Community+Internship

During the summer between the two years of coursework, NELA cohort fellows participate in an internship with one of the local community organizations in the cohort regions. It was a pleasure to work with the United Way Tar River Region this year.



During this summer internship course, we also had two professors both experts in their fields.

**Dr. Doris T. Williams**, Executive Director of the Rural School and Community Trust, who worked with the cohort on community involvement and place-based and community-driven schools.



And **Dr. Andrew Behnke**, Assistant Professor and Human Development Specialist at N.C. State University, who is also grant writing scholar. Dr. Behnke assisted us with writing our first educational grant proposals.




 * Internship Activities: **

Assist with Campaign Marketing, worked with Tamika Joyner to develop the United Way's Campaign Snapshots and Video: media type="youtube" key="cyGodcavbSU" width="672" height="377" align="center"

Coordinate the Build-A-Backpack program with Edgecombe County Schools, Communities in Schools, and Wal-mart.



Develop a grant proposal for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Event: media type="youtube" key="0iTC3hDhU1I" height="346" width="616" align="center"