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Volunteer Spotlight (Page 3)

LVC16 Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Proescholdt

At the Minnesota Housing Partnership, current Volunteer Laura Proescholdt, delved into the world of affordable housing advocacy. As the Development & Policy Associate, her typical day found her writing a blog post on a successful community development project in rural Minnesota, setting up and attending meetings between legislators and leaders in the affordable housing sector, sitting in on committee hearings at the State Capitol, or planning fundraising and engagement events. Laura learned that affordable housing is key to equitable, thriving communities, and is determined to continue to work on this issue after her time with Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Laura is a graduate of Luther College and is fromRead More →

2017-07-17
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: July 17, 2017
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Minneapolis, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

LVC16 Volunteer Spotlight: Maryl Fennie

Maryl Fennie is a current Twin Cities Volunteer living in Wellstone House. She’s serving this year as the Pro Bono Coordinator at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. She shares, “I chose to do LVC because it provided a valuable opportunity to gain work experience. I also appreciated the intentional community, an organization based in spirituality and living simply and sustainably. After LVC, I’ve accepted a position in Fall Creek, WI at Beaver Creek Reserve as their Volunteer Coordinator.” Maryl is from La Crosse, Wisconsin and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  Read More →

2017-07-11
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: July 11, 2017
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Minneapolis, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

LVC16 Volunteer Spotlight: Hannah Uitenbroek

Milwaukee LVCer Hannah Uitenbroek is working at All Peoples Church as their Food Justice Organizer. Hannah shares the following about her year: “Working as the Food Justice Organizer at All Peoples Church, I have had the privilege of entering into a church community and the community of Milwaukee. I was dealing with my own anxiety and depression. At the church, the gospel music struck my heart and soul and people were kind to the new person that was assigned to them for a year. Two weeks into being in Milwaukee, the riots in Sherman Park occurred after Sylville Smith, another black man, was killed by police. ThingsRead More →

2017-04-06
By: Deirdre Bagley
On: April 6, 2017
In: Volunteer Profile
Tagged: Food Justice, Milwaukee, serve, 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
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