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FPAN/WSSS student Melissa Rosen spent her internship working as a Legislative Intern for State Senator Susan C. Fargo's office. With the Senator being Chair of the Committee on Public Health, Melissa found herself working on issues related to public health and nutrition in the Commonwealth.
Print- Academy for Educational Development
- An independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, and the environment.
- Acciòn
- A nonprofit microfinance organization that fights poverty through microlending.
- Development Associates, Inc.
- A private management and governmental consulting firm that provides public policy research, and managerial, administrative, and technical services to federal, state, and local government agencies and private organizations in the U.S. and abroad.
- Global Health Council
- An umbrella organization composed of professionals in the health-care field, non-governmental and governmental organizations, academic institutions, foundations and corporations. Priorities include child health, HIV/AIDS, reproductive and maternal health, infectious diseases, and emerging global health threats.
- Global Volunteers
- Sends teams of volunteers to live and work with local people on human and economic development projects identified by the community as important to its long-term development.
- Grassroots International
- An independent agency committed to progressive social change.
- InterAction
- A coalition of nonprofit organizations working worldwide, and a leading advocate for sustainable development, refugee and disaster assistance and humanitarian aid.
- International Development Exchange
- Focused on promoting economic justice and issues of food security, indigenous peoples' rights, labor issues, micro-credit, popular participation, womens' empowerment, and youth action.
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- Concentrates on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture.
- International Monetary Fund
- An international organization established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
- Institute of Organic Agriculture
- A research group specializing in organic agriculture.
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science
- Objective is to carry out research on nutritional problems and to do other relevant activities such as nutrition education and training, nutrition surveying, etc. with a view to bringing about improvement of the nutritional status of the people.
- Partners for Development
- A U.S.-based private not-for-profit organization currently managing self-help programs in Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nigeria.
- Peace Corps
- Goals are to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
- Population Services International
- Develops and implements programs worldwide to encourage healthful behavior and to increase the availability of health products and services at prices low-income people can afford.
- Relief International
- Activities have assisted vulnerable communities in the health, shelter, reconstruction, education, community development, agriculture, food, income-generation, and conflict resolution sectors.
- The Carter Center
- Health programs that focus on eradicating and controlling diseases and reducing hunger by increasing food production, and peace efforts that help to achieve democratic government, resolve and prevent conflicts, safeguard human rights, and achieve long-term development.
- United Nations Development Programme
- Seeks to address the many causes of poverty and to promote development, including through the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women.
- United Nations Volunteers
- The United Nations programme that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers.
- World Bank
- One of the world's largest sources of development assistance.
Print- Science and Environmental Health Network
- Advocates the wise application of science to protecting the environment and public health.
- Urban Environment Initiative
- Provides public access to Earth Science information and promote its use with a focus on the environment of urban areas.
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment
- Responds to environmental health concerns and provides communities with epidemiologic and toxicological health assessments.
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Division of Early Childhood, Youth and Women's Health
- Implements policies that benefit the health of women, children and families, working closely with other public agencies and advocates throughout Philadelphia's neighborhoods.
- New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
- A non-profit partnership that assists immigrants with agricultural experience to apply their skills in their new environment and become commercial farmers.
In addition, students have worked with the following groups:
- Bolton Flats Hmong Immigrant Agriculture Site / Manny's Dairy
- Gardens of Eagan Organic Farm
- Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet
- FoodLogic
- Urban Bounty Farm
