The Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) Campaign is a student-led effort to address and combat issues of poverty. We seek to empower students to confront these issues through three avenues: information, motivation, and action. We are dedicated to connecting our conversations and research about the issues with actual deeds to tangibly affect change and take on poverty.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: www.hcs.harvard.edu/stop

Harvard College Comics Club is a community of graphic artists and comics fans that aims to introduce and promote the awareness of graphic novels as a new genre and art form on Harvard campus and beyond. For beginning and aspiring artists, we coordinate workshops where they can get hands-on experience in making comics, practice their skills, and receive feedback on their work. We collect works by Harvard students into a publication to be distributed on campus to popularize the genre, as well as give artists an opportunity to be published. We also host free of charge screenings, invite experienced cartoonists and comics artists for guest lectures, and organize social events and outings.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates

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LinG seeks both to promote the interests of the undergraduates affiliated with the Linguistics Department of Harvard University and to promote the study of linguistics in the campus community at large. Ongoing programs include organizing and sponsoring public events, fostering a sense of community among linguists, and supporting the research and career-related efforts of the body of student linguists.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~ling/

Legal Committee arranges and supervises internships in public service law and advocacy firms in the Boston area. Based on interests expressed in their applications, volunteers are assigned to a legal organization. Some of these organizations focus on immigration, others on housing, child welfare, civil rights, etc. The job descriptions of most volunteer positions extend far beyond clerical work to writing court documents, attending court sessions, interviewing clients, performing research, and organizing at the grassroots level. Given the nature of these responsibilities, volunteers interact with and advocate for low income or traditionally underrepresented clients while gaining significant real world experience. Legal Committee also hosts biweekly discussions with those in the public interest law field, as well as an annual Public Interest and Law Conference. For more information, contact Dwight Pope at dbpope@fas.harvard.edu or Ada Pema at adapema@fas.harvard.edu.

Number of Members: 51-75

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~legalcom/

HCSEA is a student-run organization that strives to promote and engage in social enterprise, the application of the belief that business methods and entrepreneurship can achieve scalable and sustainable improvement in the world (including for-profit, non-profit, and non-governmental organizations). Our mission is to educate, motivate and connect students in order to establish the next generation of leaders in social enterprise and non-profit social sector. In the recent years, HCSEA has been focusing on organizing student trip to the developing world to collaborate with local social organizations.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates

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Group Website: www.harvardsea.org

Chinatown Afterschool is a tutoring and enrichment program which serves children in the Chinatown area who are in grades 1 through 6. Our volunteers strive to provide a safe, educational, and enriching environment for the children each program day. Each grade of approximately 10 students is led by 2 or 3 volunteers. Homework help and tutoring are the focus of the first hour of program, followed by an hour of creative enrichment activities designed by each counselor group (individual attention is combined with cooperative group activities). Field trips and other program-wide activities outside of the classroom are planned throughout the semester. If you would like to make a difference by serving as a mentor and role model for these awesome kids, please check out our website (www.hcs.harvard.edu/~chtnasp) or Weijie Huang (huang13@fas), Annie Chang (achang2@wellesley.edu), Lauren Herman (herman@fas), or Emily Parrott (parrott2@fas).

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~chtnasp

The objective of the Harvard College Writers Workshop is to generate and foster an inclusive, productive creative writing community within Harvard College by providing an environment where writers can generate repartee by sharing their work with others and receiving constructive feedback. The Workshop will function through two components, a general Online Workshop and many smaller Workshops that will focus on specific types and genres of creative writing. Additionally, the Workshop will promote events related to creative writing such as National Novel Writing Month, ScriptFrenzy, and various writers talks. Creative writers of all types, levels, and genres are welcome to participate in our workshops and help develop a more collaborative creative writing environment at the College.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: hcs.harvard.edu/hcww

The Mission Hill Summer Program (MHSP) is a seven-week, affordable, academic camp which serves families from Roxbury's Mission Main and Alice Taylor Housing Developments, both predominantly African American and Latino communities. Founded at the request of community members, the camp seeks to provide a safe space for the 80 campers, ages 6 to 13, for the price of $95 for the entire summer. Each morning is strictly academic, as campers learn literacy and math in order to prevent summer learning loss and prepare them for the next year in the classroom. In the afternoons, the campers go on field trips and perform their own service projects across the greater Boston area in order to provide them with deeper experiences within their greater community than they generally get in school. MHSP provides crucial services for families who struggle to find affordable, innovative childcare. Many have siblings in the program and return year after year, and MHSP has become a fixture in the community. MHSP also hires 12 teens from the community to work as Junior Counselors. Senior Counselors will live in Roxbury and will work closely with the families of their campers. MHSP is looking for committed counselors with an interest in poverty, social justice, social work, and education.

Number of Members: 1-9

Involvement: Undergraduates

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