SOL student Kate Evans publishes report on New Jersey’s juvenile justice system
Policy 360 Podcast features Spring speaker Jacob Bachmeier
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26
Women, Politics, and the Electability Myth
A record number of women ran for office in 2018 and many more are expected to do so in 2020. But what is it really like to be a candidate and then govern as a woman?
Oct
01
Histories of Immigration Detention in the United States
Brianna Nofil, a history graduate student at Columbia University, shares her research on the history of immigrant detention.
Oct
15
Writing the South: reporting authentically about communities and their environment
Join the Hart Leadership Program and DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy for an engaging conversation with Lyndsey Gilpin, founder of Southerly.
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Meet our 2019 Service Opportunities in Leadership students
Sixteen Duke undergraduate students are working on their summer projects with community partners through Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL), a signature component of the Hart Leadership Program.
Hart Leadership Program announces inaugural North American fellows
The Hart Leadership Program is excited to announce the selection of two graduates who will pilot a new Hart Fellowship designed for community engagement in North America.
Hart Leadership Program announces 2019-2020 Fellows
Since 1995, the Hart Fellows Program has provided recent Duke graduates with the opportunity to partner with community-based organizations around the world for intensive, 10-month fellowships.
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The Hart Leadership Program challenges students to practice the art of leadership in public life. What is the art? Lao-Tzu said it with minimal words: “With the best of leaders, when the work is done, the project completed, the people all say, ‘Amazing. We did it ourselves.'” It’s taking on challenging work in groups, organizations, institutions and social systems–the kind of work that usually takes people beyond their comfort zones. It requires courage, but it also builds it. It tests us and forms us. It helps us discover who we really are, and what we are capable of doing together, when we locate common purpose. It’s about learning to ask big questions, and then hard questions. It’s an art where groups become the unit of transformation, and where the right questions have the power to generate far more engagement and endurance than easy answers ever would.
Service Opportunities In Leadership
SOL is an intensive 12-month leadership program for Duke undergraduates that combines academic study, research service learning, mentoring, and leadership training.
The Hart Fellows Program
The Hart Fellows Program offers recent Duke graduates ten-month fellowships with international humanitarian organizations.
Research Service-Learning Pathway
The RSL Pathway fuses research, service and critical reflection with core public policy courses.
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HLP students receive Duke leadership awards
Several current and former Hart Leadership Program-affiliated students won awards recognizing their achievements in leadership and service. Duke's annual "In The Spotlight" ceremony showcases individuals and organizations, nominated by members of the Duke community, whose influence has made a significant impact on University life and beyond. The students were honored at a ceremony on April…