Class of 2001 Graduation Pledge

GRAD PLEDGE SPEAKERS AND PANELS

The signing of the Grad Pledge occurs after speaker events and panels. These speaker events are meant to give undergraduates both inspiration and practical examples of how others have successfully integrated social and environmental responsibility in their post-graduate life. These panels and speakers show us how, in our career and everyday decisions, no matter what our profession is, we can enhance causes we care about through our actions and the choices we make.

The next Grad Pledge 2001 speaker event will occur the afternoon of May 31st. Confirmed speakers include Paul Carttar, Co-founder and COO of The Bridge Group, a physician with Nobel Prize winning Doctors Without Borders, and Richard Parker, Co-founder of Greenpeace.

In the fall Grad Pledge 2001 panel, we were honored to host Rebecca Onie, Founder of Project Health, Elizabeth Reynolds, Vice President of Initiative for a competitive Inner City, and Shiela Jasanoff, an esteemed Harvard Professor of Environmental Law, Science, and Public Policy.

Grad Pledge 2000 hosted three speaker panels. Information and notes on each are below.

Grad Pledge 2000 Panel Three, "Building a Career, Building a Community"
Panelists Included:

• Richard Parker, Co-Founder of Greenpeace
• Susannah Sirkin of Physicians for Human Rights
• Ivie Higgins Director, Engagement & Review, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)

Grad Pledge 2000 Panel Two, "Earning a Living, Sharing the Wealth"
Panelists Included:

• Mark Albion, businessman, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of Making a Life, Making a Living.
• Geoff Davis, instrumental in micro-lending in Mexico and co-founder of Grameen Foundation USA.
• Amy Fisher, Northeast Organizer Campus Green Vote

For notes from this panel, click here.

Grad Pledge 2000 Panel One: "Making a Living, Making a Difference"
Panelists included:

• Peter Rosenblum, Head of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School and International Consultant for Human Rights Watch,
• Linda Setchell of Clean Water Action
• Lori Tsuruda, Founder and Executive Director of People Making a Difference

For notes from this panel, click here.