Member Spotlight: Kwan McConico, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Kwan McConico, currently serving as Outreach Coordinator with the YWCA Social Justice Department, a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I am giving the opportunity to help those who are under-resourced. I am also able to help people from the same areas where I grew up. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I would like to obtain the feeling of changing s
Member Spotlight: McKenna Killets, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet McKenna Killets, currently serving as Program Coordinator with the College Admissions Made Possible, a partnering agency of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I was motivated to join AmeriCorps because I wanted to be a part of making the community in Birmingham and Alabama stronger. I also want to give back to the Birmingham that I have grown to love since moving here for college a few years ago. 2
Member Spotlight: McKenna Killets, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet McKenna Killets, currently serving as Program Coordinator with the College Admissions Made Possible, a partnering agency of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I was motivated to join AmeriCorps because I wanted to be a part of making the community in Birmingham and Alabama stronger. I also want to give back to the Birmingham that I have grown to love since moving here for college a few years ago. 2
Member Spotlight: Marvetta Bell, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Marvetta Bell, currently serving as Client Care Assistant with One Roof, a partnering agency of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I enjoy helping people. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I want to raise my community awareness on different issues within our community. 3. What will your service focus on for the 2019-20 program year? During this program year, m
Member Spotlight: Jasmine Cobb, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Jasmine Cobb, currently serving as Academic Coordinator with Build UP, a partnering agency of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? It was a service program geared towards helping the community and not corporate-oriented dealing with politics. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I would like to get a better understanding of how kids feel about the opportunities presente
Member Spotlight: Kwan McConico, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Kwan McConico, currently serving as Outreach Coordinator with the YWCA Social Justice Department, a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I am giving the opportunity to help those who are under-resourced. I am also able to help people from the same areas where I grew up. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I would like to obtain the feeling of changing s
Member Spotlight: Jonathan Ruiz, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Jonathan Ruiz, currently serving as Education Specialist with the YWCA Family Resource Center, a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I want to continue growing and aiding the Woodlawn community. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I would like to continue building relationships in this community. 3. What will your service focus on for the 2019-20
Member Spotlight: Jonathan Ruiz, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Jonathan Ruiz, currently serving as Education Specialist with the YWCA Family Resource Center, a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? I want to continue growing and aiding the Woodlawn community. 2. What would you like to get out of this service opportunity? I would like to continue building relationships in this community. 3. What will your service focus on for the 2019-20
Member Spotlight: Jamila Gray, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Jamila Gray, currently serving as After School Enrichment Program Specialist with the YWCA After School Enrichment Program (ASEP), a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? The impact AmeriCorps has on positivity towards homelessness, helping to rebuild communities after a disaster, also to learn how to tackle different problems in an impactful way. 2. What would you like to get out
Member Spotlight: Jamila Gray, Building Communities, Bettering Lives Member
Meet Jamila Gray, currently serving as After School Enrichment Program Specialist with the YWCA After School Enrichment Program (ASEP), a service site of the Building Communities, Bettering Lives AmeriCorps program. 1. What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? The impact AmeriCorps has on positivity towards homelessness, helping to rebuild communities after a disaster, also to learn how to tackle different problems in an impactful way. 2. What would you like to get out
