Left to Right: Nancy Lindborg, President of the United States Institute of Peace; Eduardo Ochoa, Educational Advocate and President to California State University Monterey Bay; Rev. Dr. Raymond Rivera, Educational and Spiritual Leader; Mr. C. Sreenivas, Instrumental in Setting up Free Hospital Care for Poor Communities; and Steve Sterling, President and CEO of Map International that Provides Medical Care Worldwide to those in Need.  

Schedule​
Morning Welcome and Keynote Speakers

9:00     Orientation and Light Breakfast 
9:30     Kevin Sheehan, conference co-chair: Welcome and Introduction
9:45     Shyam Kamath, conference co-chair: Introduction Bunker Roy, Ending Poverty
10:00   Bunker Roy, founder of Barefoot Campus: Keynote and Q&A, A World Ends Poverty
10:45   Break

Keynote Speakers Continued and Honoring Heroes

11:00   Win Carty, Melton Foundation: Introduction of Sam Vaghar
11:10   Sam Vaghar Presentation: Universal Leadership
11:40   Bunker Roy: Introduction of Honorees
12:00   Film: Life of the Honorees, Corporate Courage
12:15   Lunch

60 Minute Concurrent Workshops

1:00    Jay Himmelstein, UMass Medical Introduction to Workshops: Sharing The Wisdom
1:10   Bunker Roy, founder of Barefoot College Workshop: Grassroots Of Changes And Innovation
1:10    Eduardo Ochoa, president of California State Monterey Workshop: Connecting To Impact The Community
1:10    Kevin Sheehan, co-founder of Hope Collaborative: Workshop -The Power Of Youth Leadership
1:10     Nancy Lindborg, president of U.S. Peace Initiative Workshop: Peace is The Foundation
1:10     Rev. Ray Rivera, Family Life Academy Charter School Workshop: Leadership Comes From Within Introduction, Vijay Rajimini
1:10    Laura Stone, Linkage Leadershop Workshop: The Power Of Purpose.  Introduction, Maureen Creegan-Quinquis
1:10    Steve Stirling, MAP, Introduction Ethan Lyle, Innovation and Fighting Poverty

Corporate Courage and Cultural Presentations

2:15     4 Corporate Courage Honoree Panels: Introduction, Joe Nevin and Shyam Kamath
3:20     Ethan Lyle, Closing Remarks
3:30     Cultural Presentations Youth Introduction, Ralph Jaccodine
5:00     Depart

Celebration Dinner (Separate Invitation)

6:30     David Cornsweet, Divine Will Foundation Honoring Award Recipients
 

Sanjit "Bunker" Roy to Keynote The 2018 Human Excellence Awards
at Harvard University

Please join us to celebrate Hope, Community, and Human Excellence by honoring heroes in high-impact social innovation.

Harvard University
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 
Sponsored by Hope Collaborative and Divine Will Foundation with Peoples Shores and Science for Society.

Registration Begins Thursday, May 17

Hope Collaborative and Divine Will Foundation with Meketa Investments,  People Shores, and Science for Society are excited to host the 2018 Human Excellence Awards conference on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 8:30am to 4:30pm at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts The conference will be followed by a post-conference dinner honoring our 2018 Human Excellence and Corporate Courage awardees that evening.
This year, we are honoring powerful social entrepreneurs and innovators who deliver on a vision of higher civilization and a better society. The conference features powerful innovators in education, global healthcare, innovative resource distribution, psychological health, community health, and wellbeing.

The day's sessions are designed to celebrate and promote the powerful leadership capacities of outstanding social entrepreneurs addressing mankind’s critical social mission issues. We will be featuring legendary leaders in healthcare, education, essential services, and leadership education for populations living in poverty. The conference seeks to understand, support, and promote the skills and qualities of these leaders who are capable and committed to delivering lasting and durable change.

We are also honoring the power and courage of corporations that deploy resources and energies to invest in solutions that advance the cause of humanity in solving certain mission-critical problems with  our Stories of Corporate Courageawards. Please stay tuned for announcements around these awards in the coming weeks.

The conference audience includes youth leaders from youth development programs to participate in the day and discuss their process of becoming impactful, connected leaders making a difference. We expect to have 75 middle school, young adult, and millennial leaders in attendance. We will be broadcasting youth leaders in from the United States and overseas, including top youth advocates from leading youth advocacy organizations.
 
Our goals for the day are to 1) Honor leaders and corporations making a difference as a model for a new generation and 2) Empower youth leaders with leadership skills in social impact and conversations that connect youth with companies doing powerful work for mentorship.

Devotion to high principles and the good of all humanity is a central recipe for creating new forms of civilization. These qualities drive fulfillment and satisfaction. They bring us to better selves and energies that researchers have shown can create transcendent capacities and outputs.
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Our Keynote Speaker
at the 2018 Human Excellence Awards:
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See him and our inspiring award nominees and speakers at the 2018 Human Excellence Awards, June 19, 2018 at Harvard University.  ​
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The Hope Collaborative leadership development program makes storytelling a core element of the experience.

Capable leaders know how to tell a story. Our program teaches young people how to tell their leadership story, and connect it with the pulse of their cohort's group goals and shared vision for the future.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" is a famous example of great storytelling.

Dr. King begins the letter explaining why he came to Birmingham in the first place, and what is it like to work as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He talks about the organizational ties that brought him there--and the organizational processes, like sharing staff, and financial and educational resources, that sustain the movement.

Read the letter to watch him pivot in a single sentence from relatively mundane organizational ties to his life's work fighting injustice.  It is as if the furniture and staff in the office he is describing transform before the reader's eyes into the setting for a national campaign for justice. He explains the power of non violent resistance. He distills the power of the movement in a single sentence: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".

He brings his situation alive from the belly of a dank city's jail. You can feel this leader's pain as he reaches through the walls of the jail to drive the momentum of the campaign for justice forward. 

We develop leaders by teaching young people leadership skills. We also teach them how to write stories.

This week, our education partners at Family Life Academy Charter School in the Bronx, New York sent us these photos of their Hope kids and teens developing their story arcs. 

Story arcs are one foundational element of crafting a leadership story. They help participants find their authentic selves through stories of courage and challenges that make them who they are.

Their beaming smiles demonstrate the energy of connection that leadership development and Hope can deliver. We are fortunate to work with youth advocacy organizations of FLACS calibre to together deliver on a promise of transformation and change in the face of overwhelming urban odds.

May your stories multiply in number! We look forward to your graduation in June.
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Pao Bhandgra is a student initiative that transforms Cornell University into a premiere hub for South Asian Culture and dance experience for a weekend. 

The show brings together renowned dance teams from all over the Asian continent to share their love and passion for Bhangra. 

Last year, Pao Bhangra drew an audience of over 1500 people! This is the 17th annual Cornell exhibition--considered one of the largest South Asian events in the United States--certainly the largest Bhangra exhibition.
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Based on our global outreach to help end poverty, Cornell University's Bhangra Executive Board has chosen Hope Collaborative to be this year's non profit beneficiary!

Pao Bhangra will dedicate net funds raised at the 17th Annual Bhangra Dance exhibition to Hope Collaborative to advance our mission of making outstanding leadership development a standard for kids and teens living in poverty.
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Don't miss this opportunity to experience one of the most vibrant and exciting shows in the United States the weekend of Friday March 23 to Sunday March 25. Tickets are on sale now. Enjoy Pao Bhandgra XVII!