Partner Organizations

This month we’re highlighting the great work of our partners at SECU Family House, and specifically, how our corps member Henry Kennelly is serving with them this year. To learn more about Family House, visit their website at https://www.secufamilyhouse.org/. The SECU Family House has been serving patients and their loved ones at UNC Hospitals since 2008. […]

This month we’re highlighting the great work of our partners at Families Moving Forward, and specifically, how our corps member Cecilia Too is serving with them this year. To learn more about FMF, visit their website at https://fmfnc.org/. Families Moving Forward (FMF) is an emergency homeless shelter for families. FMF utilizes a two generational, trauma-informed approach. […]

This month we are highlighting the great work of our partners at the Center for Responsible Lending, and specifically, how our corps member Juan Ramon Riojas is serving with them this year. I work at the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) as a research and policy fellow. CRL was founded in 2002 as a nonprofit […]

This month we’re highlighting the great work of our partners at Durham Children’s Initiative, and specifically, how our corps member Mollie Sullivan is serving with them this year. To learn more about DCI, visit their website at https://dci-nc.org/. DCI’s mission is to build a pipeline of high-quality services for Durham youth and their families that overcomes […]

This month we’re highlighting the great work of our partners at the Compass Center, and specifically, how our corps member Liv Vermane is serving with them this year. To learn more about the Compass Center, visit their website at www.compassctr.org. My name is Liv Vermane, and I work at the Compass Center!  Personally, I was […]

Code the Dream began in 2015 as a pilot project trying to create more economic opportunity for immigrants and dreamers (DACA recipients). Since then Code the Dream has grown exponentially, especially in the last year, as they continue to serve and help anyone under represented in the tech world, or anyone who has faced a […]

The Center for Responsible Lending is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which works to eliminate abusive financial practices through policy and research. CRL focuses on those marginalized and/or underserved by current financial practices and markets, including rural folks, women, people of color, and low-wealth folks. CRL also works to make finance more equitable by demystifying the […]

Domestic violence has risen worldwide due to COVID-19.[1] Domestic violence is a pattern of intentionally violent or controlling behavior used by a person against a family member or intimate partner to gain and maintain power and control over that person, during and/or after the relationship. The Compass Center for Women and Families is working to […]

This month current corps member Matthew Carpenter highlights the important work that his partner organization, Durham Children’s Initiative, is doing in our community. I am beyond thankful to be part of the Durham Children’s Initiative family! Durham Children’s Initiative (or DCI) is a non-profit organization in Durham that partners with people from cradle through college […]