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My name is Leroy Butler and I am sophomore Linebacker on the Lafayette football team. I am majoring in Psychology and minoring in anthropology and sociology. I will be apart of the Urban Ecology project this summer. I will be working with Alyssa and Pooja in both the westward and south side of Easton developing programs and recreation for the youth in the communities. I personally specialize in empowering the youth and giving them the insight and guidance to be successful. So far this summer I have been outreaching to teens in gangs and what society likes to call “at-risk” teens. My goal is to make hands on difference in the community and go beyond the ideas and plannings to make a difference.

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My name is LA Block and I am a rising sophmore at Lafayette College.  This summer as a community fellow, Courtney, Michael, and I will be partnering with the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership.  Thus far, we have been taking photos and doing visual appearance checklists of various commercial and residential blocks in the area.  Early July, we plan to begin surveying residents living in the West Ward.  Through these surveys, we hope to gain a better sense of what residents think of their community–both the positive and the negative.  We wish to use these results for a “before and after” comparison of this amazing community.

Six Lafayette College students are spending the summer  as Community Scholar Fellows in the West Ward of Easton, PA.  This blog is a record of their experiences, their questions, and well, just their wanderings.