by Sean Mock, 2016 Karel Fellow | Sep 7, 2016
Looking back on my summer in Washington D.C., I realize that most of my stipend went to food. I’m thinking of one Saturday morning in particular, where I sat down for brunch without looking at the menu first. There was some serious sticker shock when I learned that it...
by Luisa Guaracao, 2016 Karel Fellow | Aug 24, 2016
It’s been five days since my fellowship ended, and I can already say that my experience has had an impact on my future. Before this fellowship I doubted my ability to make a difference as a communicator. After working with the communications department at The...
by Kimmie Sanford, 2016 Karel Fellow | Aug 15, 2016
Environmentalism. What does that word mean to you? If you’re like me before this summer, environmentalism means bright green. It means recycling and catastrophic climate change that, yes, is human-made but seems beyond your own individual impact. Environmentalism...
by Andy Burness, Fellowship Chair | Jun 13, 2016
Washington is about to be graced with the fifth class of Karel Fellows – good news for the agenda of social change that is so critical at a time when there is enormous need for new solutions to some of the most challenging problems facing our society. But, also good...
by Samir Rachid Zaim, 2013 Karel Fellow | Apr 4, 2016
In the weeks leading to the summer of 2013, I was packing my bags getting ready for a summer of research and public interest communications in D.C. At the time, I had just finished the core requirements as a Mathematics/Statistics major at Carleton College, and I had...
by Mina Radman, 2013 Karel Fellow | Jan 29, 2016
When I applied for the Karel Fellowship three years ago, I had no idea how it would shape my life. At the time, I was intrigued by this abstract field of “public interest communications” and wanted to spend the summer before my senior year of college in a major city....
