Jan 21, 2025 · Harvard Social Impact Review is an online publication inspiring and informing practitioners globally to advance social equity and environmental sustainability. By bringing together diverse voices and perspectives, we raise awareness to influence action. Join us on our mission to create a better wor

The Social Impact Review reflects the work of experienced leaders united in their commitment to make a significant difference in the world - locally, nationally and globally. We aim to inspire and inform practitioners in the area of social impact, from established change agents to those just starting their social impact journey.

12 hours ago · Alphonso David is a civil rights attorney and the President and CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum.He brings more than two decades of experience in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors working to advance the rights of marginalized communities through policy, legislation, litigation and advocacy.

Dec 18, 2024 · With mpox re-emerging as a global health threat, particularly in resource-constrained African countries and with severe impacts on children, Dr. Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire of the WHO examines the rapid resurgence since the 2022 outbreak, inequities in the response, and strategies for addressing the crisis through …

The Social Impact Review was founded in 2020 by Susan Lynch, Patricia Lewis and Mwaba Kasese-Bota, during their first semester as Harvard ALI Fellows in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.During this time, many of society’s longstanding inequalities were more fully exposed as was the unexpected positive impact that the global shutdown had on the environment.

Jan 21, 2025 · This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. ***** To learn more on related topics, please read the following articles in the Social Impact Review: . John Carroll’s opinion commentary, “ Political Giving is a Sugar High ” Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy’s interview with Mark Medish, co-founder of Keep Our Republic, “Unconventional Threats to the U.S. Electoral System and the ...

Nov 12, 2024 · OPINION COMMENTARY: To combat the homeless crisis in America, bureaucratic obstacles that hinder those in need must be overcome. Harvard ALI Fellows Melinda Giovengo and Betsy Schwartz critically examine HUD's Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act and showcase how the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston, Texas has successfully implemented a multi ...

Sep 26, 2023 · Archon Fung is the Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He serves as the co-chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative Deep Dive on Democracy, which took place on September 15, 2023. Fung's research explores policies, practices, and institutional designs ...

Mar 21, 2023 · Millions of people languish at the margins of the workforce despite nearly two open positions for every unemployed job seeker. Kate Markin Coleman, 2017 Harvard ALI Fellow, offers principles for a data-based, stakeholder-driven, collaborative approach to modernize the nation’s workforce development

Feb 2, 2021 · If the world continues to burn fossil fuels at current rates, earth average temperatures may rise to catastrophic levels. Climate change resulting from a world 3 to 8 degrees °C warmer than pre-industrial levels will cause changes in rainfall patterns, the disappearance of glaciers, droughts, a rise in sea levels, the loss of islands and coastal wetlands, as well as increased flooding.