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…
Posted on July 9, 2014 by Jason Kornwitz, Northeastern News. “In the mornings, the students were curious learners, studying the ins and outs of microfinance and economic development in Latin America at the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology. In the afternoons, they were unpaid consultants, surveying clients of Esperanza International, a leading Read more…
Chile is one of Latin America’s fastest growing economies. According to the World Bank, approximately seven million Chileans lifted themselves out of poverty between 2004 and 2012 due largely to increases in gainful employment opportunities. Despite such socioeconomic improvement, Chile continues to underperform, relative to neighboring countries like Argentina, with Read more…