Tag: Phillips Brooks House Association

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    An honor named for her best friend and mentor

    Ruby Bridges receives Robert Coles Call of Service award for work educating others about tolerance

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    Ruby Bridges
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    Harvard lends a hand

    Harvard-affiliated volunteers tackled more than 75 community service projects in the Greater Boston area and around the world as part of the Global Day of Service.

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    Xuanthe Nguyen ’25 and Luke Blanchette ’27 put sandpaper into the sander.
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    Mayor Michelle Wu named Class Day speaker

    Historic Boston leader selected for being “defender of equity, inclusion, opportunity.”

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    Michelle Wu
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    Justice for all

    Phillips Brooks House Association honors disability activist Mia Mingus with the 15th Annual Robert Coles “Call of Service” award.

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    Mia Mingus.
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    Goodbye to ‘Mr. Cambridge’

    Frank H. Duehay ’55, M.A.T. ’58, C.A.S. ’65, Ed.D. ’68, I.O.P. ’82, who was assistant dean and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, died on Nov. 20. He served 36 years as an elected official in Cambridge and was elected three times as mayor.

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    Former Cambridge mayor Frank Duehay.
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    Al Gore named Class Day speaker

    Al Gore has been chosen to speak on Class Day, the day before Harvard’s 368th Commencement. The former vice president, a Nobel Prize laureate and Harvard alumnus, has had a long career in public service and since leaving office has devoted his life to raising awareness of the threat of climate change.

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    Al Gore
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    Running for a purpose

    Harvard runners run the Boston Marathon to overcome challenges, be part of a community, and give back

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    Jenn Greiner (from left), Alison Steinbach, Bjarni Atlason, and Bob Surette are part of the Harvard College Marathon Challenge.
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    ‘We did all we could, but we could have done more’

    Accepting the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award at Harvard, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reflected on the aftermath of deeply damaging Hurricane Maria.

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    San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz.
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    Undergrads fill the gap

    Six Harvard College students taught English as a second language to new residents of Boston as part of the inaugural Phillips Brooks House Association Adult ESOL program.

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    Adults being taught English.
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    STAGE struck

    Phillips Brooks House Association’s STAGE worked with Cambridge and Boston youth on the fundamentals of theater, exploring plot, characterization, improvisation, and more.

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    Alumni presented with Harvard Medal on Commencement

    At the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on Commencement Day, President Drew Faust will present the 2018 Harvard Medal to Robert Coles ’50, Robert N. Shapiro ’72, J.D. ’78, and Alice “Acey” Welch ’53 in recognition of their service to the University.

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    A museum guide who hopes the group — and the art — talk back

    Marshall Scholar Elizabeth Keto ’18 is looking forward to a career as a curator, with a focus on inclusivity.

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    Removing barriers to public service

    Harvard College announced a $12.1 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to boost the College’s efforts to develop the next generation of public service leaders.

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    ‘Call of Service’ award recognizes Nihad Awad

    Nihad Awad, co-founder and executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), will deliver the keynote and receive an award at Phillips Brooks House Association’s Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture and Award.

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    Making friends, building dreams

    Young refugees living in Dorchester learned English at a summer camp taught by Harvard students. Morning classes were followed by afternoon field trips to places such as the Boston Children’s Museum and harbor islands.

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    He set the stage for change

    David Coletti is a peer adviser, a PBHA volunteer, and international traveler who says conversations have broken down barriers and fostered connections key to his time at Harvard.

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    In the Navajo Nation

    A service trip by Harvard undergraduates exposes them to life in the Navajo Nation.

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    Finding her place by helping

    Jing Qiu ’16, an economics concentrator, decided to volunteer at the Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard’s largest student organization. It changed her life.

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    In mind and heart, never far from home

    Andrea Ortiz ’16, a Mexican immigrant who grew up in Miami, hopes to build a career that allows her to address issues of poverty, education, immigration, and crime in low-income communities in the United States.

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    The costs of inequality: Across Harvard, efforts to improve lives

    Harvard offers myriad programs to alleviate the inequality gap within the University, from neighboring communities to overseas.

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    A shelter for homeless youth

    The nation’s first student-run overnight shelter for 18- to 24-year-olds is the brainchild of two Harvard graduates.

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    Growing up, giving back

    In summer, the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House, provides campers with a focus.

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    Finding HARMONY

    HARMONY — one of Phillips Brooks House Association’s more than 70 volunteer programs — provides instrumental and vocal instruction for children in the Cambridge Public Schools.

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    Answering the bell

    U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned to Harvard, along with others, to advocate that undergraduates consider careers in public service, as part of the “Public Interested” conference.

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    The power of ‘we’

    Bob Moses, A.M. ’57, the Civil Rights leader who conceived and shaped the effort in 1964 to connect black Mississippi citizens with more than 1,000 out-of-state volunteers in a grassroots voter-registration drive — Freedom Summer, as it would come to be known — returned to his alma mater to receive the eighth annual Robert Coles…

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    Classrooms without walls

    Summer camps run by the Phillips Brooks House Association are making a difference for youths across Boston and Cambridge.

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    20 countries, one camp

    The Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment summer camp, one of 12 Summer Urban Program camps offered by the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), is helping dozens of immigrant children feel more…

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    Trumpet and coffee in hand

    Capping his lauded Harvard lectureship, “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” musician Wynton Marsalis visited the Phillips Brooks House for an intimate conversation about his hometown of New Orleans.

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    Serving, thanks, and giving

    The annual “Giving Thanks” open house was an opportunity for members of the Harvard community to write notes of gratitude to fellow staff members and provide support for community programs.

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    Donovan receives Coles Award

    Harvard President Drew Faust presented the annual Robert Coles Call of Service Award on Friday to U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan.

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