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Ellen Eischen was a 1999-2000 Hart Fellow based in Jena, Germany. Her
Hart Fellowship, co-sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Global
Ministries, enabled her to work in a local social service agency, the Jena
Methodist Social Service Program, which promotes Aussiedler integration.
Aussiedler are ethnic Germans immigrating to Germany from the former Soviet
Union and former Eastern Block countries.
Ellen graduated from Duke in 1998. In 1997, she participated in the Hart
Leadership Program's Refugee Action Project in Croatia. Following graduation,
Ellen received a Fulbright Fellowship to research the reintegration of Aussiedler
into Germany. Until 2001, Ellen continued her work with the Jena Methodist Social
Service Program in Germany. Ellen is currently a part of L'Arche Noah Sealth
community in Seattle, where she works and lives with people with developmental
disabilities.
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