Alumni Spotlight
Alumni Making Change – Hunger & Food Justice Spotlight
The AJWS-AVODAH Partnership is proud to spotlight members of our community who are alleviating hunger and advocating for food justice locally, nationally, and around the globe. These individuals are bringing diverse perspectives and creative expertise to developing community supported agriculture, national feeding programs, and other sustainable solutions to food insecurity.
Click on the interviews below to read more about their experiences and dedication to this important work:
Kate Koester was a group leader for AJWS Volunteer Summer in Honduras in 2007. A social worker who has focused on human rights and violence prevention, she is currently the Social Justice Team Co-Chair of the Kavana Cooperative in Seattle.
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Maielle Helman participated in AJWS Volunteer Corps in 1999 in Nicaragua. She responded to our interview questions via e-mail from La Paz, Bolivia, where she is working for the World Food Program as a Leland Fellow of the Congressional Hunger Center.
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Jeff Sharlein participated in AVODAH in New York in 2001-2002. A social worker, Jeff currently volunteers with Earthworks Urban Farm in Detroit.
Mark Greenfield participated in an AJWS delegation to Guatemala with Congregation B'nai Jeshurun and was a group leader for a delegation to El Salvador with Capital Camps, both in 2008. He will be starting a graduate program for social work at Hunter College in September.
Read more profiles in the Alumni Spotlight archive.
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