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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Haven for the Homeless
Greg Harms (MBA 1989) served on the board of the Boulder (Colorado) Shelter for the Homeless for five years before he experienced a career-altering revelation. “One day, I realized that View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- News
Analyzing Homelessness
responded to a homelessness activist’s challenge by volunteering in shelters and listening to residents’ and administrators’ stories. Along with crime, poverty, domestic abuse, and PTSD, Shumway says View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
hours by AFAA members seeking to call attention to the plight of homeless veterans and to raise funds for a local shelter that assists them. “We thought this would be an effective way to raise awareness... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
When Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (MBA 2005) outlined his citywide plan to address homelessness in September 2018, his approach included some time-tested best practices from cities with more experience grappling with the issue. Increasing... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- 23 Jun 2009
- News
How Boomers Can Change the World (Again)
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
Stampses have a dog and six or more cats—to business to social responsibility. Together Roe and Penny run the family foundation that is headquartered next to their Coconut Grove home and supports local animal shelters and botanic gardens... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground
nights in a shelter during a three-year period), Cicero data indicates that more than 70 percent of homeless people have spent fewer than 90 nights in a shelter over the last... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
1996 graduates of West Point. Proceeds from the annual event go to the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans. The theme was “convergence,” and that’s precisely what some 800 students, business leaders,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
position at San Mateo–based Shelter Network, which needed her skills to research and implement its merger with another homelessness service provider, InnVision, in Santa Clara. InnVision’s business model was... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
of Covenant House, a shelter for homeless and trafficked youth in Manhattan, and volunteers at ESchool4Girls, teaching entrepreneurship to high school students. “I love the fact my background in science and... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
her business know-how—revenue generation and growth in the private sector—and apply it to nonprofits rooted in social services. She was brought aboard to assist San Mateo–based Shelter Network implement a merger with another View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
recruiter from Chapman Partnership called. The homeless-services nonprofit was looking for a CEO. Chapman Partnership has provided shelter and other resources to the unhoused population of Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1995. The... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
meet the residents’ needs—whether that’s feeding folks in a homeless shelter or bringing meals to a local orphanage. That push to innovate proved important during the pandemic as the Robin Hood Army tried to... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
of Chapman Partnership, an organization providing shelter to Miami-Dade’s unhoused population. “One person on the streets is one too many,” Hudson said in an HBS alumni profile earlier this year. United Way Miami supports more than 60... 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... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
exercise isn’t simply about health: it’s when and where individuals get some of their most creative ideas.” Her support of women extends to the younger set as well, and Kovatch uses her story especially to motivate teenage girls. She serves on the advocates board of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
running a homeless shelter or providing job training, you can access the capital markets to help many more people.” Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui (MBA 1995) Cofounder and Managing Partner, IGNIA Waterwise: “From... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
pilgrimage in Japan ... So, It's around a small island in the southern part of Japan, called Shikoku. You're relying on generosity of the people around the island. They will stop you and give you gifts. They build shelters for the... View Details