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- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
education, and advocacy to assist children’s adoptions. “There are 10-14 million voiceless children trapped in these hell holes around the world. We knew we would only be one arrow in the quiver to rescue the Christinas of the world, but... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 May 2020
- Blog Post
A PRIDE Farewell
like the Back to School 80s Party, National Coming Out Day MyTakes, World AIDS Day movie screening, and February’s Love at HBS Portrait Project. And continued our partnership with other under-represented minority (URM) clubs through the HBS Diversity, Equity, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
advocacy organization. “I am no longer a racehorse trapped in a barn,” he writes. “I see a great deal of what is wrong with our economy and our world, and I want to join those who are seeking to renew democracy and to transform our... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa. I’ve served on the board of WildCare, an education and advocacy nonprofit based in San Rafael, California, that cares for injured and orphaned animals, which is how I became involved in rehabilitating... View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
society through business and advocacy Below, learn more about the current fellows, including their work, motivations, and plans for the future. Marlíse Arellano-Sutton (MBA 2025)Marlíse is a proud Latina and Texan who spent the majority... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
chefs, and a full agenda of scholarship and mentoring programs, chef’s advocacy work, and sustainability initiatives. “The foundation is very multi-faceted and multi-disciplined, so my role is to ensure that all of those components are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
detailed in the recent book A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women (Penn State University Libraries), written by Lee Stout. Nixon's advocacy of women's issues, often at odds with his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
whether different forms of wealth redistribution — for example, raising the minimum wage, or longer-term interventions like reducing disparities in education — are less likely to evoke heated opposition and perhaps increase advocacy for... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
Stewart isn't afraid to make some noise when it's called for. When Facebook was preparing to go public in 2012, Stewart helped create a campaign that highlighted the lack of women on the social networking giant's board. Part of that campaign was a protest by a women's... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
since—"an intermezzo," she calls it—to do volunteer public advocacy work in behalf of people with physical disabilities and chronic pain. She has participated in roundtable discussions with national pain experts and disability sessions... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Serna
own contributions to Yale's agricultural legacy by getting involved with and eventually leading Food From the Earth, a student advocacy group focused on the university's dining-hall options, which helped start the Yale Sustainable Food... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
that immigrants in some cities face wait times four times longer and denial rates two times higher than the national average. For Wang, immigration advocacy is essential to the startup’s business model. Boundless led a coalition of more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
visible and invisible disabilities throughout the HBS community of students, faculty, and staff. She and Landon Hollingsworth (MBA 2024) co-founded the Disability Affinity and Advocacy Group (DAAG) to destigmatize disabilities, support... View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
leaders from more than 600 companies and trade groups shared their frustrations in a letter to Trump as part of the “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland” advocacy campaign. "We remain concerned about the escalation of tit-for-tat... View Details
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR
advocacy organizations with skills in strategy, ways to partner with private sector firms, and innovative financial tools. With costs covered by the Robert W. Wilson Trust, 78 people joined the inaugural class, an important new... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
Wambui Maina (MBA 2007) Lisa Gunther (MBA 2000), and Aaliyah Shafiq (MBA 2007) As a direct result of her participation in the Harvard program, Rally became involved in advocacy work promoting childhood cancer research. To date, that View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact
through writing, speaking, and advocacy work has helped some, but as a Harvard MBA, I remain frustrated that making a bigger positive difference remains so elusive. In 2012, Melissa Weiksnar published Heroin’s Puppet: Amy (and her... View Details
Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
ongoing scrutiny on the part of government regulators, who themselves experience a wide range of pressures from consumer and other advocacy groups." Emmons argues that ultimately the notion that government is becoming less relevant to... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
criticism of its early social media marketing campaign targeting teens. Then Toffel, who is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, poses a tough question: “What should JUUL do now, given the pressure that it’s under from View Details