Word: grahamism
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...can’t just go in to fix what you think is a problem,” says Jennifer E. Graham ’08, a former coordinator and current counselor for PBHA’s Mission Hill After School Program (MHASP), which serves up to 50 children from two neighboring housing developments in Roxbury...
...have to work with the communities to help them, and I think that just doing something for the sake of doing it isn’t always the best route,” Graham says...
...Like Ortiz, Graham stresses the need for a strong partnership with the community...
...don’t have that insight into the community, the community will think you’re just coming to fix them, so it seems condescending,” Graham says. “And then if the program should disband, it doesn’t help the community afterwards...
...students with limited time but a desire to help, the ability to gain knowledge and insight into communities is not always impossible. Graham maintains that the most important thing for students is to have an open mind...