Ministries: Poverty, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Results
After School Kids (ASK) Program (Washington, DC)
The After School Kids (ASK) Program seeks to empower youth to make positive changes in their lives by challenging them with new learning opportunities and teaching them the necessary skills to successfully meet those challenges.
The ASK Program trains Georgetown University students to work in small groups as tutor-mentors for court-involved adolescents in the District of Columbia.
Best Buddies (Washington, DC)
The mission of Best Buddies is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.
Georgetown University Best Buddies is the largest college chapter in Washington, D.C. and is the birthplace of Best Buddies International. The precursor to Best Buddies was started by former Hoya Anthony Kennedy Shriver in the 1980s, who later founded Best Buddies International in 1989.
Our chapter holds group events once a month attended by both Georgetown students and members of the community with intellectual disabilities. In the past, these events have included barbecues, Halloween parties, Hawaiian luaus, and attending Hoya sporting events. Events are usually catered and include performances by student groups such as acapella and dance groups.
Best Buddies provides students with the opportunity to be full-time or associate buddies. Full-time buddies are paired up community members with intellectual disabilities. These buddy pairs meet up at least once a month for fun activities in and around D.C. such as movies, dinner, or exploring the city. Associate buddies are expected to come to meetings and group events.
Corporate Accountability Project (Washington, DC)
The Corporate Accountability Project analyzes the impacts of business behavior on the ability of poor people to meet their basic needs - sustainable livelihoods, housing, food, and access to education, healthcare and credit.
Education for Justice (Washington, DC)
The Education for Justice Project promotes outreach and education throughout the U.S. on Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and social justice issues. The Project provides resource materials, presentations, training and consultations to Catholic high schools and colleges, to diocesan offices and groups, to parishes, small faith communities, and to a variety of networks and organizations.
Emmitsburg Project (Washington, DC)
4 day service trip to Appalachia
Local Entrepreneur Advancement Program (LEAP) (Washington, DC)
to provide training, financial, and technical support for recipient neighborhood entrepreneurs.
Social Justice Ministries at The Holy Trinity Parish (Washington , DC)
The Social Justice Ministry responds in prayer and reflection, direct service, education, advocacy, and donations to the needs of the parish, to the social needs in the diverse urban diocese and community who are our neighbors, and beyond these borders to a sister parish and national and international Jesuit social services. When program priorities are being set and choices made about resource allocation, the Ministry actively advocates for preferential treatment for the poor and marginalized in our community in light of the Gospel, Catholic Social Teaching and the priorities of the Jesuit Conference.
The Father McKenna Center (Washington, DC)
Provides meals, fellowship and outreach every day of the week to homeless and addicted.
The poorest of the poor go to the McKenna Center each weekday to get a mail, take a shower, to get clean clothes, to ask for job and drug counseling and to experience a safe and drug-free environment. The McKenna Center provides or efficiently refers guests to any service a homeless man might need. The McKenna Center is the last daytime drop-in center for homeless men in the downtown Washington, DC area.
