Name
Block 6: Cost-Efficient Strategies for Social Impact
Date & Time
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Location Name
International C
Focus Area
Infrastructure and support for community engagement
Session Type
Promising Practice (two 20-minute sessions per block)
Description

During this session, participants will learn about cost-effective strategies for sustaining community partnerships, alumni relationships, and creating pathways for students to pursue public service work professionally. During this session, we will share best practices from several community engagement programs including SPARK (an initiative for incoming first-year students to work on public service projects at home while receiving ongoing support from their new campus community), Harvard's Global Day of Service, alumni mentoring, public service recruiting, and virtual volunteering platforms.