Caroline van Zeijts
Caroline grew up in Long Island and New Jersey but most recently moved to Philadelphia from Berkeley, CA. She is studying ECS at the Graduate School of Education. She is passionate about the possibilities in good school finance policy and is excited to teach when she is done with her current program. Caroline also plays roller derby and screenprints at an art studio in West Philly.
Getting involved with a local park’s Friends group has been fruitful and challenging. What politics of belonging exist in certain types of spaces of community engagement? How can we build change while accommodating a different, non-colonial vision of time? What is reasonable to require of people? How can joy be kept in this work?