Updated 3/16/25
This Community Summer Guide was distributed in Colloquium in Spring 2025.
2025 Process. Community Summer is more complex than matching Scholars to projects or internships, so for 2025, we are focused on building community along with matching individuals to positions. We will be working with many, but not all of the organizations listed in 2024--and we have some new ones.
Below, for reference, we've listed the Scholars and a few recent Alumni who worked with these organizations through Summer 2024. Explore by reading project descriptions and Scholar reviews. If a Scholar didn't write a review, ask them about it. 🙂 Everyone was asked to do so at the end of each Summer.
- Appalshop Scholar reviews (Derrick Hamilton, Gaby Hinckle, 2027) Newsletters: 3-13-25 3-6-25 2-6-25
- Breakthrough Collaborative New Orleans * Scholar reviews * (Tyra-Jean Tanansi & Gavin Vander Schaaf, 2027; Adom Appiah, Nancy Garcia Villa, Lizzy Glazer, Maxi Simbuwa, 2026; Zack Finacchio, Bryce Jones, Melat Woldetensae, 2025; recent Alumni De'Ivyion Drew & Montana Lee)
- Center for Rural Strategies * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * Connected organizations: The Daily Yonder Rural Assembly * car not necessary * (Phoenix Chapital, 2027; Sierra Stubbs, 2026; Becca Stern, 2025; recent Alumni Merritt Jones, Rose Farah, Beza Gebramarian)
- Cowan Community Action Group Inc. * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * read this * (Faith Austin & Lilly Smith, 2027; Jordan Moyd, Lili Orchard, Zachary Patterson, 2026; Madeline Metz & Matthew Tweden, 2025; recent Alumni Josie Fulton & Amanda Padden) Newsletters: 3-2025 1-2025 11-24
- Crescent City Farmers Market * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * (Maggie Yang, 2027; Sewoe Mortoo & Shivani Vyas, 2026; recent Alumni Caroline Leland, Tom Cole, Maire Amlicke, Elle Wilson, Chaya Bhat)
- Delta Center for Culture and Learning * project description 2024 * The Most Southern Place on Earth Workshops * Scholar reviews * new press watch this * Vishal & Jenna created this amazing resource to launch during Black History Month * Robertsons did these incredible videos and portfolios * (Annelise Bowers, Kiestin Jackson, & Jessica Johnson, 2027; Emily Chen, Jothi Gupta, & Mercy Jones, 2026; Vishal Jammulapati & Jenna Smith, 2025; recent Alumni Carsten Pran, Kamryn Washington, Lawton Ives, Jake Sheridan, Peter Andringa, Cara Price)
- Delta Health Center (position created in 2022 by alumni, Drs. Nina and Braveen Ragunanthan) * project description 2024 * at least one Scholar must have a car and be willing to drive others * Delta Health Center Scholar reviews (Ayush Khanna & Ilakkiya Senthilkumar, 2027; Joshua Lopez, Bunmi Omisore, & Rohan Shreenath, 2026; Frank Mercer & Anna Seaman, 2025)
- Dress for Success * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * (Elle Chavis, Muwemi Ngulube, 2027; Dami Awofisayo & Chloe McGeehan, 2026; Malaika Khumalo & Shristi Sharma, 2025; recent Alumni Clara Love, Niharika Vattikonda, Mary Ashley Murrah)
- Edgecombe County Health Department * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * (Lara Kendall, 2027; Hannah Groos, 2026; Danica Bajaj, 2025; recent Alumni Sophia Ramirez, Katherine Gan, Ralph Lawton)
- Edgecombe County Sheriff * Scholar reviews * (Bhumika Bhadriraju & Lexi Magnano, 2027; Maria Hromcenco & Jordan Phillips, 2026)
- Edgecombe County Vidant Hospital Advance Care Planning * project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * toolkit * (Anna McPherson, 2027; Palak Jolly & Aditya Raj, 2026; Dorian Ho, 2025; recent alumni Olivia Olsher, Adam Ushpol, Divya Mahesh)
- HOMES (Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Service) * project description 2024 * at least one Scholar must have a car and be willing to drive the other(s) * Scholar reviews * read this about flood recovery * read this from Ben Rees (Fisher Mallon & Lucas Wagner, 2027; Isaac Frank, 2026; Michael Cronin & Jack Morgenstein, 2025; recent Alumna, Ben Rees)
- Orleans Public Defenders * project description 2024* Scholar reviews * John Oliver did a piece about OPD * (Varnica Basavaraj & Alex Hermoso, 2027; Kunal Khaware & Carolina Mendez, 2026, Client Services; Lev Cohen & Riya Sharma, 2026, Investigative Services; Rachel Hatfield & Jax Nalley, 2025; recent Alumni Sam Zahn, Evan Rodgers, Priya Sridhar)
- Propeller *project description 2024 * Scholar reviews * Recent news (Caspar Tyser, 2027; Austin Layton, 2026; Jordana Rockley, 2025; recent Alumnus, Vignesh Alagappan)
- Rural Opportunity Institute * position description 2023 2024 * Scholar reviews (Saisha Dhar, 2025; recent Alumna, Jess Edelson) * Recent news Newsletters: 3-2025 2-2025 12-2024
- St. Gabriel Mercy Center* at least one Scholar must have a car and be willing to drive another * St. Gabriel's Scholar reviews* (Maggie McGinnis & Annabell Qian, 2027; Joshua Lopez, Bunmi Omisore, & Rohan Shreenath, 2026; recent Alumni Jia Dua, Aaron Williams, Rahi Patel, Antonia Young)
- Sunflower County Freedom Project * project description 2023 2024 * at least one Scholar must have a car and be willing to drive the other(s) * this is the application * Scholar reviews * read this * (Anish Aradhey & Annabel Tang, 2027; Caleb Dalgetty, 2026; Atharva Vispute & Jillian Vordick, 2025; recent Alumni Tamira Daniely, Bennett David, Ruth Fetaw)
- Youth Empowerment Project (Gabriel Villar, 2027)
2022-23 positions not available for 2024
- Athletes of Life (Jonathan Walker, 2026)
- Delta Arts Alliance * position description 2022 and this academy * Scholar reviews * (Reagan Ballard, Alyssa Ho, Matthew Xu, 2026; Davina Boison, 2025; recent alumni Lily Clark, Kyle Ryan, Allayne Thomas, Brennan Lewis)
- Edgecombe County Public Schools * position description 2023* ENCIP * Scholar reviews * (Emilio Abelmann, Perisa Ashar, 2025)
- Michael's Angels summer camp * position description 2022 will be revised * ENCIP * Scholar reviews * Watch this * (Katie Chai, Reagan Razon, & Avery Smedley, 2025; Campbell Lindquist; 2024; recent Alumna Michelle Nandi
- Tarboro Parks and Recreation * Scholar review * (Gabrielle Moreau, 2026)
Scholars and Recent Alumni, by Location
- Mississippi Delta: Peter Andringa, Liza Becker, Trenton Bricken, Lily Clark, Tamira Daniely, Bennett David, Jia Dua, Nonnie Egbuna, Adam Enggasser, Ruth Fetaw, Jemma Frost, Lawton Ives, Warner Lamar, Rasheca Logendran, Dikenna Ogbu, Rahi Patel, Carsten Pran, Cara Price, Naraya Price, Kyle Ryan, Jake Sheridan,Bennett Stillerman, Allayne Thomas, Aakash Thumaty, Kamryn Washington, Aaron Williams, Antonia Young, Michael Zhang
- New Orleans: Sydney Adams, Vignesh Alagappan, Cameron Beach, Christina Boghosian, A.G. Chancellor, Patrick Clinch, Samia Daghestani, Annie Dempsey, De'Ivyion Drew, Annie Evans, Annie Gonzales, Brady Hanshaw, Kalley Huang, Meghana Iragavarapu, Ben Keegan, Jacob Key, Joel Kim, Zoe King, Montana Lee, Clara Love, Nate Miller, Anshu Mohan, Mary Laci Motley, Mary Ashley Murrah, Brooke Porter, Evan Rodgers, Brock Schoenwald, Matt Smith, Priya Sridhar, Becca Sullenger, Niharika Vattikonda, Tom Wanty, Sam Zahn
- Tarboro: Juniors: Karen Gonzales-Palomo, Campbell Lindquist, Felipe Yanaga; Seniors & Alumni: Jess Edelson, Katherine Gan, Anjali Gupta, Naira Ikram, Emily Kian, Ralph Lawton, Serena Lim-Strutt, Divya Mahesh, Michelle Nandi, Olivia Olsher, Sophia Ramirez, Matt Schaefer, Joseph Touma, Adam Ushpol, Hannah Watson
- Whitesburg: Leland Ben, Clare Bradshaw, Jermaine Bryant, Stephen Buys, Jamal Edwards, Rose Farah, Josie Fulton,Beza Gebramariam, Merritt Jones, Georgia Lala, Weston Lindner, Rachel Maunus, Michael Muller, Amanda Padden, Ben Rees, Kameron Sediqh, Kat Tan, Elise van den Hoek, Savannah Wooten, Vishnu Ramachandran, Sierra Winters, Charlie Zong
The class of 2025 created these reflection videos at the end of Community Summer 2022. We showed these at the Community Summer Celebration in November: MS Delta New Orleans Tarboro Whitesburg, KY