This day-long educational seminar examines the way poverty and economic injustice affects women through restricted access to healthy food, medical care and safe housing. The seminar will be based at William Penn House and include several site visits to local partner organizations working in the DC community.
Tentative Schedule:
9:30 AM: Introduction at William Penn House
10:00 AM: Site visit with local women-led food justice organization
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Training on the role of a faith community in domestic violence prevention
2:30 PM: Site visit and discussion on access to healthcare for marginalized women
4:30 PM: Concluding reflections
This seminar was designed by Molly Bahr, one of our gap year interns. Molly was interested in looking at the way economic insecurity affected women specifically and what local organizations were doing to help.
This seminar is set to debut on Saturday, July 21, 2018 and it will be free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $25. If you are interested in registering for this program please contact us at (202) 543-5560, or email us at programs@williampennhouse.org.
Registration Deadline: July 13, 2018
This day-long seminar focuses on inequality and social division in Washington DC, and the ways in which language can empower or oppress marginalized communities. Participants will get in touch with and critically reflect on the different sides of the nation’s capital. Additionally, participants will learn a little bit about sociolinguistics and the relationship between language and activism.Throughout the day, participants will connect with different community-based organizations that address structural inequality in DC and the surrounding area.
Tentative Schedule:
9:30 AM: Welcome
9:45 AM: Introduction to inequality in DC
9:55 AM: Presentation on historical incidents of language and violence
10:15 AM: Exploring linguistics in media
11:00 AM: Round Table Discussion with local DC activists on accessibility to resources in different communities in DC
12:00 PM: Lunch
12:45 PM: Visit the Anacostia Community Museum tour their new exhibit “A Right to the City”
4:00 PM: Hear from a representative of a community media organization
5:00 PM: Reflection
This seminar was designed by Amelie Längle and Bradie Connor, two of our year long interns. Bradie received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociolinguistics from Grinnell College in 2017 and is interested in the connection between language and social justice. Amelie is a volunteer with the German organization Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, and spending a year abroad in Washington, D.C. During her time in the United States she has been thinking about structural inequality, and how to address it.
This seminar is set to debut on Saturday, July 28 2018 and it will be free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $25. If you are interested in registering for this program please contact us at (202) 543-5560, or email us at programs@williampennhouse.org.
Registration Deadline: July 20, 2018
To register please contact us by email at programs@williampennhouse.org or by phone at
(202) 543-5560.
William Penn House’s internship program gives young adults a pathway to explore social justice causes they are passionate about through working with our program coordinator to design their own unique educational program. If you’re interested in seeing what our interns and staff are up to visit https://williampennhouse.org/about-us/staff/ .