Major
Psychology
Anticipated Graduation Year
2021
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
After a year serving as a Center for Experiential Learning Social Justice Intern (SJI) in the Department of Government Relations of Catholic Charities, I outline the SJI program and the mission of the Department of Government Relations. I explore the progress I have made on the learning objectives that I set for myself within this program earlier in the year. Finally, I reflect, on personal projects that I completed within my role and on my time in an internship that often felt unnatural to what I knew advocacy to be. I particularly focused on the counter intuitive nature of "Bad Stats" and their importance in our department.
Community Partners
Government Relations, Catholic Charities
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Andrew Miller, Community Partnerships Coordinator, Loyola's Center for Experiential Learning
Supported By
Stephanie Johnson, Director of the Office of Government Relations, Catholic Charities; Anne Grelecki Anderson, Director of Government Grants and Advocacy, Catholic Charities
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
The Importance of "Bad Stats"
After a year serving as a Center for Experiential Learning Social Justice Intern (SJI) in the Department of Government Relations of Catholic Charities, I outline the SJI program and the mission of the Department of Government Relations. I explore the progress I have made on the learning objectives that I set for myself within this program earlier in the year. Finally, I reflect, on personal projects that I completed within my role and on my time in an internship that often felt unnatural to what I knew advocacy to be. I particularly focused on the counter intuitive nature of "Bad Stats" and their importance in our department.