What our Social Justice Fund grantees are doing this summer

In our last round for the Spring Semester, the Social Justice Fund committee awarded $2,550 to three out of eleven applicants. We feel that these students best exemplified the Social Justice Fund's mission to support student activists on the Tufts campus and beyond. In a belated update, here's what these three are doing over the summer:

* Adam Levy is researching the effects of global migration, traveling to both Mexico and Nepal to interview and volunteer in refugee communities. Upon his return he will create a photo essay of his experience that will be used in a series of teach-ins in Boston public schools throughout the fall.
* Elena Mead is finishing up the last of her videos for the Tufts Queer History Project, an attempt to document queer history and activism on campus. Learn more about her project at http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt/tqhp/index.html. If you were part of the sit-in at Bendetson, don't forget to email her to be filmed for that video segment! Elena.mead@tufts.edu
* Kelsi Stine will be traveling to Ghana for the summer and volunteering at a Liberian refugee camp. Part of our grant goes to pay for new sewing machines for women's skill training center. Upon her return, Kelsi will be speaking with a number of classes and student groups about the grassroots reconciliation process.

Our next SJF deadline is October 15th. Contact sjf@tuftsprogressives.org with any questions.