By Vickania Turenne, Bard College, Annandale Introduction In the fall of 2022, Vickania Turenne, a student from Bard College Annandale, felt inspired to launch a community-based initiative in her home country of Haiti after taking the OSUN Civic Engagement and Social Action course. Haiti is ranked as one of the countries that has the highest…
By Amuri Robert Mwenda, Bard College Annandale Background During the 2024 Spring Semester, Amuri Robert Mwenda proposed a community project named Weshwa_Be Empowered as a part of OSUN Civic Engagement and Social Action Course. In Kakuma refugee camps, many women are the primary breadwinners of their families. Yet, they receive limited support to overcome the…
Introduction Taniska Murthy is a student at Bard College Berlin and took the OSUN Civic Engagement course in Spring 2024. For the course, Tanishka proposed a project that sought to tackle the experience of female migrants in Berlin and specifically the mental health support that they were receiving. The project planned to include a session…