Jelisa Adair

I am the Civic Engagement Fellow for 2013-2014. While a student at Wesleyan I double majored in Psychology and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and completed a joint thesis during my senior year. I am interested in issues of social justice, mental health, media, and global welfare.

WesCFPA Events!

Information Session! The Wesleyan Connecticut Forests and Parks Association would like to invite you to their first meeting of the year! Come to the Office of Community Service (Allbritton room 318) on Thursday, September 26 at 12:00p. From Miranda Linsky, WesCFPA’s coordinator: If you signed up at the Community Engagement Fair or the Student Activities…

Wesleyan Around the World

At Wesleyan we pride ourselves on having a global perspective. There are numbers we use to bolster this claim, including the percentage of our student body that is international, the high percentage of students who go abroad during their time here, and so on. But if only there was a way to graphically represent Wesleyan’s…

CSPL Presents “Crisis in the Middle East”

The Center for the Study of Public Life is organizing this panel discussion on recent developments in the Middle East. Hear panelists speak on the central question: Why have the hopes of the Arab Spring reached the current impasse, and what can be done to avoid further violence? Learn more about this discussion on the…

Table for Wesleyan’s Blood Drive!

From Everton Laidley ’16: Sign up to help table for Wesleyan’s Blood Drive! You can commit as much or as little time as you would like, no help will be turned away! Just click here for the Google spreadsheet and fill out your availability! For more information on tabling or if you are interested in…

Real World Countdown: What’s Happening in the Career Center this Week!

Hello upperclassmen and motivated underclassmen! As they love to say in the career center, it’s never too early to start thinking about life after Wesleyan. Here are a few events happening in the career center this week that may be of interest to those interested in making civic engagement a part of your next step:…

Apply to Let’s Get Ready!

Apply to coach for Let’s Get Ready, a free SAT tutoring program for local high school students!  If you are passionate about working with high schoolers, interested in a possible career in teaching, or a focused and organized student looking to reach out into the local community, check out Let’s Get Ready at  http://letsgetready.org/GetStarted/Coaches-and-Site-Directors/ . Here…