By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — St. Ambrose University student Corrigan Goldsmith always enjoyed going on mission trips and doing service projects. But after starting her Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) internship in 2014 and taking part in mandatory leadership training, she began to realize that helping people with immediate needs is just the beginning. Fighting for systemic change is also essential.
DAVENPORT — St. Ambrose University student Corrigan Goldsmith always enjoyed going on mission trips and doing service projects. But after starting her Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) internship in 2014 and taking part in mandatory leadership training, she began to realize that helping people with immediate needs is just the beginning. Fighting for systemic change is also essential. “I started thinking about who I was benefitting,” she said. “People don’t always think about who is being impacted and what they need. We need to make sure we do both (social) action and charity and make both a systemic and immediate impact. That change in thinking is big.”