by Tarek Deida | Aug 21, 2018
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”- Martin Luther King Jr. This summer I had the pleasure of interning with Living Cities, an organization that strives to mold consensus in an attempt to change the current American order. It...
by Lauryn Fanguen | Aug 21, 2018
In my African culture, it’s normal to spank your child when they misbehave. So the fact that my mother never spanked me is pretty significant. My mom knew that she didn’t have to. She would give me this look and say something cliche like, “I’m disappointed in you,”...
by Lia Tavarez | Aug 20, 2018
When I first learned I was going to be a Karel Fellow my mother and I were really excited because of all we have done to get me where I am today. My mother and I moved from the Dominican Republic when I was 7 years old in search of better education and a better life....
by Tamarra Thal | Aug 20, 2018
Whether it was bonding with the other Fellows or teaching the Director of Communications at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation how to give a proper thanksgiving “clap back,” this summer, in many more ways than one, was life changing. I had the opportunity to intern...
by David Guirgis | Aug 20, 2018
Being a Karel Fellow was incredibly rewarding – and incredibly difficult. It’s hard to admit that even though I’ve done some sort of communications work since high school, I know practically nothing about using this field for the kind of advocacy that would directly...
by Tamy Gomez-Ortigoza | Aug 20, 2018
I sit in the D.C. airport as I write this. My backpack full of mementos and memories from my time here lies next to me on the oversized terminal chair as I await the winged vessel that symbolizes both the end of this adventure and the beginning of the next one. I...
