Pictured above: Located in downtown Clarksdale MS, the Travelers Hotel employs artists in exchange for free housing. Photo courtesy of Ann Williams. Mississippi has reached a record ranking and is no longer last in the nation for K-12 achievement, announced Tom Pittman at the recent opening of this year’s Delta Directions Regional Forum. The Forum takes place annually in Clarksdale, MS and Tom, now serving as President Emeritus of the…
“Listen to everyone! The community is made up of so many diverse people and everyone has something unique to share.” “Be patient. Although your project is #1 priority to you, the organization has 20 other urgent topics they are working on.” “Be mindful of layers and multiplicity of experience that happens within a community – don’t overgeneralize.” “Try your best to take off the Harvard cap and jacket!! And be…
Twenty new fellowships have been awarded to students and post-docs at Harvard Chan to support their community engaged learning work spanning the U.S. from Boston to Alaska, and globally in El Salvador, Uganda, and Madagascar, among other locations. The fellowships include the flagship Rose Service Learning Fellowship, now in its fifth year, and the Herbert S. Winokur Fellowship in Public Health for the Mississippi Delta. The newest Global Mental Health…
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2021 Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Fellowships. Of the nineteen fellows in the cohort, fourteen were awarded the Rose Service Learning Fellowship and five are Harvard-Mississippi Delta Fellows in Public Health. Community Engaged Learning Fellows are students from various degree programs, departments and fields of study across Harvard Chan. They come together in a cohort-based learning community that cultivates peer…
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