Volunteer Spotlight: Duke Huang ’20
By Cesar Ballesteros ’18, Student Outreach & New Media Projects Coordinator This month, we are extremely proud to feature Duke as one of our outstanding volunteer spotlights. As a passionate volunteer, Duke is recognized for devoting his time to give…
Volunteer Spotlight: Karina Roca ’19
Major: Political Science and Peace & Justice Studies Minors: Sustainability and African-American History How did you first hear about CCAR at Pace? It was my first semester as a freshman, and I was curious about volunteering in the city. My…
A CHECK-IN WITH STUDENT LEADER IN SERVICE: SHOMA NATH ’20
Major: Economics Community Partner: Earth Matter Earth Matter has taught me so much about not only food justice issues, but also about my personal journey of living a more sustainable life. Working with Earth Matter has been such a humbling experience, and…
Honoring World AIDS Day: Highlighting the Heroes and Heroines Behind AIDS Awareness in the United States
By Cesar Ballesteros ’18, Student Outreach and New Media Projects Coordinator (NYC) The AIDS epidemic is a serious global public health issue that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive people worldwide, and has particularly impacted…
A Check-In with Student Leader in Service: Isabella Lupo ’19
Major: Peace & Justice Studies Partner Organization: New Roots Community Farm Volunteering with New Roots has been an incredible experience thus far! I’m so happy I got the opportunity to partner with them this semester after working with them only…
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: KELSEY PARKER ’17
Kelsey is a graduating senior this semester with a passion to serve her community. Read more on how her experience at Pace, and her involvement with being civially engaged off campus has impacted her life and how she plans to…
ALUMNUS ACTIVIST SPOTLIGHT: ROBERTO CHAVEZ ’13
Roberto C. Chavez (“Berto”) is an educator, activist, and poet with a background in history, theatre, and social justice. Roberto has a love for letter-writing and journaling, as well as examining how we document the past and present, how do…
#EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE FEATURE: DR. SUE MAXAM
By Dr. Sue Maxam – check out her first week on our Instagram! Week Two For the second week of my e-activism, I focused on the famine in Africa; LGBTQA discrimination in Chechnya; animal abuse; and environmental issues, among other…
#EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE FEATURE: CESAR BALLESTEROS ’18
For the month of April, I’ve been taking on VEGETARIANISM as a part of the Center for Community Action and Research’s #EverydayActivismChallenge. I actually wanted to go a step further and do VEGANISM, and over the course of 20 days,…
#EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE FEATURE: DAVID LÊ ’19
April is Earth Month, and I’m excited to be partaking in #EverydayActivismChallenge this year. My pledge will be changing to a plant based (vegetarianism) diet for the month of April. When I think about the fact that by going vegetarian, I can…
