Student Advocacy Board Members 2011-2012

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Student Advocacy Board (SAB) Mission Statement

The Student Advocacy Board (SAB) is an umbrella organization that manages

and supports the students at the Center for Social Concern by developing relationships

in which the SAB and students groups are accountable to each other. The board works

to increase volunteerism on campus by expanding the profile of student group activities

and special events. Feel free to contact the advocacy board at 410-516-2351 or by

email to volunteer@ jhu.edu.

SAB Activities

To achieve these goals, the SAB advocates on behalf of its groups and serves as a liaison

for the groups to the Center for Social Concern. We have two committees: outreach and

advocacy. Outreach leverages more Hopkins resources into specific target communities.

Advocacy works to promote community involvement on campus, specifically for non-student

groups to do service, and to raise the visability of the Center and its programs.

As a result, we hope to create a sense of wholeness for all groups that can extend to the Baltimore area that we serve.

Student Advocacy Board, 2011-2012

Mary Katherine Fanning (Katie)

Katie Fanning is a senior majoring in French and Political Science. When not slogging

through piles of Congressional documents, she can be found working in the Baltimore City

Schools as a member of the Public Education Partnership. Her primary interest is educational

inequalities and she hopes to continue to work with underserved populations after completing

her own education. As a member of the SAB, Katie seeks to promote further interactions between

the Baltimore community and the Johns Hopkins community. She hopes that, through

the work of the CSC and SAB, more students will be able to view community service as

an active and vital part of their JHU experience.

Kenneth Felsenstein (Kenny)

Chumin Gao

Chumin is a sophomore majoring in Public Health and minoring in Psychology. She has

been involved with Health Leads and SHARE since freshman year. Not only is volunteering

a great way to interact with and improve the community, but it is also fun way to discover

new passions. Chumin is on the advocacy committee and encourages everyone to explore

Baltimore with the CSC groups! 

Emily Johnson, ejohn107@jhu.edu

Adali Martinez, adali.martinez@gmail.com

Adali is a senior, Neuroscience major with a strong interest in Public Health. She is interested in pursuing

a career in health care, particularly serving the low-income HIspanic population of the United States. Her

passion for service stems from her involvement with Health Leads (formerly known as Project Health) for

the past 3 years. She has really enjoyed her volunteer experiences and has gained valuable skills. She

believes that service is an integral part of the Hopkins experience in which more of the students should

partake in. She is excited to work with the Advocacy committee to reach out to students that are yet to get

involved in Baltimore. 

Hilary Matfess (and friend Bryan!) , Sophomore, hilary.matfess@gmail.com

Hilary is a Sophomore International Studies Major from Augusta, Georgia. She believes that volunteering

in Homewood and in the greater Baltimore area is a great way to get to know the campus and city. By working

the the CSC through SAB, Hilary hopes to encourage students to get involved and to really find what

they're passionate about in the community.

Hannah Mouldon

I'm Hannah Moulden, a Senior Writing Seminars major and a Spanish culture minor here at Hopkins. I'm from Connecticut,

just outside New York City, but I am loving getting to know the city of Baltimore. I got involved with SAB at the end of my

freshman year, because I love community service and wanted to get more involved. I am part of Tutorial Project at Hopkins,

and I have been tutoring since freshman year as well. I thought that joining SAB would be a great way to contribute to the

Hopkins Center for Social Concern and really have a say in how Hopkins students contribute to the Baltimore community.

I am on the Outreach committee of SAB, which I love! It's great to be able to go out into Baltimore and find new ways that

we as a school can get involved in the neighborhoods surrounding our campus. Joining the Student Advocacy Board is

an amazing way to make an impact on the Baltimore community, meet a lot of great new people, and get involved in a lot

of service groups on campus! I'm so glad I joined.

Stephen Park

Hello!  Attending numerous information sessions of community service groups at Hopkins,

I realized that one’s participation in community service should not be guided by the

popularity and success of the group itself, but by the importance of the cause of the group. I

want to foster a student body that seeks to create positive changes in a particular issue that

is special and important for every individual.  Working wholly with the board members and

embracing the opinions of the student body, I hope to strengthen our positive impact in the community.

Paraskeve Plestis (Vicky),

Ariel Rosen, arosen27@jhu.edu

Hi! I am a sophomore from Chappaqua, New York and plan on double majoring

in Public Health and Spanish. At Hopkins, I am involved in the student outreach committee

for the Center for Social Concern, the Tutorial Project, Habitat for Humanity, and Alpha Phi.

Some of my favorite moments at Hopkins include watching Bryce, my tutee, finally master

two-digit addition and befriending a Baltimore local as we installed new windows in

another Baltimore home. I am forever grateful for the inspiring, passionate Baltimore locals

and community leaders I have met so far, and I look forward to meeting many more

during my next three years here as a member of this board. Although I don’t know where

I will be ten years from now, I know for sure that I will continue building upon my passion for community

service, public health, and urban issues.

Ayersleigh Rowland

Ayresleigh Rowland is a junior studying Anthropology and French. Ayresleigh has worked

for the Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project as a student worker since her freshman year, and

her involvement on campus inspired her to seek out more service opportunities in the community.

She now is co-director of the student group CRASH, which seeks to teach basic health education

to Baltimore City youth. She has also been involved with the CSC as a Community Impact

Intern and as a student of two Community Based Learning courses. Her engagement with

various organizations in Baltimore has become one of the most significant aspects of her

undergraduate education, and she looks forward to building stronger partnerships between students and the greater community.