Community Engagement and Public Service Activities

A student partnered with MyLLife to edit sections of a book that is a translation of the Qu'ran to prepare it for the next steps in publishing. The student was able to offer an outside perspective on how the author could best convey the messages of the scriptures to a modern and young audience along with suggestions on grammar, style, structure, and content. The author translated it from Arabic to English and changed the order of the chapters. The title was The Quran, A 21st century reading of the Last Testament in Chronological Order of Revelations.

A Bonner Leader student is working to support a Client Advocacy Grant awarded to Just Neighbors, a community organization dedicated to advocating for immigrants and refugees. This grant supports survivors of interpersonal violence to provide them social resources, such as finances, to meet their basic needs. Additionally, they built rapport and trust with survivors of interpersonal violence so they can be apart of their social support system and connect them to mental health resources. 

A Bonner student in the Bonner Leadership Program works with VoteRiders to assist clients in identifying and securing all the required documents needed to register to vote to eliminate these barriers in successfully completing the voting process. The students also supports convicted felons in restoring their right to vote.

Student: Madison F.

Civic Fellows were considered Development Interns with Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS). They planned fundraising events and monitored the logistics and volunteers of community drives. They also collected and analyzed data from NVFS' donor relations database to prepare outreach campaigns to outside organizations for funding support. 

Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS) empower residents to improve their quality of life and promote community cooperation to meet family needs. They provide a variety of services including early childhood development programs, immigration legal services, youth initiatives, workforce development, homeless shelter and housing programs, and health visits.