Meg VanDeusen

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I am a social impact designer - in other words, I apply the power of people’s lived…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Graphic

    Volunteer Teacher, Administration Coordinator, Consultant

    Shanti Bhavan Children's Project

    - Present 13 years 3 months

    Education

    Train incoming volunteers on classroom & school culture best practice. Support US team on the development of operations systems and team management.

    Operated newsletter campaigns, maintain website posts, help organize NYC black-tie donor event, fundraised for child sponsorship, aided in organizing and directing graduation events. Developed an interdisciplinary curriculum and lesson plans to teach 6th, 7th, 8th grade students in Literature, Writing, Grammar, and Spelling.

  • Board Member

    Carolina Pride Alumni Network

    - Present 6 years 5 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Strengthen engagement of LGBTQ alumni with UNC community regionally & nationally

  • Boy Scouts of America Graphic

    Venture Crew Advisor

    Boy Scouts of America

    - Present 7 years

    Children

    Support youth-led initiatives by training crew officers, supporting program planning, coaching scouts in their leadership responsibilities and preparing for high adventure activities.

  • Brainfood Graphic

    Weekly Classroom Assistant

    Brainfood

    - 4 months

    Education

    Use the power of food to engage, empower, and employ DC teens and young adults.

  • Student Teacher and Project Intern

    Southern Oral History Program

    - 1 year 10 months

    Human Rights

    Designed original curriculum for a one-credit class "Oral History and the Legacy of the Public University" within the Undergraduate College of Arts and Science at the University of North Carolina. Taught 20 students the skills of Oral History research, coached the design and implementation of their projects, and developed a performance piece for the final research.

    Conducted oral history research on the role of food and domesticity in relation to women's identities. Assisted in planning…

    Designed original curriculum for a one-credit class "Oral History and the Legacy of the Public University" within the Undergraduate College of Arts and Science at the University of North Carolina. Taught 20 students the skills of Oral History research, coached the design and implementation of their projects, and developed a performance piece for the final research.

    Conducted oral history research on the role of food and domesticity in relation to women's identities. Assisted in planning events for the SOHP and established an organization to promote and increase undergraduate student involvement in the program.

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    Troop Leader

    Girl Scouts of the USA

    - 3 years 8 months

    Children

    Led a troop of 20 4th and 5th graders, later a troop of 10 middle school girls, in their weekly meetings, camping trips, and badge earning.

  • Keep a Child Alive Graphic

    Alive Medical Services Intern

    Keep a Child Alive

    - 3 months

    Health

    Conducted client success story interviews and gathered water sanitation data. Created informational health videos. Aided doctors in the family planning unit and the pharmacy.

Publications

  • Cultivating Change: Women Transforming Holland’s Food System

    SIT Digital Collections

    Women are influential in the production and reproduction of food systems. Historically, domesticity positioned women as gatekeepers to their family’s food consumption; these food practices have in turn informed cultural codes that construct personal identity. Feminist scholars have investigated how cooking and feeding practices affect a woman’s perception of self and
    interaction with society. Both practices are viewed as a simultaneous burden and pleasure, as an act of victimization and…

    Women are influential in the production and reproduction of food systems. Historically, domesticity positioned women as gatekeepers to their family’s food consumption; these food practices have in turn informed cultural codes that construct personal identity. Feminist scholars have investigated how cooking and feeding practices affect a woman’s perception of self and
    interaction with society. Both practices are viewed as a simultaneous burden and pleasure, as an act of victimization and empowerment. These binaries must be deconstructed in order to create change within the food system. The impact of women taking control of the full cycle –
    gaining knowledge of where there food comes from, how it was grown, and how it came to their table – is lacking in current research. The role as gatekeeper provides women with the power to cultivate lasting change in today’s local food system. This research gives voice to five influential women who are initiating transformative projects throughout Holland. These women empower themselves and others through creating a life of gardening, cooking, feeding, and eating. They
    encourage everyone to learn about their food and to overcome individualistic tendencies; the result will foster sustainable community around healthy food systems. Their organizations could increase social impact by collaborating with one another through the physical medium of a shared meal. These women will overturn the perceived burden-pleasure binary within women’s relationship to food by sustaining positive change within their local food systems.

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  • Living a Life of Service

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Courses

  • Feedback Crash Course

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  • Oral History and the Legacy of the Public University

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Honors & Awards

  • Reaching Out MBA Fellow

    Reaching Out MBA

    ROMBA fellows represent the future of LGBT+ business leadership. The ROMBA LGBT+ Fellowship is a joint effort between prominent business school programs and Reaching Out to develop the out LGBT+ and active ally business leaders of tomorrow.

  • Action Learning Fellow

    Berrett-Koehler Foundation

    Berrett-Koehler Foundation supports individuals who are working to create a world that works for all.

  • Order Of The Grail-Valkyries

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    The Order Of The Grail-Valkyries recognizes students and faculty of outstanding character who have made significant contributions to our university's academic climate through excellence in scholarship, dynamic leadership, and innovative service.

  • Bryan Social Innovation Fellowship

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    The Robert E. Bryan Social Innovation Fellowship is designed for aspiring social change-makers who are interested in providing a significant contribution locally, nationally or internationally through the creation of an entrepreneurial project that addresses a community issue or need.

  • Creating University Born Entrepreneurs

    University of North Carolina Campus Y

    Received $15,000 for scaling the HOPE Gardens venture.

    The CUBE is a space and a community for UNC social innovators to put their ideas for solving the world’s greatest problems into practice. It is a space outside classroom walls designated for experiential learning to test innovative ideas that can address social issues. The CUBE serves as a pipeline for social entrepreneurs.

  • Morehead-Cain Scholar

    Morehead-Cain Foundation

    The oldest and most prestigious merit scholarship in the United States.

Languages

  • English

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  • Bahasa Malayu

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