“A leader is someone who stands alongside people and supports them to see the bigger picture,” says alumna Madiha Tariq, MPH ’11. As deputy director for the Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services for nonprofit Access Community Health, she manages more than 80 team members. Juggling a large team working on important community issues, Madiha believes it’s better […]
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Alumna Joins Effort to Revitalize Detroit
“Everyone thinks of Detroit as this dilapidated urban decay,” says Paulina Kriska, CCAS BS ’15, “but there’s a lot of life here. There’s a big collaborative effort to combat a lot of Detroit’s issues.” Paulina, who graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biology from GW in just three years, is on the front […]
Alumna Says “Still Work to Do” in NOLA a Decade after Katrina
Ten years ago, a tropical storm over the Bahamas quickly morphed into a Category 5 hurricane named “Katrina” whose path of destruction left much of the Gulf Coast and the city of New Orleans—a historic, bustling coastal city— in ruins. In the aftermath of the storm, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, […]
Making a Difference: How One Alum Helps San Francisco’s Youth
“Starting a new non-profit is not easy,” says Brian Gadsden, CCAS BA ’93. “I’ve seen many fail while trying to duplicate work that is already being done.” Gadsden knows something about how to make the non-profit life work; he founded the San Francisco,CA-based Urban Ed Academy (UEA), which celebrated its launch in summer 2013. Gadsden, […]