By Professor Dennis Shaughnessy In speaking with college students every day around campus, I’m always so impressed by the many passionate young people who are deeply interested in issues of social and economic justice. Many of these committed young people are also very frustrated by the absence of accessible opportunities to Read more…
In July 2014, a group of 39 undergraduate students traveled to Cape Town, South Africa as part of an intensive five-week field study in social entrepreneurship. We partnered with the Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA), a non-profit college in Cape Town that strives to educate the next generation of Read more…
Sitting in a Delhi metro station, I wait for one of Aakar Innovations’ founders before we travel to our new production unit in Ghazipur. I smile to myself, reflecting on the jumble of contradictions in front of me. You must be patient here because everyone runs on IST (Indian Stretchable Read more…
Name: Kate Pellegrino Major: Psychology Minor: Social Entrepreneurship & International Affairs Graduation Year: December 2014 Co-op: Nisolo in Trujillo, Peru Favorite quote about social change: “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.” – Bill Drayton, Read more…
In a recent New York Times editorial (“Paralysis Isn’t Inevitable” Sept 27), Joe Nocera wonders out loud how we will ever find solutions to intractable problems in our current state of paralyzed politics. He draws us to an article by Roger Martin of the Rotman School of Management that appeared Read more…
How can we tackle conflict in our daily lives, both at home and on a global scale? What causes conflict and can it be avoided? These questions are at the root of Citizen School’s newest after-school curriculum program, created to educate middle school students about dealing with conflict on a Read more…