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 350 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.

PW Chop
Phillis Wheatley Culinary arts for Healthy Outcomes Program A centerpiece...
Upstate Class XXIV, Fall 2017
QOLIG
QOLIG, or Quality of Life Index Group, identified the need...
Lowcountry Class I, Spring 2006
R.E.A.C.H (Relationship Expansion and Community Helpers) for Success
Team Members: Henry Givens, Arden Lowndes, John Rhoden, Jason Sakran,...
Lowcountry Class XV, Fall 2021
R3: Release, Restart, Restore
There are many challenges that immediately face our community members...
Upstate Class XXVIII, Fall 2019
Raise Your Hand: Empowering Young Women for Leadership
Team Members: Cayci Banks, Bill Davis, Dawn Dawson-House, Danny Dorsel,...
Midlands Class XVI, Spring 2024
Ready for the River
Team members: Jennifer Capell, Eva Moore, Adam Protheroe, Jeff Ruble, Larry Salley...
Midlands Class XVIII, Spring 2026
REAP: Reading Enrichment from Away Parents
The REAP team mission is based on a program called...
Midlands Class IV, Spring 2011
Reclaimed
The Reclaimed capstone project aims to work alongside Soteria Community...
Upstate Class XXVIII, Fall 2019
Rhythm of Inclusion by T Rex and the Upbeats
Disability affects more than 61 million people in the United...
Upstate Class XXVIII, Fall 2019