David Longdon, a Bates economics major from Accra, Ghana, spent a summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-focused organization in Lewiston that uses sustainable urban agriculture to create access to fresh food. His participation included completing an associated research project in his role as a Community-Based Research Fellow with the college’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships.

Learn more about the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates and the Bonner Leader Program.