Princeton Project 55 Fellows: Take Your Placements!
By Kathleen Reilly
Public Interest Program Manager
May 18, 2007
Princeton Project 55 held the annual Fellowship Spring Orientation on May 9, 2007, where 60 incoming Fellows gathered to prepare for the upcoming year.
PP55 has placed a total of 70 Fellows this year: 58 Public Interest Program (PIP) Fellows and 12 Public Health Fellows.
“Moments of Obligation”
Margaret Crotty ’94, a PIP alumna, addressed Fellows as the keynote speaker during the day-long orientation.
To help the new Fellows understand the significance of their work, Crotty discussed the ways in which her Fellowship at St. Mark the Evangelist School in Harlem influenced her life and career.
Comparing her experiences to those detailed in the book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact by Cheryl Dorsey and Lara Galinsky, Crotty spoke of her “moment of obligation,” a concept repeated throughout the book, when she realized that she had an obligation to serve the public interest
Every Fellow received a copy of Be Bold through a generous donation by Echoing Green.
Crotty has since gone on to serve as the Executive Director of StreetWise Partners, a nonprofit organization in New York City that will be hosting a PP55 Fellow in the coming year.
Chet Safian '55 speaks with Ellen Zuckerman '07, a fellow at the Vermont Community Foundation.
Orientation
The day began with the first Public Health Fellowship (PHF) Orientation and continued in the afternoon with the Public Interest Program (PIP) portion of the day.
The inaugural PHF Orientation featured distinguished speakers Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, Director of the Division of Health Policy at the New York Academy of Medicine, and Leslie Morris, MPH, Director of Community Relations at the New Jersey Primary Care Association.
PHF Fellows learned about public health concepts, practical applications, and topics that are important for understanding the issues and populations with which they will be working.
In the afternoon, the PHF Fellows joined the PIP Fellows for the remainder of the program, which featured group activities, a panel of current Fellows, and presentations on topics related to the public interest sector.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to group facilitators Anne-Marie Maman ’84, Pete Milano ’55 and Chet Safian ’55, and PIP Fellows Kendra Harris ’06, at Aeras Global TB Foundation in Washington, DC; Lizzie Harvey ’06, at New Alternatives for Children in New York; Kyle Meng ’05, at Environmental Defense in New York; and Rebecca Nemec ’05 at The Food Project in Boston.
Princeton Project 55 wishes the 2007 Fellows a fantastic year in the public interest!