Public Interested Conference 2025

Public Interest Conference

Date and Time

February 1, 2025
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Location

Longfellow Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025

Time: 12:30m – 5:00pm ET

Location: In-person at Longfellow Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

Public Interested is a campus-wide conference organized by the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship and collaboratively planned by the Harvard Alumni Association, Advanced Leadership Initiative, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Innovation Labs, Institute of Politics, Mignone Center for Career Success, Office for the Arts, Office for Sustainability, Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, and the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. This conference offers several outstanding ways for students and alums to explore public interest careers, make connections, and discuss social issues. The 2025 Public Interested Conference will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Breakout networking discussions include: advising on public interest careers, education, environmental justice, immigration reform, political engagement and advocacy, public and global health, public interest law and criminal justice reform, and safety nets: housing access and food security.
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Schedule for the Conference:

1:30 p.m. – Registration Opens. Beverages and snacks available.

2:00 p.m. – Campus Impact: Updates from the Center for Public Service, Phillips Brooks House Association, and the Institute of Politics

2:45 p.m. – Community Impact: Updates from the Harvard Alumni Association and Big Public Service Ideas

4:00 p.m. – Connections and Pathways: Jobs and Internship Support and Networking Reception

5:00 p.m. – Conference Concludes

Featured speakers include:

  • Sharrelle Barber SD ’14, Director of the Ubuntu Center at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health
  • Jerren Chang MBA ’21, MPP ’21, President and CEO, Partners in Democracy
  • Santiago Creuheras ALM ’00, ALM ’01, MPA ’24, Co-President, Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment
  • Marion Dry AB ’73, Chair and Co-Founder, ClassACT HR73
  • Jahnavi Rao AB ’23, President and Founder, New Voters
  • Rob Watson AB ’09, EdM ’18, MPA ’21, Executive Director, EdRedesign Lab at HGSE; Lecturer on Education, HGSE

Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard University.

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