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From: Cheryl Coutermarsh
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:11 AM
To: Mykel M. Nairne
Subject: Fw: A Post-Graduate Fellowship Opportunity

Another one you can send out on the list.

Thanks

Cheryl Coutermarsh

Film and Media Studies

202 Black Family Visual Art Center

22 Lebanon Street

Hanover NH 03755

603-646-3402

From: Jonathan Sigworth <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 4:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; Medlife; [log in to unmask]; Dartmouth Hacker Club; Dartmouth Competitive Programming Club; Dartmouth Artist Collective; [log in to unmask]; Nathan Smith Society; Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics; The Aegis; [log in to unmask]; Dartmouth Chronicle; Stories Growing Films; Mouth; International Students Assoc.; Active Minds; Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association; Students for Education Reform; Dartmouth Random Acts of Kindness; The Centrist Project; Cheryl Coutermarsh; English Department; Sandra C. White; Amy M. Newcomb
Subject: A Post-Graduate Fellowship Opportunity

Dear Friends,

I'm a Dartmouth '13, Disability Advocate, Filmmaker, and Social Entrepreneur looking for graduating seniors who might be interested in being a part of the founding team for a start-up non-profit in Boston. The concept for this organization, see below, stems from my own spinal cord injury 9 years ago in India and the ensuing years volunteering in Delhi as a peer-mentor. To learn about my previous work, visit www.escip.org - Empowering Spinal Cord Injured Persons. I appreciate all efforts to make this opportunity known to potentially interested students.

Many Cheers!

- Jonathan Sigworth

Mobile Mentors - Improving Global Access to Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

The Problem

Globally, 250,000 to 500,000, mostly young adults, suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI) every year. Neither the specialized knowledge nor even the vision of independent living is available to those in the developing world. In the U.S., decreased inpatient periods mean fewer discharged patients with the skills to live independently at home. Nearly 90% of all Americans living with SCI have been treated in non-specialized hospitals, with decreased access to peer support vital for community reintegration.

Our Solution

Mobile Mentors recruits independent SCI peer mentors, as well as experienced therapists, to share their expertise through an online curriculum of professional protocols, demonstration videos, and live-chat. Because each vertebral level of SCI from C1 to S5 causes predictable degrees of paralysis, we crowd-source rehabilitation experiences and techniques from individuals with all levels of injury to provide level specific strategies and peer-support to users.

Your Fellowship

Work with a small and committed group of SCI mentors and therapists to launch the Mobile Mentors initiative into a sustainable U.S. based non-profit designed for global impact. As a member of the founding team, you will assist in a broad range of activities as per your interest and skillset, including publicity, SEO, data management, volunteer coordination, market research, product marketing, and financial planning.

Location: Boston, MA
Parent Organization: Empowering Spinal Cord Injured Persons, www.escip.org
Duration: 6-12 months, 30 hrs/wk, Start 8/1/15
Supervisor: Jonathan Sigworth, ’13 / [log in to unmask] / 203-907-5909
Fellowships: Lombard or Lewin, www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/funds-grants/postgrad/

Contact ASAP, Fellowship Application Deadline Feb. 15^th