dudley-pubserv October 2012

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Volunteer at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter over Thanksgiving Break

by Dudley Public Service

*Volunteer at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter Over Thanksgiving Break! * Around town anytime between Tuesday, November 20 and Monday, November 26 and looking to share some Thanksgiving cheer? We and our guests would love to have your help at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter! No previous experience or training required--just a willingness to lend a helping hand. Shifts are as short as 2 hours--shift descriptions and map of our location are below. Please contact us at *hshs.volunteer(a)gmail.com *wi**th any questions. About Us: The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter is the only student-run homeless shelter in the nation, with a volunteer force of 150+. We are always in need of extra hands over school holidays. We hope you will join us! Sign-up for Thanksgiving Break (dinner on Tuesday 11/20 to breakfast on Monday 11/26) using this link: * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApIEyYujHlt-dHBndlNnUjl3YTMtam… * Please forward this on to friends you think may be interested. We will appreciate all the help we can get! Thanks for your support, The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter http://hshshelter.org _________________________ DESCRIPTION of SHIFTS ****************************************************** There are 4 shifts: Dinner: 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM Evening: 9:00 PM - 11:15 PM Overnight: 11 PM - 9:00 AM Breakfast: 6:30 AM - 9:00 AM *But if it is SATURDAY morning, then it is* [Friday] Overnight: 11 PM - 10:00 AM [Saturday] Breakfast: 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM BREAKFAST -- Come in bright and early to greet our guests as they begin to wake up! You'll be making breakfast and helping to clean the shelter (an invaluable service!) after all the guests leave at 8am. DINNER -- You'll be making and serving dinner, and perhaps be lucky enough to run on a food salvage trip or collect pastries from the many shops that donate to us. EVENING -- This is a relaxed time to visit with guests as they prepare for bed. It's usually very quiet and a great opportunity for some wonderful conversations. Help is also often needed in the kitchen to clean-up after dinner and prepare plates of food to hand out at the door. OVERNIGHT – You'll hang out with other volunteers and night-owl guests, basically having more good conversations, watching movies, doing laundry, reading, baking cookies, etc! This is a fantastic shift because it's a rare opportunity to have long conversations and get to know people well. Overnight volunteers often say it's the best shift! And never fear, we do take turns sleeping -- the night is typically divided into three sub-shifts and you will be asleep for two of them (there is a staff room with bunk beds, so you will be able to sleep 5-6 hours when it is not your turn to be awake). *The shelter is located at 66 Winthrop Street in the basement of the University Lutheran Church in Harvard Square (on the corner of Dunster and Winthrop Streets, next to the MAC and Pinocchio's Pizza). _______________________________________________ Hshs-break mailing list Hshs-break(a)lists.hcs.harvard.edu https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/hshs-break

11 years, 6 months

Public Service grants, Food pantry volunteers needed!, Game day for kids

by Dudley Public Service

*COOP Grants Information Session* - Thurs. 10/25, 6-7 pm, Graduate Student Lounge Each year, the COOP generously funds students to conduct public service projects in the greater Boston/Cambridge community. Do you have an idea for a public service project? If so, please consider applying. Previous recipients of COOP grants have served our community in many ways, from performing science outreach in schools to providing seminars during Black History month. More information is posted on the Public Service portion of the Dudley House website. Applications will be due on Mon. Nov. 26 at midnight, and an information session will be held on Thurs. Oct. 25 from 6-7 pm in the Graduate Student Lounge. Please RSVP for the information session and direct all questions to dudleypublicservice(a)gmail.com. * ** Harvest Food Pantry Visit *- Sat. 11/3, 8 am - 1 pm, Meet on Dudley front steps. *RSVP by Sat. 10/27* Dudley Public Service needs help filling a shift at the Harvest food pantry, where we'll help distribute food and clothing. This is a great opportunity to see how our community is working to combat poverty. The pantry is based out of Cambridgeport Baptist Church in Central Square, and we’ll meet on the steps of Dudley to head over together. If you're interested in coming, please RSVP by Oct. 27 to dudleypublicservice(a)gmail.com.* * *Halloween Game Day for Kids* - Sun. 10/28, 3-5:30 pm, Game Room Please join us for an afternoon of pumpkin-decorating, music, snacks, and games -- and wear a costume! This event is open to the entire Harvard community and is designed for families with children two to twelve years old. Contact dudleypublicservice(a)gmail.com before the event with questions or comments.

11 years, 6 months

voter registration due WED; also, social entrepreneurship + education

by Dudley Public Service

*Voter Registration Deadline -- WEDNESDAY, OCT 17* – Don’t miss your chance to make a difference. American citizens (ages 18+): Are you registered to vote in the November 6 elections? Students attending MA universities may decide if they'd like to register in their home state or in MA (i.e. there is no minimum residency requirement here). The deadline to register in MA is WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17. Mail-in voter registration forms are available online and also in the lobby of Dudley House. For more information, please go to the Cambridge Board of Elections website (http://www.cambridgema.gov/ELECTION) or e-mail dudleypublicservice(a)gmail.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in social entrepreneurship + education? Check out BRIDGE! *BRIDGE @ HGSE* is the University-wide Education Interest Group that connects education innovators across the Harvard community through events, workshops, networking, and pitch competitions. We hope to be the central source of information and support for students, alumni, and professors who are interested in applying tools and knowledge of social enterprise to issues of education. More BRIDGE @ HGSE: BRIDGE eNews > http://list.gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/bridge-list BRIDGE on Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/BridgeAtHGSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also: OneWorld Classroom.org --> Info Session TODAY @ HGSE Gutmann Library, Room 440 @6:30pm! Cookies & Apple Cider provided! http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/ [image: Inline image 1] Questions? Email: *Sarah K. Lee* Ed.M Candidate 2013, Harvard Graduate School of Education em: skl176(a)mail.harvard.edu

11 years, 6 months

Breast Cancer Walk / Special Olympics Volunteering / PBHA "Call of Service" Lecture

by Dudley Public Service

Below are descriptions of upcoming public service events & opportunities: * * *Making Strides Against *Breast* *Cancer* *Walk 8:00am-1:00pm --- Meet on Dudley Front Steps The Making Strides Walk is an opportunity to raise awareness about breast cancer, honor breast cancersurvivors, and raise money for the American Cancer Society's research, information services, and mammogram initiatives. The event is a 5-mile non-competitive walk beginning in Boston. Please consider joining the Dudley team or making a donation. You can access the Dudley House page by going to www.makingstrideswalk.org/and searching for the team "Dudley House." Please RSVP to dudleypublicservice(a)gmail.com. Open to all Harvard affiliates and members of the public --------------------------Special Olympics of Massachusetts Volunteers Needed------------------------------- *All-Harvard Day of Service - Special Olympics of Massachusetts Flag Football and Cheerleading Sectional* * * Looking for more football on Sundays? Join SPSC and other Harvard schools at the Special Olympics of Massachusetts (SOMA) Flag Football and Cheerleading Sectional! This All-Harvard Day of Service will take place at the *Harvard Stadium on Sunday October 14th from 8am-2pm*. Executive Dean John Haigh will be present to give opening remarks at this event. Volunteer are needed to help run morning drills with players, keep score of the tournament, and for several other roles! Breakfast and lunch will be served. No prior experience or training necessary to volunteer. * Click on this link to sign-up: http://bit.ly/Vhzd1i* For more information or if you have any questions, email Marvin at spsc(a)hks.harvard.edu. --------------------------PBHA's 6th Annual "Call of Service" Lecture and Award----------------------------- ** Join us for PBHA's 6th Annual Robert Coles "Call of Service" Lecture and Award featuring Ernesto Cortes Jr. [image: Ernesto Cortes Jr. 10.12.12]<http://callofservice.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Phillips+Brooks+House+Assoc…> We are pleased to invite you to our 6th annual Robert Coles "Call of Service" Lecture and Award in honor of Ernesto Cortés Jr., Co-Director of the Industrial Areas Foundation, for his lifelong dedication to the pursuit of social justice and to building power in marginalized communities throughout the world. Cortés holds a deep respect for the dignity of the people with whom he works, and he adheres to what the IAF calls the “iron rule” of community organizing: Never do for others what they can do for themselves. Rather than seek to impose an outsider’s view of what a community needs, he helps people organize and develop the tools they need to exercise power on their own behalf. Among his many life successes, Cortés has built power with ordinary people to create employment training and development opportunities, secure water and sewer infrastructures in rural communities, and pioneer innovative strategies for public school reform. *PBHA’s Robert Coles Call of Service Lecture & Award* Friday, October 12, 6:00pm Doors Open at 5:30pm *Key Note Address Given by Ernesto Cortés Jr.* The Memorial Church of Harvard University *RSVP Here*<http://callofservice.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Phillips+Brooks+House+Assoc…> Mr. Cortés is the national co-director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) and executive director of the Interfaith Education Fund. The West / Southwest Region of IAF, co-founded by Cortés, comprises more than 27 community-based organizations and stretches from New Orleans to Des Moines to Los Angeles. IAF provides leadership development for poor and moderate income people so that they can identify and take action on issues of importance in their own communities. Cortés has received several fellowships and awards in recognition of his accomplishments in the field of community organizing, among them the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Ernesto Cortés has successfully translated his passion for justice into helping the politically disenfranchised discover their political strength. That passion burns as brightly today as it did when he put together the COPS organization of San Antonio in 1974. We hope you will join us for what will prove to be an inspiring event! The Phillips Brooks House Association follow on Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/PBHAserves/> | friend on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pbhaserves> *Copyright © 2012 Phillips Brooks House Association, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you are an affiliate of PBHA (ie. volunteer, supporter, alumni, staff) or have opted in to receive PBHA mailings. *Our mailing address is:* Phillips Brooks House Association Phillips Brooks House North Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 Add us to your address book -- Emily Villa Public Relations Officer and Trustee | Phillips Brooks House Association 732-600-1704 <http://pbha.us4.list-manage2.com/vcard?u=12a6d114426de46cf2848b3a6&id=3f772…>

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