Harvard Kennedy School

CPL Newsletter

Updates & Events
October 31, 2023

October has been a busy month at the Center for Public Leadership. We were excited to welcome over 100 alumni to campus for the 2023 Alumni Reunion. Alumni Reunion highlights included a conversation with former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a masterclass taught by Ron Heifetz, a fireside chat with David Gergen, and panel discussions featuring both alumni and current student fellows.

We also announced a new program, the David Gergen Summer Fellowship Program, which will enable a select number of students to gain meaningful, practical, hands-on experience in public service and leadership. Check out what former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to say about this exciting program in this video message honoring David Gergen.

We were also delighted to welcome the CPL Leadership Council to campus to meet with alumni, CPL faculty, and join in conversation with Hauser Leader Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern and David Rubenstein.

QUOTE of note

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I want to congratulate you on the new David Gergen Summer Fellowship Program that will give students the chance for very meaningful work during their summers.

— Hillary Clinton on the David Gergen Summer Fellowship Program

CPL alumni and current student fellows at the 2023 Alumni Reunion.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

Finding Your Authentic Voice

Date: November 1, 15
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: T-102 WAPPP Cason Conference Room

Finding Your Authentic Voice is designed to help participants find their voice through activities that explore culture, heritage, and identity. The intention is to draw a parallel between understanding the power of our voices as social change makers and learning helpful tools to explore personal identity and individual authenticity. Participants will explore tools needed to cultivate their unique voice to be stronger leaders in both ways, and in hopes of also gaining an appreciation and understanding of basic vocal skills for speaking in public.

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Interconnected Solutions: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Climate Justice

Date: November 8, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:15 PM
Location: R229 Carr Conference Room
Applications Close: October 31, 2023

Scientists predict climate change will displace more than 180 million people by 2100 — a crisis of “climate migration” the world isn’t ready for, says disaster recovery lawyer and Louisiana native Colette Pichon Battle. In this co-curricular session, Battle will engage students in a discussion on the urgency to radically restructure the economic and social systems that are driving climate migration. Together, Battle and students will explore climate migration’s root causes and how to cultivate a multidisciplinary approach—leveraging policy, law, business, and more—to build collective resilience, better prepare for disaster, and advance human rights.

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Climate Justice: From the Gulf South to the Global South

Date: November 9, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Land Hall (B-400)

Please join us for a conversation with Colette Pichon Battle, co-founder of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP), now Taproot Earth, a global climate justice organization. An award-winning lawyer and climate justice organizer, Colette’s work focuses on creating spaces for frontline communities to gather and advance climate strategies that help us steward water, energy, and land. She has gained international recognition for her use of the legal and judicial process to achieve environmental goals, from equitable disaster recovery in the Gulf South to climate reparations for the Global South.

This event is hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School Climate, Energy, and Environment Professional Interest Council (CEEPIC) and the Harvard Extension School Sustainability Student Club (HES3C). Lunch will be provided.

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