As a Research Associate at Harder+Company Community Research, I wrote a successful proposal to evaluate Project Concern International’s (PCI) Project BRO (Brotherhood, Responsibility and Outreach), and executed the scope of work as a Co-Project Director.Project BRO builds reproductive health and life skills among male youth, ages 12-19, in central San Diego. The project originally focused on African immigrant youth but expanded to include young men of many backgrounds, a number of whom are involved in the juvenile justice system.
The project was featured on Harder+Company's website as an example of the firm's excellent work (picture at right). There is a quote from the client in that piece which reads: "Within a month of collaboration, we had tangible results which led to increased learning and more professional reports to our funders." When I left Harder+Company to finish my Masters of Public Health in March 2008, PCI had already renewed its contract three times.
In order to incorporate the youth’s own voices into reports prepared for Project B.R.O.’s funder, the evaluation included focus groups with young men who had graduated Project BRO. PCI later requested additional focus groups, separate from the evaluation, to inform their program planning efforts. The client had high praises for the report I wrote summarizing the findings from the additional focus groups.
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