For Students
Undergraduate and graduate students from all academic majors and interests are welcome to engage in our Story-Based work through on-campus events, internships, coursework, our Social Justice Festival, and study abroad opportunities in Rwanda.
ATTEND
The Anne Frank Project offers events for students on campus throughout the academic year.
Held in our Student Lounge, the ‘AFP Village,’ located on the 4th floor of the Campbell Student Union, these events are created to amplify and empower student voices and celebrate their stories.
INTERN
The Anne Frank Project invites university students from all disciplines to intern with us.
Internship opportunities include:
Working for and with a professional, social-justice non-profit right on campus.
Co-facilitating Story-Based Learning trainings on campus, in local schools, and in the wider Buffalo community.
Producing and hosting AFP Live!, a weekly one-hour talk show on Instagram, for students, by students.
Marketing, programming, and office management.
Co-planning and coordinating AFP’s annual Social Justice Festival and MyStory Day.
As with all AFP courses, internships can be cross-listed to align more closely with academic major course requirements. Please schedule a meeting with Professor Kahn and your current academic advisor to coordinate.
PRODUCE
AFP Live! is a weekly one-hour talk show on Instagram for students, by students.
Produce a one-hour weekly talk show on Instagram Live! This weekly live Instagram was created as a platform to be run by students and for students so they can tune into learning new things on campus as well creating a safe space and/or outlet for student voices and stories to be heard. A new topic and speakers are selected every week.
EXPLORE
The Anne Frank Project invites students to include the power of stories and story-building into their academic course work.
The Anne Frank Project's Director, Professor Drew Kahn, is teaching two courses in Fall 2024. Courses include:
Ensemble Theater, THA 470. Share your story through the process of building a play. Students will create an original play that will be tour to over 20 local high schools in the spring; Students will also learn AFP’s Story-Based Learning curriculum. Applicable to ALL disciplines
THA 226: Acting I. Introduction to the fundamental demands of the acting process. Focus and concentration development, improvisation, scene work, improving communication skills and performance; identify and develop the actor’s role in the artistic process.
DIVEDEEPER
The Anne Frank Project provides additional story-based learning opportunities for you.
SOCIAL JUSTICE FESTIVAL
Two days of workshops, performances, and art that teaches tools and vocabulary to improve the world. Free and open to the community.
STUDY ABROAD IN RWANDA
Build a strong vocabulary for social justice, then return home to create projects and plays that teach community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration.