Advocacy

building bridges

Video: Building Bridges

October 11, 2018

By bringing together scholars from across Harvard, this panel discussed the importance of a critical, nuanced, and interdisciplinary understanding of refugee, asylum, and immigrant issues, while highlighting activist efforts.... Read more about Video: Building Bridges

Simran Jeet Singh

Responding to Hate with Grace

March 29, 2018

Simran Jeet Singh was running home from his office at New York University when he heard the slur. His first impulse was to ignore it as he had so many times in the past. Then he stopped, stiffened, and turned back to the young man who had shouted at him. He and the friends with him were the same age as the students Singh saw in his classrooms every day. Singh decided that this was a “teachable moment.”... Read more about Responding to Hate with Grace

Waves of Caring

Waves of Caring

May 30, 2013

Overcoming tough times, former surfing champion and new HDS grad Mary Setterholm helps others turn their lives around.