Most college graduates enter the work force shortly after graduation.
For Maggie Meier, recent graduate of the University of California, San Diego, this is a time to pause to volunteer before joining the work force. I need to understand how society works and experience first hand a part of society I have never been with. Meier will be spending the next six months to a year in Chicago volunteering at the Eighth Day Center, which is a social justice non-profit agency, which advocates for systemic change for the poor. In addition, she will volunteer at St. Benedict's elementary grade school and parish. The volunteer program sponsoring Meier is part of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes commitment to young adults.