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CAUSE BOARD 2009-2010
Anita is originally from New Jersey, and she has spent many years living and working in community development in Tanzania. She loves working with the students on CAUSE who are committed to creating and sustaining volunteer opportunities out in the community and making them available to all MHC students.
Name: Liz Dewar Liz is an International Relations major in the class of 2010 with a focus on developing nations. She is from Washington, D.C., and she has been active in community service and social justice work for 7 years. In addition to being one of the CAUSE board co-chairs, she currently works with Habitat for Humanity and the Holyoke Tax Project. She is involved in CAUSE because she wants to make sure that all MHC students realize the importance of being actively engaged in our community, and she hopes to share how wonderful it is to be able to use the resources at your disposal to ensure that everyone has the kinds of opportunities you've had.
Name: Sara Martin Sara M. is a senior Biochemistry/History double major originally from the California Bay Area. She is addicted to traveling and chocolate, and she has organized two annual Locks of Love hair donation and fundraising drives at Mount Holyoke. She does CAUSE because it's the best way she can say thank you. She's been given so many opportunities, it's only right to use those as opportunities to better our world.
Elizabeth is a senior Neuroscience and Behavior major from near Albany, New York. She has loved community service for as long as she can remember, and she feels very lucky to be a part of CAUSE at Mount Holyoke. She has enjoyed meeting amazing community members through various projects (particularly the Hussein family) as well as a great number of caring, friendly MHC students who volunteer their time, energy, and enthusiasm to the many CAUSE projects.
Name: Leah Dion Leah is a senior Biology major/ Psychology minor from Derry, New Hampshire. She is a part of CAUSE because she loves working with students who are so passionate with making a difference in the world. They are all truly inspiring. Her main project is the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, although she has been involved in a number of other CAUSE projects as well. She loves this project because she always has a great time visiting and chatting with the veterans. Volunteering at the Soldiers' Home never feels like an extra responsibility or obligation to her, because she always benefits from each trip just as much as the people she serves. Leah has found that there is no better feeling than knowing she has made a positive impact in another person's life. She strongly believes that community service is a crucial part of the college experience because it teaches a lesson that can never be learned from inside the classroom.
Name: Morgan Wilson Name: Maria Diaz Maria is a Sociology major with a minor in Educational Studies, and
she is from New York City. Her first involvement with CAUSE projects
was when she volunteered at Jarvis
Heights. She then became a regular volunteer at Safe Passage and is still
a volunteer there. She likes being a part of CAUSE because it allows her
to be an
actively engaged member of the larger local community by being a volunteer,
and it allows her to become an agent for change. She is most
interested in addressing the educational achievement gap and educational
policy through
action, service,
and speech. Name: Songqiao Yao
Alyssa, class of 2011, is a Sociology major with a minor in early childhood education with teacher's licensure. She is from New York City. She's been involved with CAUSE since the first semester of her first year, participating the Westfield Youth Detention Center Book Club. She became the project coordinator of the club by the second semester. The book club allows her to get a better understanding of the reasons and racial stereotypes behind juvenile delinquency, which she hopes to base her honors thesis on. She is also the community service coordinator for the Association of Pan-African Unity, a cultural organization on campus. Alyssa finds happiness in making others happy. She is often described as having a big heart, but she says that making others smile simply defines who she is.
Zilin, class of 2011, is a Spanish and Economics double major from Beijing, China. She joined CAUSE her first semester as a mentor for Youth Rap in Jarvis Heights, Holyoke. She's been tutoring since middle school in Beijing, China and loves working with kids of all ages. When she saw the opportunity to give her time, she jumped at the chance! Tutoring helps her reflect on how she learns and how to best communicate that knowledge to the kids while helping them find an interest in what they study. Since then, she has become the Project Coordinator for Jarvis, translated for an education symposium for CAUSE, and is ready to reach out to an even wider community to make a positive difference!
Elisa is a junior majoring in Politics and minoring in French. She is from Rye, NH, and has been active with CAUSE since her first year. She attended the Habitat for Humanity trip to Jonestown, MS, over spring break of 2008. In fall 2008, Elisa was a tutor for the Hussein Family Tutoring Program, and became a Project Coordinator for the program in spring 2009. She believes that community service should play a role in every citizen's life. Elisa has also worked closely with the Community Based Learning (CBL) Program, and hopes to help better connect CAUSE with CBL.
Name: Ali Anderson Name: Emma Puka-Beals
Ariela is a junior from Livingston, New Jersey. A Critical Social Thought major and a Spanish minor, Ariela's academic focus is poverty and community development. She joined the CAUSE family beginning her first year at Mount Holyoke, when she participated in the Westfield Youth Detention Center Book Group. This past year Ariela initiated a new tutoring and mentoring project through the Care Center in Holyoke, where she tutors young mothers for the GED exam. This summer Ariela interned at the Masakhane Center in Newark, NJ as a peer sexual health educator. Ariela is committed to promoting CAUSE projects on campus because she believes strongly in the responsibility educational institutions have to their neighboring communities, and believes Mount Holyoke women should harness their abilities to affect change in the greater Pioneer Valley area.
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Office: 306 Blanchard Campus Center, Mount Holyoke College
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Name: Gloria Tang
Name: Elizabeth Counterman
Name: Zilin Cui
Name: Elisa Loeser
Name: Ariela Lovett