CUNY Service Corps’ Puerto Rico program

Who: 200 CUNY students chosen for the program, divided into eight cohorts

Where: One of three nonprofits, based in San Juan, Orocovis or Barranquitas

When: Two five-day workweeks from June to August 2018


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The job: Removing mold and repairing/rebuilding roofs destroyed by Hurricane Maria

Downtime: Participating in bomba classes, visiting historical sites, attending poetry readings at the Poet’s Passage, and joining dinner dialogues with University of Puerto Rico students

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