Before the start of the spring semester, some Brown University students returned to Providence to participate in unique opportunities. Venture staff spent time with two groups of these students to support their interests in pursuing careers in community work.

• Each Winter Break, Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service runs Breaks Project. 30+ students from all class years spend a week before the start of classes living communally in downtown Providence. They explore and investigate local issues including hunger, homelessness, public health, and housing. At the end of their week Venture staff and staff from Brown’s Career Development Center ran an interactive workshop aiding students in connecting their experience to careers and internships in common good work.
• For the second year, Brown undergraduates had an opportunity to return from winter break a week a half early to pursue unique learning opportunities through january@brown. This program included coursework and unique co-curricular experiences that exposed students close up to new learning opportunities and the city of Providence. As part of january@brown, Venture staff partnered with staff at Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service to present students with information on ways to connect with community service and community work, both as students and as a career.

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