Patrick Messac (Trinity '10)

Volunteering at Durham's West End Community Center: One Student's Experience

Carly Knight (Trinity '07)

In the following interview, Carly talks about what motivates her volunteerism, and how she connected to existing networks in the Duke community to act on her interest in human rights.

Ankit Shrivastava (Trinity '08)

In the following interview, Ankit talks about how he and another student, Catarina Rivera, developed Unidos por Durham, and how he recognized in his activities and interests a pattern to structure his educational choices at Duke.

--Charlie Thompson, instructor of “Who Cares and Why?”

Students document their social justice work in New Orleans.

Dan Kimberg (Trinity '07)

In the following interview Dan Kimberg discusses his current activities and his future plans, and offers some tips to students who want to start a community service project.

Hirsh Sandesara (Trinity '06)

It all started with a poster.

Sara Jewett Nieuwoudt (Trinity '00)

As an undergraduate, Sara Jewett Nieuwoudt (Trinity '00) was active in several student-led organizations focusing on labor and human rights issues, including Duke Students Against Sweatshops. She helped to organize a sit-in that achieved full public disclosure of all factories producing Duke apparel.

Marcia Eisenstein (Trinity '06)

In the following interview, Marcia Eisenstein talks about how she and another student, Emily Epstein, developed College Connection, offering some sound advice on starting a service project.

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Patrick Messac (Trinity '10)Carly Knight (Trinity '07)Ankit Shrivastava (Trinity '08)
--Charlie Thompson, instructor of “Who Cares and Why?”Dan Kimberg (Trinity '07)Hirsh Sandesara (Trinity '06)
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