{"id":941,"date":"2019-06-27T03:36:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T03:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/honors\/?p=941"},"modified":"2022-06-27T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T17:16:11","slug":"erika-m-sabovik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/2019\/06\/27\/erika-m-sabovik\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika M. Sabovik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Erika M. Sabovik<\/strong><br \/>\nMajor: Communication Studies<br \/>\nConcentration: Women Studies<br \/>\nErika had applied to the Barden Travel fund and was able to commute to her internship from her home in Shelton, CT to New York, NY at Lambda Legal, a nonprofit law office. This opportunity was also made possible with many thanks to the Hancock Student Leadership Program directed by Dr. Averell Manes.\u00a0 As part of the internship, Erika was able to receive direct experience working in a nonprofit, communicating with different teams and departments, and working on one of her many passions, LGBTQ+ issues and laws.<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;By interning at Lambda Legal, my skills and knowledge of the LGBTQ+ [community] will only grow and strengthen&#8230;This opportunity is once in a lifetime, and while my parents were originally going to help me pay for travel, they have been overwhelmed the last three years with countless medical bills&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-844\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-lazy-loading-enabled envira-layout-automatic\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div class=\"envira-loader\"><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-844\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear envira-gallery-justified-public\" data-envira-id=\"844\" data-gallery-config='{\"type\":\"default\",\"columns\":\"0\",\"gallery_theme\":\"base\",\"justified_margins\":1,\"justified_last_row\":\"nojustify\",\"lazy_loading\":1,\"lazy_loading_delay\":500,\"gutter\":10,\"margin\":10,\"image_size\":\"default\",\"crop_width\":640,\"crop_height\":480,\"crop\":0,\"crop_position\":\"c\",\"additional_copy_title\":0,\"additional_copy_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_caption\":0,\"justified_row_height\":150,\"description_position\":\"0\",\"description\":\"\",\"random\":\"0\",\"sort_order\":\"0\",\"sorting_direction\":\"ASC\",\"image_sizes_random\":[],\"isotope\":0,\"lightbox_enabled\":1,\"gallery_link_enabled\":1,\"lightbox_theme\":\"base_dark\",\"lightbox_image_size\":\"default\",\"title_display\":\"float\",\"lightbox_title_caption\":\"title\",\"arrows\":1,\"arrows_position\":\"inside\",\"aspect\":1,\"toolbar\":0,\"toolbar_title\":0,\"toolbar_position\":\"top\",\"loop\":1,\"lightbox_open_close_effect\":\"fade\",\"effect\":\"fade\",\"supersize\":0,\"thumbnails_toggle\":0,\"image_counter\":0,\"thumbnails\":1,\"thumbnails_width\":\"auto\",\"thumbnails_height\":\"auto\",\"thumbnails_position\":\"bottom\",\"thumbnails_custom_size\":0,\"mobile\":1,\"mobile_width\":320,\"mobile_height\":240,\"mobile_lightbox\":1,\"mobile_gallery_link_enabled\":0,\"mobile_arrows\":1,\"mobile_toolbar\":1,\"mobile_thumbnails\":1,\"mobile_touchwipe_close\":0,\"mobile_thumbnails_width\":75,\"mobile_thumbnails_height\":50,\"mobile_justified_row_height\":80,\"keyboard\":true,\"classes\":[\"\"],\"rtl\":0,\"slug\":\"erika-s\",\"videos_play_icon\":0,\"videos_autoplay\":0,\"videos_enlarge\":0,\"videos_playpause\":1,\"videos_progress\":1,\"videos_current\":1,\"videos_duration\":1,\"videos_volume\":1,\"videos_controls\":1,\"videos_fullscreen\":1,\"videos_download\":1,\"layout\":\"automatic\",\"square_size\":300,\"additional_copy_0\":0,\"additional_copy_title_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_0_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_title_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_caption_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_title_caption_mobile\":0,\"gallery_column_title_caption\":\"0\",\"gallery_column_title_caption_mobile\":\"0\",\"additional_copy_automatic_0\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_0_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_caption_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_caption_mobile\":0,\"gallery_automatic_title_caption\":\"caption\",\"gallery_automatic_title_caption_mobile\":\"0\",\"thumbnails_hide\":0,\"standalone_template\":\"\",\"gallery_id\":\"844\"}' data-gallery-images='[{\"status\":\"active\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\",\"title\":\"Erika at Lambda Legal\",\"link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wcsu.wpengine.com\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika.jpg\",\"alt\":\"Erika is standing in front of a backdrop with the Lambda Legal logo on it (a blue vertical and horizontal line forming a right angle with a pink pillar inside) and Lambda Legal&amp;#039;s tagline: &amp;quot;making the case for equality.&amp;quot; Erika is wearing a long sleeve maroon shirt and a pink skirt with roses on it over black dress pants. She is smiling and gesturing her hands around the Lambda Legal logo.\",\"caption\":\"Erika at Lambda Legal\",\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-75x50_c.jpg\",\"video_aspect_ratio\":\"\",\"video_width\":\"\",\"video_height\":\"\",\"video_in_gallery\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"aperture\":null,\"credit\":null,\"camera\":null,\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":null,\"copyright\":null,\"focal_length\":null,\"iso\":null,\"shutter_speed\":null,\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":null,\"keywords\":null},\"thumbnail\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-150x150.jpg\",\"medium\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-300x201.jpg\",\"medium_large\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-768x514.jpg\",\"large\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\",\"1536x1536\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\",\"2048x2048\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\",\"post-thumbnail\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-940x198.jpg\",\"sow-carousel-default\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-272x182.jpg\",\"full\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\",\"index\":0,\"id\":845,\"video\":true,\"opts\":{\"caption\":\"Erika at Lambda Legal\",\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wcsu.edu\\\/honors\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/erika-e1561653663931-75x50_c.jpg\",\"title\":\"Erika at Lambda Legal\"},\"gallery_id\":\"844\"}]' data-lightbox-theme='{&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;margins&quot;:[120,0],&quot;gutter&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;thumbs_position&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;base_template&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;envirabox-844\\&quot; data-envirabox-id=\\&quot;844\\&quot; class=\\&quot;envirabox-container envirabox-theme-base_dark envirabox-wrap\\&quot; role=\\&quot;dialog\\&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-bg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-outer\\&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-inner\\&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-caption-wrap\\&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-title\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-toolbar\\&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envira-close-button\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-envirabox-close class=\\&quot;envirabox-item envirabox-close envirabox-button--close\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Close\\&quot; href=\\&quot;#\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/a&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-navigation\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-envirabox-prev title=\\&quot;Prev\\&quot; class=\\&quot;envirabox-arrow envirabox-arrow--left envirabox-nav envirabox-prev\\&quot; href=\\&quot;#\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/a&gt;&lt;a data-envirabox-next title=\\&quot;Next\\&quot; class=\\&quot;envirabox-arrow envirabox-arrow--right envirabox-nav envirabox-next\\&quot; href=\\&quot;#\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/a&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-stage\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;load_all&quot;:false,&quot;error_template&quot;:&quot;&lt;div class=\\&quot;envirabox-error\\&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;{{ERROR}}&lt;p&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;inner_caption&quot;:false,&quot;caption_position&quot;:false,&quot;arrow_position&quot;:false,&quot;toolbar&quot;:true,&quot;infobar&quot;:false,&quot;show_smallbtn&quot;:false,&quot;idle_time&quot;:false,&quot;click_content&quot;:false,&quot;click_slide&quot;:false,&quot;click_outside&quot;:false,&quot;animation_duration&quot;:false,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:false,&quot;small_btn_template&quot;:&quot;&lt;a data-envirabox-close class=\\&quot;envirabox-item envirabox-close envirabox-button--close\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Close\\&quot; href=\\&quot;#\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/a&gt;&quot;}' data-parsed-attrs='{\"id\":\"844\",\"cache\":true}'><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-845\" class=\"envira-gallery-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a class=\"envira-gallery-844 envira-gallery-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika.jpg\" title=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" data-caption=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" data-envira-item-id=\"845\" data-envira-retina=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-75x50_c.jpg\" data-title=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" data-envirabox='844' itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\" alt=\"Erika is standing in front of a backdrop with the Lambda Legal logo on it (a blue vertical and horizontal line forming a right angle with a pink pillar inside) and Lambda Legal&amp;#039;s tagline: &amp;quot;making the case for equality.&amp;quot; Erika is wearing a long sleeve maroon shirt and a pink skirt with roses on it over black dress pants. She is smiling and gesturing her hands around the Lambda Legal logo.\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1    envira-lazy\" height=\"480\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-845\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" width=\"640\" data-caption=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"844\" data-envira-index=\"0\" data-envira-item-id=\"845\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika-e1561653663931.jpg 2x\" data-title=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  data-envirabox=\"844\" data-automatic-caption=\"Erika at Lambda Legal\" data-envira-height=\"201\" data-envira-width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src='http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/02\/erika.jpg' alt='Erika is standing in front of a backdrop with the Lambda Legal logo on it (a blue vertical and horizontal line forming a right angle with a pink pillar inside) and Lambda Legal&#039;s tagline: &quot;making the case for equality.&quot; Erika is wearing a long sleeve maroon shirt and a pink skirt with roses on it over black dress pants. She is smiling and gesturing her hands around the Lambda Legal logo.' class='envira_noscript_images ' \/><\/noscript>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erika M. Sabovik Major: Communication Studies Concentration: Women Studies Erika had applied to the Barden Travel fund and was able to commute to her internship from her home in Shelton, CT to New York, NY at Lambda Legal, a nonprofit &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}