Click here to read The Harvard Crimson’s account of the Robert Coles Call of Service Lecture.

Further, during Governor Deval Patrick’s time at Harvard on Thursday, he too promoted Public Interest Careers. Click here read about Patrick’s statements.

Phillips Brooks House Association’s (PBHA)

Featuring 2009 Awardee Geoffrey Canada

President & Chief Executive Officer

Harlem Children’s Zone

Geoffrey Canada, HGSE ’75, is the visionary leader of the Harlem Children’s Zone – an innovative educational and anti-poverty model that President Obama plans to duplicate in 20 cities nationwide. Canada is the recipient of numerous awards and focus of national media coverage: U.S. News & World Report named Canada as one of “America’s Best Leaders” and the New York Times Magazine describes the Harlem Children’s Zone as “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” Signed copies of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough, will be available for purchase following the lecture.

Friday, October 23, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The Memorial Church of Harvard University

(Doors open at 5:45 p.m.)

Don’t miss this charismatic and inspiring speaker!

ALUMNI:  Click here for a full schedule of events and  here to register.

]]> http://pbha.org/1407/feed/ 0 http://pbha.org/creativity-2009/ http://pbha.org/creativity-2009/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:08:43 +0000 PBHA http://pbha.org/?p=701 Are you a sophomore or junior who brings creativity and innovation to your public service efforts? Are you interested in an all-expenses-paid to Washington DC to be honored at an awards ceremony and to participate in a roundtable discussion led by Lisa Randall (Physics Professor at Harvard University, among Esquire Magazine’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and “Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”) along with a small group of awardees from other schools and fields? Do you know someone else who matches this description?

The FAS Committee on Public Service is now accepting nominations for the Creativity
Foundation’s Benjamin Franklin Legacy Prize for Creativity and Service. Sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service while exemplifying creativity and innovation in their service activities are eligible for consideration. Nominations, detailing the commitment and creativity of nominees in public service in a one-page letter, should be e-mailed as an attachment to with “Franklin Creativity and Service Nomination” in the subject or delivered to Room 304 in the Phillips Brooks House. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged following the same guidelines. Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20.

The Legacy Prizewinner will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. on Friday evening, April 24, thru Saturday afternoon, April 25. Activities will include an award ceremony and reception on Friday night while lodging at the Cosmos Club and participating in a Saturday morning roundtable discussion with other Legacy prizewinners and Professor Randall. Prizewinners will also become ongoing members of the Benjamin Franklin Junto that seeks to foster ongoing creativity and communication among leaders in various disciplines.

Please contact Gene Corbin at corbin@fas.harvard.edu with any questions.