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Week 9 :Last week (for other people)

This week at Equality has been more melancholy than most. Most of our legal aid interns, and Jaya, the intern from the Cleveland foundation I worked with had their last weeks. Most of the major meetings were saying goodbye to … Continue reading

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Week 8: Moving and a Rant

This week has been incredibly hectic as my lease ends August first. I have spent most of my time packing and getting ready to move out. I am couch surfing for the next 2 and a half weeks as my … Continue reading

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Week 7 – Walking and Talking

This week I have been working on ongoing projects. With people out at our national conference this week I have been wrapping up some projects. The main one that I have been working on this week has been distributing pamphlets … Continue reading

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Week 6

It feels weird that this experience is already half over. These last 6 weeks have absolutely flown by. I have loved getting to experience the city as well as both opportunities offered by the Foundation and Equality. This week I … Continue reading

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Week 5 – The Prince!

              This week our offices were closed so I spent most of my time working on individual projects. I spent more time Facebook stalking elected officials to determine their voting preferences and the general voting demographics of the town. It … Continue reading

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Week 4: Small Town Politics and Mental Health

This week I have spent a lot of time looking into small town politics to figure out how a city’s politicians, religious leaders, and businesses might react to the proposal of an anti-discrimination ordinance or a proposal to ban conversion … Continue reading

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Its Been a Week

Tuesday, I met with the One ID collation which is a great group trying to create a municipal ID that can be used as a form of government ID, as well as it being a library card and tied to … Continue reading

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Week 2: Pride!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This week has been a lot of learning. To get ready for pride, I have spent a lot of time reading about queer history and culture in Columbus which was been really … Continue reading

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Week 1: Getting Settled

My name is Gavin Enseleit, I am a junior at Ohio State, majoring in Nonprofit Management and Political Science. This summer I am working with Equality Ohio, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This first week has been great. While I have … Continue reading

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