Carolina Center for Public Service - Public Service and Engagement at Carolina

Core Sound Seafood is a community supported fishery business that works to provide a local, viable market to North Carolina fishermen by selling fresh weekly seafood shares in the Triangle area. As co-owner of the business, I will be working to assess fishermen needs and barriers to selling to a CSF model in order to strengthen our core team of fishermen. I will also be conducting a market assessment to research wholesale interest in purchasing local seafood . To explore the larger implications of a direct sea to fork model, I will be presenting on the economic impact CSF models can have on fishermen’s livelihoods to the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Additional components of the project will focus on creating educational materials on seafood for our shareholders and researching Downeast fishing heritage. For more info on Core Sound Seafood, please see www.coresoundseafood.org .

Blog: http://fishfellow.wordpress.com/

In 2010, the Federal Bureau of Primary Health Care modified its definition of an agricultural worker to include migrant and seasonal workers in the poultry, cattle, and aquaculture industries. This effectively changed the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program’s (NCFHP) state mandate, allowing the organization to expand its medical care and public health outreach to these previously unserved and largely Latino populations. NCFHP now must identify these communities’ needs and assess its role in improving the health of workers and their families. Through in depth qualitative interviews, this project will explore the Latina migrants’ experiences of working in the North Carolina crab industry and their barriers to primary care. This project aims not only to contribute formative research to the field but also to help the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program extend its existing network of health care and outreach services.

Blog: http://nclatinacrabworkers.wordpress.com/

The 'Sun Safety Campaign’ seeks to provide an opportunity to expand a simple project created in the summer of 2010. By creating a partnership between the UNC Field Hockey team and the IFC Homeless Shelter, we were able to create an awareness project for both children at the UNC Field Hockey camps and the shelter to remember the importance of sunscreen. By donating sunscreen to those less fortunate, we are not only addressing an important community need but also giving ourselves a constant reminder of the importance of sun safety.

This summer, we are hoping to set-up a Sun-block Station at the IFC Community House to serve as constant reminder to those who come in- and have an attendant there to help those coming in with how to apply properly, and the sunscreen rules.

We are hoping to educate all members of the community houses, especially the HomeStart program mothers and children. We hope that by reaching these mothers, and children we can cement sunscreen protection in the minds of children and allow this idea to cross generations. We are also seeking to set up a skin cancer screening through the Medical Director at the Community House; most people coming through have found out of their skin cancer at the ER in the hospital. We want to promote a pro-active lifestyle, catching things early and being in control of what is controllable. We are hoping to expand the donations and drives to not online sunscreen but also hats, and to hold these in different venues, not only kids camps. Most of the damage done to you skin will occur in your most ignorant year, under the age of 18. The more impact we can have on the younger generation, the brighter the future.

Blog: http://www.sunsafetyproject.com/

A doctoral candidate in Public Policy, Shana established a database of information on arrests and incidents regarding prostitution and related crimes in North Carolina cities and counties, with an emphasis on Charlotte, Durham, and Raleigh. She created the database to help disseminate information to researchers, victim advocacy groups, policymakers, and other interested individuals, and to facilitate research on the impact of prostitution on local communities, including its relationship to sex trafficking and other social and economic issues. Her database is available at: http://ncpaired.web.unc.edu/.

While finishing up her degree in Psychology, Liz partnered with the Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County to create a sustainable children's group: Forgotten Voices. Over the summer, Liz was able to offer eight group sessions to enhance coping skills for children who have experienced domestic violence. Children were referred to Liz from social services and addressed topics such as respect, assertiveness, self-esteem, feelings, families, safety planning, abuse, anger, grief and choices.

Blog: http://forgottenvoiceschapelhill.blogspot.com/

While working on her master's degree in Social Work with a concentration in Direct Practice, April conducted a qualitative pilot study to investigate the internal and external barriers to educational attainment for African-American teenage mothers in a rural North Carolina County. Information received during my interviews with the community experts and teen mothers has inspired me to create an informative brochure to be distributed to teen mothers that discuss what resources are available in the community that will help them achieve their educational goals.

Blog: http://educational-attainment.blogspot.com/

A doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature, Alexis used her fellowship to help the Community Empowerment Fund start a micro-finance program in Durham. The Community Empowerment Fund, a UNC student-run organization, currently offers loans, a savings program, small business training and financial literacy education to those that are homeless or at-risk of being homeless in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. In Durham, Alexis taught small business trainings in Chapel Hill and Durham at homeless shelters and low-income housing complexes. As part of her project, Alexis produced a documentary that will be edited and released in 2011.

Blog: http://smallbusinesstrainings.blogspot.com/