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I’m interested in this position because I love the work that the Civic House does and I want to contribute my skills and experience to that work. This position appeals to me because I feel that I could what is necessary to support the initiatives related to community engagement and social justice. I find it exciting to have the opportunity to promote meaningful education, engagement, and community at Penn. During my senior year of high school, I held the office of Board of Education Representative on Student Government. The office required me to take concerns from the student body, create a report-style speech, and present one every month to the board, teachers, and parents. I also gave back to the community by serving part-time at the weekly …show more content…

Through student government and class council, I gained a lot of skills in organization and planning. It was of upmost importance to keep all notes, correspondence, and suggestions tidy in order to effectively plan my speeches and any events I had to plan. For Class Council, we planned events like our Junior and Senior Proms and class trips. This took both a lot of individual planning with different companies and partners as well as collaboration with other members of the committee. The best community engagement experience that I’ve had so far was coincidentally PennCORP. The program was so important to me because it taught me all of the fundamentals of community engagement and reinforced the reasons why I should care about the community and people around me. The most prominent lessons I took from PennCORP were that to be understood, you must understand and that there is no shame in vulnerability and education. I feel that because of the program, I am better suited to working with the Civic House and working with the West Philadelphia community. I’ve also learned to love the type of group discussions and workshops that PennCORP facilitated. It is so necessary to listen to the experiences of others and then sharing your

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