{"id":500069,"date":"2010-04-01T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/?p=42093"},"modified":"2010-04-01T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:00:29","slug":"in-their-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/500069","title":{"rendered":"In their words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clifton Dawson '07<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Clifton Dawson \u201907<\/strong>
\nGentilly, New Orleans
\nI thought it would be a great chance to get back to do something for this community and to regain that affiliation with Harvard. To be a part of Harvard even after I\u2019ve left has been very important to me.<\/p>\n

Emmett Kistler \u201911<\/strong>
\nHayneville, Ala.
\nYou get down here and it\u2019s revitalizing. You can get back to Earth and see what\u2019s important. It\u2019s a refocusing on what matters.<\/p>\n

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Charles Liu \u201911<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Charles Liu \u201911<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\nOn public service trips being fun too: \u201cI don\u2019t know that this is necessarily less fun than going to a beach somewhere. We have free time and we\u2019re in a really cool place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terry Ding \u201911<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\nOn helping in a neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina: \u201cWhen I first found out about the neighborhood and their story and the kind of struggle they\u2019ve gone through, it made me angry and inspired. And every year when we recruit people for this trip we tell them during the interview about the Broadmoor story. It conjures up those same emotions every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lisa Akorli \u201912<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lisa Akorli \u201912<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\nOn being so active in community service when in high school: \u201cI miss that part of my life. It\u2019s rewarding to give back. A lot of us are in such privileged positions.\u201d
\nOn spring break alternatives for foreign students: \u201cGoing home [to the Netherlands] wouldn\u2019t really be feasible for me now. So I thought that was a great alternative to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabrina Lee \u201912<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\n\u201cI invest a lot of my time during the school year in social justice and service work. Having a vacation doesn\u2019t really change what I want to do with my time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sarah Legrand \u201910<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sarah Legrand \u201910<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\n\u201cI know that I want to work in the longer term in a public service capacity, and it\u2019s nice to be able to see a model of service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obi Okwara \u201912<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\n\u201cThere\u2019s one type of learning that takes place in the classroom, which is valuable. But there\u2019s another type of learning that takes place through experience and that requires going outside the classroom. And an alternative spring break trip is a great way to do that. You\u2019re learning about things that only take place in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Thampy \u201910<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

George Thampy \u201910<\/strong>
\nHayneville, Ala.
\nPeople stop by every day to encourage us. I feel very blessed on this trip.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Barchok \u201912<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\n\u201cI was really interested in seeing how a community can come up together to determine their future. Most of the time, especially in a developing country, you\u2019ll find that most people depend on the government to deliver everything. This is a different type of model, a bottom-to-top approach to development. I wanted to learn more about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mercedes Franklin, D.D.M. \u201974<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mercedes Franklin, D.D.M. \u201974<\/strong>
\nBoard of HAA, public service task force
\nGentilly, New Orleans
\nThis is my first time doing something out of my profession that is much needed. We think it will have great impact on this community. We\u2019re hoping that we have an ongoing relationship, so we can come back.<\/p>\n

Jyoti Jasrasaria \u201912<\/strong>
\nBroadmoor, New Orleans
\nI know I\u2019m not on a beach. But it\u2019s exciting to be somewhere different.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d DeLucia, Ed.M. \u201901<\/strong>
\nGentilly, New Orleans
\n\u201cIt was really nice to plug into something that was organized, and tap into an affiliation I have with the extended Harvard family when I only had a week to give.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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