by Evelin Muñoz-Ortiz | Aug 16, 2024
Unsurprisingly, Google Maps has been one of my phone’s most used applications these past 7 weeks. It would have been impossible to explore D.C. without it, much less arrive anywhere on time. Even with such an all-knowing tool on hand I strayed off-course more times...
by Angelina Gamba | Aug 13, 2024
As I reflect on this past summer and everything that I’ve experienced and learned, there are a few key lessons about public interest communications that I want to highlight. Through my internship with the Human Rights Watch, I really learned about the power of...
by Pristine Thai | Aug 13, 2024
My background is mostly working in political campaigns. I’ve spent the past five years working on-and-off on campaigns; my first ever experience in “doing” communications was for a campaign back in 2019. That fundamentally shaped not just my perception of comms, but...
by Chhavi Mishra | Aug 13, 2024
“What do you know now that you didn’t before becoming a fellow?” As I reflected on this question for my final presentation, it struck me how little I truly understood about communications, let alone the field of public interest communications before embarking on this...
by Emma Sanchez | Aug 13, 2024
After being home for a few days, I can reflect on my experience and everything I learned from being a Frank Karel Fellow. During my time with Mary’s Center, I helped welcome an immigrant family from a shelter who had recently arrived in the United States. Coming to...
by Jaylen Adams | Aug 13, 2024
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Miss A asked me. She was my second grade teacher, and I was one of twenty three students. Bright-eyed and cheerful, we had no real concept of money, time, or reality. As such, we could do nothing other than dream (and dream...
