Welcome CGA Interns Kiona and Kristi!

We are excited to continue our partnership with John Jay College and their Housing and Community Problem Solving Internship Program by welcoming two new interns for the Fall semester.

Name: Kiona Barnes

What neighborhood are you from? Where do you live now?

I am from West Brighton from Staten Island, but I recently moved to Elmont, Long island

What will you be working on during your time with CGA?

I will be supporting the community organizing team to help increase outreach engagement of CGA tenants and Southwest Brooklyn Tenant Union members.

What are you most excited to learn about? 

I am excited to learn about community organizing and how to take power as a tenant.

If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would it be and why?

I would want to come back as a black jaguar they are slick and fierce and are just incredibly regal.

Name: Kristi Cahill

What neighborhood are you from? Where do you live now?

I am from Long Island, a town called Levittown. I have lived here my entire life and still live here to this day. 

What will you be working on during your time with CGA?

During my time at CGA I will be interning to help with the housing problems tenants live with in New York City. 

What are you most excited to learn about? 

I am most excited to learn about all of the different problems tenants face. I would never have had a chance to learn about this and think of ways to help them, if i was not given the opportunity to work with CGA. 

If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would it be and why?

If I was reincarnated as an animal I would be a cat. I love adventures, but also love to sleep all day, like to keep to myself, and not depend on others.