebration. In addition to thanking the community partners for mentoring, supporting and guiding the Bonners during the year, the group enjoyed the premiere of a video project about the program created by Bonner Leaders Khristian Curry ‘15 and Ayat Soufan ‘15.
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2012-‐2013 CAROLINA BONNER LEADERS PROGRAM BUDGET
The Bonner Leaders Program draws on existing state funds for the majority of one staff position’s salary, the Campus Y Assistant Director, who has assumed the responsibilities of Director of the Bonner Leaders Program. Students who serve as Bonner Leader Senior Interns are paid through a combination of federal and state work-‐study funds, are as are the Bonners who receive work-‐study funding.
In 2012-‐13, eight Bonners lost work-‐study funding due to budget cuts. UNC’s Division of Student Affairs subsidized the lost funding through a one-‐time emergency grant. Partial funding has been secured from private sources to subsidize Bonners who lost their work-‐study funding for the 2013-‐14 school year. The Director of the Bonner Leaders Program is applying for grants to seek funds to help allow the inaugural class of Bonners to successfully complete their 4-‐year commitments to community partners.
Philanthropic support is critical to the future of the Carolina Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y. Only a very small amount of discretionary funds are available to cover program expenses. Additional funding would not only stabilize student stipends as work-‐study awards fluctuate each year, but would also provide support for enrichment, training programs, student travel to conferences and the annual Bonner Student Congress, and at least one paid summer internship.
The Carolina Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y has the potential to serve as the model for the entire UNC system. In 2015, the Bonner Leaders Program at UNC-‐Chapel Hill will produce a graduating class of students with unparalleled experience in public service. These undergraduates will go out into the world with a proven commitment to the common good, a four-‐year record of sustained community work, and a unique set of knowledge and skills to make a difference in North Carolina communities most in need. Replicating the Bonner Leaders Program throughout the UNC system’s 17 institutions could produce 150 Bonners a year, ready to put their experience and skills to work throughout the state.
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2012-‐2013 Bonner Funding Sources
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UNC CAMPUS PARTNERS
The UNC Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y relies on several key campus partners to identify, recruit, train, retain, and support students throughout their four-‐year commitment. Through their engagement on-‐campus, Bonner Leaders create a greater understanding of campus-‐community collaboration as well as engaging other students in important work to be done in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community. Thank you all for your support of this program and these students!
UNC Office of the Vice-‐Chancellor, Division of Student Affairs UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid Federal Work Study Program, UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid Carolina Covenant UNC Summer Bridge Program UNC Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Carolina Center for Public Service