Public Service Week
Together Through Service

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2021
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Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership, Degree Programs and Student Affairs, Student Public Service Collaborative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Institute of Politics, Public Service Week 2021 will be a time to safely volunteer, as well as reflect on the different aspects of public service. Though we are unable to volunteer together, Public Service Week 2021 will be an opportunity for our HKS community members across the globe to self-organize exciting service opportunities that tailor their interests.

Need some ideas to get started? Visit here for a list of opportunities you may find interesting, but know that all volunteer efforts are welcomed! Be sure to register your service commitments (intended hours and organization), as our goal is to account for 2021 total hours of combined service throughout the week. See the bottom of this page for Public Service Week sponsored events, as well!

*** The first 250 to register their volunteer efforts during Public Service Week will have the option to receive an HKS Serves t-shirt! ***

... Read more about Public Service Week 2021

According to the best research available, the most successful and enduring leaders work to understand happiness and manage it in themselves and others. In this exclusive event, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will join Harvard Kenndy School (HKS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) professor and The Atlantic happiness columnist Arthur Brooks for a live class session of the popular HBS course, “Leadership and Happiness.” In conversation with Professor Brooks and a group of HBS students, His Holiness will share his ideas on how to be happier as a leader, and to make others happier as well.
... Read more about Leadership and Happiness: A Virtual Conversation Between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Arthur Brooks

RSVP here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oCbYTb2bSuKtwjflZX1aQw 

The Behavioral Insights Group presents Building Behavioral Design Teams for Public Good, a new series of talks with practitioners working in behavioral science units within governments and nonprofits to build and test solutions for social impact. This series will highlight how these units came about, how they work, and example projects.

This series forms part of the BIG Mentoring program. Through coaching and workshops, the program aims to build the participants’...