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Introducing the Women of LVC Baltimore

Greetings from Simunye! Hannah here. Giving you all a first report on the LVC crew in Baltimore, Maryland. (The photo above is the five of us hanging out at the Inner Harbor. Moving from left to right: Hannah, Laura, Narges, Erin, Clara.) We are a fun bunch of women. All full of passion, determination and wit. We were all strangers to one another not too long ago. But since boarding our flight to Baltimore, I’ve come to know the four women quite well. Here’s a bit about each of them. First off, Laura Lampson. She was the first person I met during National Volunteer Orientation inRead More →

2018-09-28
By: Hannah Wright
On: September 28, 2018
In: Volunteer Blog
Tagged: Baltimore, Community, Luther College, Volunteer

LVC17 Volunteer Spotlight: Julia Pilkington

#LVC17 Volunteer Julia Pilkington is serving this year in Baltimore at World Relief as an Immigration Legal Assistant (Clerk). Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Julia’s journey across the US took a stop in Northfield, MN where she attended St. Olaf College and graduated with a degree in English and a concentration in Environmental Studies (and a nearly completed a Political Science degree). Julia shared that “this blending of disciplines resulted in a desire to one day go into international law, working for the protection of human rights, refugee rights, humanitarian law, and the environment.” Julia continues her movement to the East Coast with her service this yearRead More →

2018-04-17
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: April 17, 2018
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Baltimore, Volunteer, Volunteer Profile

LVC17 Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Eisenman

Ryan with his Campus Minister and fellow Peer Minsters, at Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park Originally from a small town in central Wisconsin, Ryan Eisenman is an LVC17 Volunteer this year serving at Lutheran World Relief in Baltimore, MD. Lutheran World Relief is a nonprofit organization that helps families in the world’s poorest communities build the resilience they need to thrive, working across 32 different countries. Ryan is serving this year as a Program Assistant for Communication Strategies & Services, supporting the team responsible for LWR’s major external communications. As a program assistant, Ryan might be doing many different things, like editing reports and grantRead More →

2017-12-22
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: December 22, 2017
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Baltimore, Community, Volunteer, Volunteer Profile, Volunteer Spotlight

LVC16 Volunteer Spotlight: Marisa Tillman

Current Baltimore LVCer Marisa Tillman is working at the World ReliefBaltimore Immigration Clinic. Marisa lives in Simunye House. Following her LVC year, Marisa hopes to go to law school and become an immigration lawyer. “The community that I’m serving now as a legal assistant at an immigration legal clinic are the vulnerable populations that I plan to serve once I have completed law school. This experience with LVC has solidified my calling to be an immigration lawyer and I hope to continue to serve that community for a long time.” Marisa is from Davao City in the Philippines, where she lived until going to Bethel University in St. Paul,Read More →

2017-03-31
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: March 31, 2017
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Baltimore, Living LVC Values, Volunteer, Volunteer Profile, Volunteer Spotlight

Simple ingredients for social justice

As a member of the LVC community, you likely spend at least some part of your week making the world a better, more just and equitable place. Your gift to LVC helps us launch 89 additional social justice activists like you into the world. Did you know that 91% of LVC alumni continue to participate in social justice activities throughout their life – most often by choosing careers in the field? Alumni like Dan Swenson-Klatt (1984-85) who opened Butter Bakery Café in Minneapolis 10 years ago. Butter Bakery is located beneath a supportive housing community for young adults who have been homeless or are atRead More →

2016-12-21
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: December 21, 2016
In: Uncategorized
Tagged: alum, Alumni Profile, Baltimore, Living LVC Values, Minneapolis
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