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- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
moderator David Harris (MBA 1984), talked about addressing the complexities of hunger during COVID-19 with panelists Ajay Relan, founder of #HashtagLunchbag, an effort to feed the homeless and hungry through social media and self-directed... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
science and engineering. But those paths never felt like quite the right fit. "Since high school, I had done volunteer work with homeless kids and vulnerable children and domestic violence victims," she says. "Somehow, that really spoke... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
homeless and trafficked youth in Manhattan, helping young people in the job readiness program. She has also traveled with a delegation to Guatemala to volunteer at Covenant House’s Guatemala City location. As a volunteer at ESchool4Girls,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
sending nonprofit leaders from all over the world to HBS. In the last 16 years, HBSASNE has sent 33 local nonprofit leaders to the SPNM program, representing a wide range of social action, from addressing homelessness and improving... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Feb 2016
- News
The Power of Art
The New York Times checked in with for-profit art broker Artlifting. The young company, which represents homeless and disabled artists, now has seven employees and works with more than 70 artists in eight cities. It has sold artwork for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Motivation through hard knocks
“turbulent” upbringing in South Central Los Angeles has enhanced his ability and interest in motivating others. “I’ve seen both sides of the equation,” he says, explaining that he has experienced homelessness and moved around a lot in his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
Watch. Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983, he worked with the homeless at Grace Episcopal Church in Manhattan before entering HBS the following year. That decision was driven by several factors. Explains Massie, “As an activist, when... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
two homeless shelters before enrolling at HBS, was vividly reminded of that imbalance at the recent opening of a TCB project in Somerville, Massachusetts. "Seven hundred families showed up," she recalls, "to apply for forty apartments."... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
head” were with Chapman—her Uncle Billy also struggled with homelessness—she found it difficult to turn down the opportunity to lead United Way Miami: “I thought this could be a way to have a greater impact. The homeless community is a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
regulating fishing, while another team worked with homeless people to create artwork that would generate income. “The students are fantastic,” says Datar. “A key aspect of the experience is learning to connect with people who are... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
imagine a homelessness prevention program in Chicago actually studying those from a rigorous, academic perspective to see what's working and what's not. The sabbatical led me to that choice of employment for a year, a limited-term interim... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Community by Bert Berkley (MBA ’50) and Peter Economy (Wiley) Profiling many highly effective charitable organizations — for example, Kiva, Horizons for Homeless Children, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Stonyfield Farm Profits for the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
Before working for our aquarium, she had been homeless for eighteen months, sleeping with her son on the floor of his daycare center while she searched for employment. So what then was my takeaway? I learned the family culture our company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
paper to the ground as quickly as we have. Designing and building modular shelters accommodating over 200 homeless people in Delhi and influencing the World Bank project to take into consideration housing design and safety when financing... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Finding Her Place
“everybody knows Uncle Billy here at Chapman Partnership,” she says. Hudson has brought both her personal experience with the plight of homelessness and her business knowledge to the organization. Those combined perspectives led her to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
other half ranges to more than $50 million a year. To get the most from this wide range of experience, participants break into small groups and present a challenge currently facing his or her organization. "In our study group, there was a gentleman who ran a View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
while I was making the decisions. Let’s just say,” he notes, “I’m a big believer in serendipity.” Murphy went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer after graduating from Georgetown University with a degree in business and working briefly as a management consultant. A... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
to be a doctor, but over time I became interested in larger health-care systems issues, too.” After graduating from Harvard College, where he started a health clinic for homeless people in Harvard Square, Jain completed three years at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
crops that otherwise would have gone to waste. The organization distributed a total of 76 million pounds of food in 2012 (26 million of which was perishable), both directly and through a network of nearly 1,000 food pantries and homeless... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture