Clark U. senior Dan Deutsch, of West Hartford, spends summer blogging for California nonprofit

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WORCESTER, MA (08/16/2012)(readMedia)-- Clark University senior Dan D. Deutsch, of West Hartford, Conn., spent the summer interning at Jeans 4 Justice in Solana Beach, Calif., with support from Larry Franks '73, Ellen Berelson and the Theodore H. Barth Foundation. Seven other Clark University undergraduates also received stipends to conduct internships in the non-profit sector this summer.

For eight weeks, Deutsch assisted the organization with research, marketing immersion, and community outreach. His two main projects were to maintain the organization's blog and to create a Social Media Operations Manual.

His blog entry dated July 27 lists one of his early assignments: "Today, I wrote up a brief piece elaborating on J4J's model of social change: Awareness - Engagement - Transformation - Leadership - Action, and I'm really starting to feel solidified as a member of this organization and an advocate of the cause, which gives me a great sense of accomplishment."

Deutsch's blog lives online at j4jmarketing.blogspot.com.

"After the internship, I found that I took away just as much as I gave, which is what having meaningful experiences is all about," said Deutsch. Another thing Deutsch realized while working at this startup non-profit was "how much the cause affected the community of people I became friends with while I was there."

Deutsch is a member of the Class of 2013 at Clark. He majors in communication and culture and theater arts. He is a member of Clark's popular co-ed a cappella group, The Clark Bars, and also works on STIR Magazine, Clark's arts and lifestyle publication. He is a member of Lambda Pi Eta (a communications honor society) and is a Dean's list student.

Deutsch is a 2009 graduate of the William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Conn. He is the son of Laura and Bob Deutsch.

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