Lianna Harrington and Marie (Mary) Nzeyimana delivering computers to high school students.
Both interns were supported with grants: Nzeyimana received a funded internship from Bowdoin's Career Exploration and Development Office, and Harrington had a Denning Summer Fellowship from the McKeen Center for the Common Good.
The organization they are interning for is The Emergency Action Network, or TEAN. Through an anonymous referral system it runs on Facebook, TEAN taps a large network of community members to provide school supplies, winter coats, food, cash, blankets, mattresses—whatever a family might need.
"I am inspired by the way TEAN formed," Harrington said. "The board members saw a need in the community, especially with growing poverty in Maine, and they wanted to help out in some way." Since 2016, she estimated that TEAN has donated over $20,000 of food, clothing, and other supplies.
"They have this big Facebook group, so if they hear that someone need clothes for an eighteen-month-old baby, a crib, or formula, they literally have mothers come together. One of them will say they have clothing, another says they have formula, and they come together," Nzeyimana said.
The board is made up entirely of women—many of them working jobs outside of TEAN—a fact that Nzeyimana appreciates. "They're just part of the regular Brunswick community," she said. "It is wonderful being around women. It is very empowering to be a part of, as a woman myself."
"The board is six fantastic women, all on a volunteer basis," Harrington agreed. "And they love the work that they’re doing, and to see that and the impact they're having, based on the generosity of Brunswick folks. It's just really, really amazing."
This summer, the interns have focused on a few specific projects, including revamping the TEAN website and updating its social media.They're also creating an oral history for TEAN, to "see how far it's come" in four years, Nzeyimana said.
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