Community Action Projects

Participants in the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative program work together in small, cross-sector groups to respond to real challenges and opportunities in their communities through service projects. Through the development of these projects, participants strengthen their bonds with classmates and deepen relationships with their communities.

Riley Fellows have implemented nearly 300 community action projects across the state. Examples include the creation of an ongoing summer camp for disadvantaged youth, a luggage drive for children in foster care, and the unveiling of a food truck that serves free, nutritionally balanced meals to children during the summer months.

The Power of Differences
The Power of Differences group is working with the non-profit...
Upstate Class XXX, Fall 2021
The Renovators
Team Members: Luis Amador, Laura Bauknight, Kathleen Brady, Michelle Corn, Charles...
Upstate Class XIV, Fall 2012
The Richland County Public Education Partners
Team members: Derek Black, Doward Harvin, Hannah Honeycutt, Steven Johnson,...
Midlands Class XIV, Spring 2022
The Riley Factor
Team Members: Mark Cothran, Ernest Crosby, Ellen Foody, Hank Hyatt, Herb...
Upstate Class VII, Fall 2008
The Riley Institute-Honoring the History of the Rice Culture
Team Members: Nella Barkley, Cindy Brams, David Bundy, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, Jonathan...
Lowcountry Class VIII, Fall 2013
The Sixth Sense
Team Members: Bill Berg, Dan Einstein, Joe Erwin, Al Gray, Ted...
Upstate Class VI, Fall 2007
The Stand Outs, “Speak Up, Stand Out” Project
Team Members: Curtis Chow, Tina Herbert, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Thornton Kirby, Al...
Midlands Class VIII Spring 2015
The Talented Tenth
Team Members: Tim Bertscha, Sheila Breitweiser, Donna Coleman, Mike Shetterly, Spence...
Upstate Class X, Fall 2010
The Triple Nickel Group
Team Members: Kenneth Childs, John Cooper, C. Grant Jackson, Linda O’Bryon,...
Midlands Class V, Spring 2012