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When he returned to campus that fall, Hennefeld teamed up with Shuldiner and a handful of others to found PSLM. "I was disillusioned with politics after the '94 Republican revolution and I was looking for something active and progressive to do," Hennefeld says. "We started small and moved slow, at first...
...Hennefeld hasn't declared victory at Harvard, however. The key to the new policy is implementation and enforcement, he says, adding that he intends to work hard to see that Harvard sticks to its commitments. Hennefeld is also quick to credit others for their contributions to the group. "Sometimes one person gets the spotlight, but in reality it takes lots of people coming together and staying involved," he says...
Other PSLM leaders, though, say Hennefeld's role should not be underestimated. "Since its inception, Dan has been the soul of PSLM," says Benjamin O. Shuldiner '99. "It is through his effort with PSLM and other student and labor organizations, that this campus is once again infused with a progressive, activist spirit...
Although he has always defined himself as a political progressive, Hennefeld's interest in labor concerns did not begin until the summer of 1997, when he participated in a program in Atlanta, Georgia called "Union Summer," sponsored by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). He spent the summer researching issues surrounding the labor movement and learning the details of labor union work from behind the scenes...
Within a year, the group had several dozen active members and an e-mail list of several hundred students. Through the PSLM Hennefeld helped organize several protests, including a visit by two sweatshop workers from the Dominican Republic. In March, he helped organize a "Rally for Justice" which featured hundreds of students chanting slogans outside University Hall. "The strategy here is two-pronged, involving both education and action," Hennefeld says. "We also felt we would be most effective on campus by getting students involved with issues relating to their own university...