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...That's not likely to happen. Even though Riley and Jordan downplay the friction between the two organizations, the tension was apparent at this week's meeting. "I think that was confirmed," said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the nonprofit watchdog group Metropolitan Crime Commission. "People who were at that meeting who hoped to walk out with a sense of hope were disappointed. If there is a disconnect between police and state prosecutors, the only winners are the criminals...
...Screenplays and psychology converged under his auspices, as participants shared personal and deeply emotional tales of “falls from grace,” ranging from vomiting on a potential date to dashed National Spelling Bee dreams. Harvardwood, the eponymous organizer of the event, is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization founded in 1999 by Mia E. Riverton ’99, Stacy Cohen ’89 and Adam J. Fratto ’90. Harvard’s Office of Career Services (OCS) and Office for the Arts co-sponsored the Saturday event. All participants were required...
...days when an employer or volunteer director would consider it quaint if an older person pleaded technophobia and asked to conduct business on paper. "The computer, if you can use it, enables you to stay in the workforce longer," notes Kristin Fabos, executive director of SeniorNet, a nonprofit dedicated to helping seniors learn computer skills...
...granted, are not at home as much. But this is a far bigger chunk of time than is spent online by the same cohort in countries like Japan (three hours a week) and Spain (two hours). "Search is the sleeper," says Tobey Dichter, CEO of Generations on Line, a nonprofit promoting Internet literacy among older Americans. "The idea of being able to discover your own world is very exciting...
...students in PBHA and continues to be planned and implemented by the organization’s Student Development Officer for the year. According to Corbin, incoming PBHA officers participated in an intense two-and-a-half-day training retreat, sponsored by PBHA and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations of the Kennedy School, to prepare them to manage the 72 programs and 1,800 volunteers within PBHA. Those teaching the new courses emphasized the potential benefit of the program to Harvard students. “Individuals are embedded in communities and larger social structures, whether or not we are aware...