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At Centro Presente, a support agency for Boston-area Central American refugees, an E1 Salvadoran explains his predicament to Jennifer Gordon '87. He tells her he came to America four years ago and has just received a phone call informing him that his wife and two young children were arrested...
"At first, many people who go to work at CentroPresente feel lost because there are so manypeople working there, and it can be hard tounderstand where you fit in; and that is why I'macting as a student liaison between Harvard andCentro Presente," Gordon says.
Students from Harvard have volunteered atCentro Presente in previous years, but this is thefirst year that the center has actually made aneffort to reach out to college students. InSeptember, Gordon, the Harvard-Centro liaison, hada meeting for people who responded to postersasking for bilingual students who speak Spanish.
Although most positions for students at thecenter are on a volunteer basis, two Harvardstudents currently receive money from federal andstate student employment programs for their workat Centro Presente.
Most Harvard students who volunteer at thecenter, like Brad P. Miller '88, say they find theCentro Presente experience valuable. "I'm tryingto imagine myself as a Central American refugeecoming here and knowing close to nothing about thecountry.