HLP students, fellows, faculty and staff
From the streets of Albuquerque to rural villages in India, participants
in the Hart Leadership Program are engaged in community-based projects
that combine research, critical reflection, and leadership development.
Here are a few of their stories.
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Passionate
Teachers: HLP Director Alma Blount and core faculty member
Bob Korstad share a passion for teaching that grows out of
their life stories. Read
more. |
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Teachers
Aid: A new project started through the HLP's Enterprising
Leadership Initiative helps teachers in the Durham Public
Schools. Read more. |
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Networking
For Good: ELI Project “Summer of Service”
links undergraduates with alumni hosts and non-profit sponsors
for a summer experience that benefits all communities Read
more... |
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Historical
lessons: Through his scholarship and his work with undergraduate
students, Robert Korstad is drawn to themes of civic responsibility
and leadership.
Read more... |
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SOL
student targets gun violence in South Africa: Through
his Service Opportunities in Leadership internship in South
Africa this summer, Adam Yoffie saw how poverty and high unemployment
lead youth to turn to crime, gangs and guns. “Once at
the forefront of anti-apartheid activism,” he says,
“the younger generation currently constitutes the largest
percentage of victims of gun violence.” Read
more… |
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Searching
for answers in Sarajevo:
Hart Fellow Laurie Ball is working in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
where she's trying to discover how communities co-exist (or
don't) in the aftermath of that country's brutal ethnic war.
Observing Bosniak and Serb families living side-by-side but
never interacting as neighbors might, she wonders "if
their young children play together before they know or are
taught 'better.'"
Read more...
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College Connection: Through
Tony Brown's Enterprising Leadership class, student Marcia
Eisenstein created a pilot program for college-bound public
high school students in Durham .
Read more...
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Archived Portraits
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