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The VFA is has openings for 10 students to participate as team members in the nine month (Sept-May) project. Students will have the opportunity to connect this field experience with their university education through service-learning, research, and professional internship. During this project, team members will: 1) be trained on community outreach, facilitation, and organizing; 2) lead meetings and forums to collect input and feedback from community members; and 3) synthesize findings to develop a community action plan, and presenting it to the broader community.
All trainings and support needed to successfully complete this project will be provided.
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Educational and Professional Benefits
- Connect classroom learning with real experience in grassroots leadership and community development;
- Receive 2-3 academic credits via service-learning, research, or internship through your school (established through your department or program and VFA);
- Letters of recommendations provided to successful team members toward scholarships, academic awards, graduate school program;
- Network with Vietnamese professionals and other community leaders in the field.
Eligibility
To qualify, applicants must:
- Be 18 years or old; (e.g., current undergraduate, recent grad, high school grad)
- Have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above;
- Familiarity or experience or with the Vietnamese culture and language.
- Commit to 40-60 hours a quarter (3 qtr commitment). Trainings are every Tuesday evening (tentative).
VFA Digital stories from Verlinda and Ton, two of our team members
