Author Archives: TulanePSIP

Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship is a field that combines business mindsets with activism and where social justice and social entrepreneurship interact. This semester, a small group of SISE students doing internships through the Center for Public Service attend the … Continue reading →

http://www.nola.gov/ems/images/history/ambulance2_1911/?width=400&height=213 Every time I arrive at New Orleans EMS operational headquarters, I am amazed by how inconspicuous and small it seems for the action which takes place here on a daily basis. The two low slung trailers, which hold administrative … Continue reading →

I am a sophomore from Lancaster, Pennsylvania majoring in Political Science and Spanish & Portuguese, with a minor in Latin American Studies.  I currently intern at New Orleans’ City Hall, in the office of Councilmember LaToya Cantrell.  This is a Public … Continue reading →

WHO… is Southern Food and Beverage Museum? The Southern Food & Beverage Museum is a non-for-profit organization that aims to circulate an awareness and understanding of the New Orleanian love of food and the South’s rich & intricate culinary culture … Continue reading →

I have been jokingly told by the director of the Latino Farmers’ Cooperative of Louisiana (LFCL) that it has been inaptly named. It is an organization that helps all people, not only Latinos; it does not have a farm, only … Continue reading →

When I first joined the Freret Neighborhood Center as an intern, my expectation were that I was joining an organizational that primarily focuses on housing issues for residents of the surround area and after school activities for underprivileged children.  However, … Continue reading →

Before reading the weekly IMPACT newsletter from the Center for Public Service, I was completely unaware of the NORD Foundation (New Orleans Recreation Development Foundation). After reading through their internship listing, I immediately knew I would qualify for the job—they … Continue reading →

The Audubon Institute and Zoo was built on the former homeland of Native Americans. It is located in Audubon Park, a plot of land on the Mississippi River’s edge in Uptown, New Orleans. Although known best for its charming array … Continue reading →

 Top Box Foods was originally founded with the mission of providing high quality, low-cost food to needy families in Chicago and eventually around the country. Chris Kennedy, founder of Top Box, and son to the late senator Robert F. Kennedy … Continue reading →

Since August I have been working for Gambit Communications as an advertising and marketing intern. Gambit is a free New Orleans newspaper available at over 375 locations around the New Orleans area. Its first issue was published 32 years ago, … Continue reading →