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Harry Phillips is working in the Bahia region of Brazil
as a 2004-05 Hart Fellow. Based at the Federal University in Salvador,
Bahia's capital, Harry is working with micro-enterprise organizations
focused on increasing work opportunities for Afro-Bahian youth.
He is researching the structures and strategies used by six local
youth cooperatives that are striving to become self-sustaining enterprises.
Harry graduated from Duke in 2004 with a major in public policy
studies, minor in economics, and a certificate in Latin American
studies. In the summer of 2003, Harry received a Mellon Award for
Undergraduate Research, which he used to travel to Brazil to research
affirmative action in higher education. Upon his return, he built
upon this research and completed a detailed paper in a seminar on
citizenship and culture. He is the recipient of an Institute for
International Public Policy Fellowship from the U.S. Department
of Education and spent a year studying politics and development
at the London School of Economics. Harry speaks Spanish and Portuguese
and plans to pursue a career in development policy.
Click here to read Harry's Letters
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