Public Service Week

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Monday, October 19
4:30pm Public Conversation featuring George Soros, Michael Sandel, and Christopher Stone
 Sponsored by the Hauser Center, Harvard Kennedy School
@ Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, HKS
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5:30pm “Building the Road to Recovery”: Using Transparency and Other Tools to Ensure Federal Aid Creates Jobs and Lays a Foundation for Economic Growth with Jeffrey Simon – Director, Massachusetts Office of Infrastructure Investment
Sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School
@ Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor (15 Eliot St.)
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6:00 – 8:00pm Clinical and SPO Fair
Sponsored by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCPB),
Harvard Law School
Learn more about the Harvard Law School Clinical Program by speaking with current clinic students and attorneys at this event, and learn about the HLS Student Practice Organizations, which also give students, including 1Ls, experience representing clients.
@ Ropes-Gray Room
Contact: Elaine McArdle
Tuesday, October 20
All day Project Bridge
Sponsored by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM)
Dental students and alumni volunteer their time and skills for dental care, oral health education to children, teens and homeless youth through this student-led umbrella for HSDM community outreach efforts.
@ Dental clinic located in Bridge Over Troubled Waters, West St, Boston
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12:00 – 1:00pm OPIA Lunch Speaker Series with Kaoru Okuizumi
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UN
Sponsored by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA), Harvard Law School
The OPIA Lunch Speaker Series is a unique opportunity for students to interact with attorneys who have been involved in public service work in a variety of practice settings. Space is limited to 25 students. Please RSVP by October 16 (lunch is provided).
@ Pound Hall 335
Contact: Lisa Williams
4:00 – 5:30pm Health Care Reform (Seminar) with Atul Gawande
Business & Government Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Atul Gawande is Associate Professor of Surgery at HMS, and Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, HSPH
@ Fainsod Room (Littauer 324) – Refreshments provided
RSVP to mrcbg@ksg.harvard.edu
5:00 – 9:00pm Graduate Student Leadership Summit
Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Council (HGC)
Open to graduate student group leaders from across the University to foster collaboration among groups that share common interests, to forge meaningful relationships between groups and their leaders, and to strengthen the graduate and professional student community at Harvard. This year’s Summit will also examine public service as a model for collaboration across the University.
@ Spangler Hall, Harvard Business SchoolFor information or to register, visit: http://www.harvardleaderssummit.com/
9:00 – 10:00pm CPIC Study Break for Leverett House
Sponsored by the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC)
Come celebrate Public Service Week! Hear currents students speak about their CPIC experiences, learn about public service opportunities available, ask questions, and enjoy an assortment of Berryline yogurt and toppings.
@ Leverett House JCR
Wednesday, October 21
11:00 – 4:00pm “A Call to Serve” Federal Agency Career Fair
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services in collaboration with MIT
@ Walker Memorial Building 50, Morse Hall, MIT
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11:15 – 5:00pm Public Interest Career Advising
With Wasserstein Fellow Jonathan Rapping (OPIA)
The Wasserstein Fellows Program brings public interest attorneys from around the world to HLS for one or two days of one-on-one advising with HLS students about public service careers. Sign up with OPIA by calling 617-495-3108 or stopping by Pound 329. Appointment required.
Contact: Lisa Williams
5:00 – 7:00pm Harvard Mississippi Delta Celebration
Sponsored by Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard College, and the Winokur Family Foundation
Students and faculty who have worked in the region during the past year will give brief presentations about their work, and there will be ample time for mingling and networking. Hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
@ Upstairs at the Harkness Commons, Harvard Law School
Contact: Emily Broad
5:30 – 7:30pm Public Service Career Fair for Adams, Quincy and Lowell
Sponsored by the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC)
Public service tutors from Adams, Quincy, and Lowell houses, students who have done CPIC programs, and representatives from various careers in the public sector will be present to answer questions about pursuing public service careers. Free food and drinks will be provided!
@ Lowell JCR
6:00 – 8:00pm “Why Human Rights Matter: Human Rights as Public Service”
10th Anniversary of Carr Center for Human Rights
Sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the IOP, Harvard Kennedy School
@ JFK Jr. Forum – click here to watch live.
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7:00 – 9:00pm Quad-wide CPIC Summer and Postgraduate Opportunities Fair
Sponsored by the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC)
Come celebrate Public Service Week while learning about opportunities to engage an interest in public service during the summer or after graduation. Meet and mingle with other students who are interested in public service, and speak with students and alumni who have done various public service programs, including various CPIC internships and fellowships, and PBHA’s Summer Urban Program.
@ Currier House Fishbowl
8:00pm The First Year of the Obama White House: A Conversation with David Axelrod
Sponsored by the Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
@ JFK Jr. Forum
Ticketed forum – join the lottery – or click here to watch live.
Thursday, October 22
12:30-1:30pm Lunch time discussion with HUD Sec. Shaun Donovan and President Faust, moderated by E.J. Dionne Jr. (By invitation)
Sponsored by the Office of the President, Harvard University
@Tsai Auditorium, CGIS S010
4:00 – 5:00pm Exploring Careers in Social Enterprise
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services in collaboration with the Harvard College Social Enterprise Project (HCSEP) and Harvard Business School
Interested in organizations focused on tackling a social cause? Learn from student and alumni social enterprise practitioners from HBS, HGSE, HKS, and more as they talk about how they produced work of social value for the common good. LIMITED SEATING.
@ OCS Conference Room, 54 Dunster St.
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5:00 – 6:30pm Spreading Innovation: Innovation as Narrative (Seminar)
Sponsored by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Sandford Borins – Professor of Public Management, University of Toronto and Fellow, Ash Institute – shows how concepts from the study of narrative can be used to analyze public management innovations.
@ Room124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200N
5:30 – 7:00pm “Succeeding While Making a Difference” with Michael Emery of the United Nations
Sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Emery will serve as your guide to the U.N.’s job application, interview, and selection process. He will also cover such important topics as networking your way to career success and doing well while doing good works. He is an inspirational speaker who has a valuable message for anyone interested in a public health career.
@ Building 3 (Kresge) G2
Contact: Katie Vedova (617-432-1034)
5:30pm Inspiring Public Service: Public Service Forum with Governor Deval Patrick
Sponsored by the IOP and the Office of the Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
@JFK, Jr. Forum – click here to watch live.
6:00 – 7:30pm Inspiring Passion-Driven Learning: The Silk Road Ensemble
with Yo-Yo Ma
Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Presentation of the inaugural Thelma E. Goldberg Arts in Education Award to the Silk Road Project and a performance by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma with Harvard student musicians. Introductions by Dean Kathleen McCartney and Lecturer Steven Seidel, director of the Arts in Education Program.
@ Memorial Church, Harvard University
Contact: Amber Haskins (617-495-0740)
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6:00 – 7:30pm Conversations with Public Service Servants
Sponsored by CPIC and OCS
Come enjoy dinner and conversations with graduate students that have experience in the public service sector. CPIC office hours with your CPIC House Student Representative and your House Public Service Tutor to follow. Questions about CPIC and public service opportunities answered as well as concerns about resumes, cover letters, and interviews.
@ Eliot House, Memorial Small Dining Hall
Please RSVP by email to Kelli Okuji.
9:00 – 10:00pm Dunster House Hot Chocolate Q&A with CPIC
Sponsored by the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC)
Come learn about public interest internship and fellowship opportunities, ask questions, and enjoy Burdicks hot chocolate!
@ Dunster Dining Hall
Friday, October 23
10:00am – 2:00pm Harvard Kennedy School Day of Service
Sponsored by HKS Student Public Service Collaborative
Parks cleanup with Boston Parks and Recreation. Volunteers will be cleaning up garbage, leaves and providing an overall face-lift to parks around Boston. Busses leave HKS at 9:30 to four different parks in Boston (final site locations still TBD). Open to all HKS students and staff [scope re students may change] (rain date: Friday, Oct. 30). Breakfast will be served for volunteers at each site location.
6:00 – 7:00pm Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture & Award with Geoffrey Canada, M.Ed. ’75, President & Chief Operating Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone – award presentation by President Drew Faust
Sponsored by The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA)
Don’t miss this inspiring talk by the prominent leader of the Harlem Children’s Zone, an innovative nonprofit organization described by President Barack Obama as an “antipoverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children.”
@ Memorial Church, Harvard University (Doors Open at 5:30 p.m.)
Beginning Friday PBHA-Alumni Weekend (PBHA-Alumni)
Students, parents, and alumni are cordially invited to the various events of PBHA-Alumni Weekend (Oct. 23-25). For a full list of activities and registration, visit the PBHA website.
Saturday, October 24
All Day Graduate Student Service Activities
The Harvard Graduate Council’s Public Service Initiative, in collaboration with HL Central and public service leaders throughout the graduate schools is organizing volunteer activities for graduate students to make a difference in the local community.
Sign up to volunteer at: http://bit.ly/h2LWi.
Please email Jessica Shannon with questions.
8:30 – 12:30pm HSPH Day of Service
In conjunction with the HGC, HSPH students will participate in a neighborhood clean up aided by the Community Alliance. Students from across the university will meet between 7:30-8:30am in the Kresge Cafeteria at HSPH with breakfast provided by the Student Government.
Contact: Jaime Madrigano
12:00pm PBHA Canned Food Drive at Harvard-Princeton Football Game
The HAA, in collaboration with PBHA, encourages you to bring a canned food item to the Harvard-Princeton football game. Donation boxes will be provided at the entrances, and all canned items will be donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank, which distributes approximately 30 million pounds of food and grocery products to more than 600 hunger-relief agencies in Massachusetts.
@ Harvard Stadium
2:30 – 4:00pm Public Interest Career Panel
Harvard alumni who are leaders in various public interest fields will speak about their careers and related social issues, followed by an opportunity for students and alumni to visit with these panelists. (A collaboration between PBHA-Alumni, CPIC, the HGC, and HAA)
@ Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
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Continuing PBHA-Alumni Weekend (PBHA-Alumni)
Students, parents, and alumni are cordially invited to the various events of PBHA-Alumni Weekend (Oct. 23-25). For a full list of activities and registration, visit the PBHA website.
Sunday, October 25
9:00am 5k for PBHA Fun Run
All students, parents, and alumni are invited to a leisurely run along the Charles River. PBHA t-shirts will be given to persons who utilize this run as a fundraising opportunity to raise at least $50.
@ Weeks Bridge
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Continuing PBHA-Alumni Weekend (PBHA-Alumni)
Students, parents, and alumni are cordially invited to the various events of PBHA-Alumni Weekend (Oct. 23-25). For a full list of activities and registration, visit the PBHA website.