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The Laspa Center Announces its First-Ever Alternative Spring Break Trip for March 2017
The Laspa Center is excited to announce its first annual聽Innovative Leadership Alternative Spring Break Trip in San Francisco. This trip will allow the opportunity for 6-10 students to travel to […]
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Laspa Center’s First L-Squad: Who You Are As A Leader, Recap
Laspa Center for Leadership is very excited to have completed their first L-Squad series, “Who You Are as a Leader” this semester. 聽L-Squads are a brand new series of workshops […]
Read MoreLaspa Center for Leadership We Act Grant: Kristen Liu ’19: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Silicon Valley Students
Growing up in Los Altos, California, Kristen Liu聽’19 was aware of the disparity of wealth in Silicon Valley and its impact on public education. Supported by聽a聽Laspa We Act Grant聽last summer,聽Liu […]
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61传媒 Announces Fall 2016 Season of “61传媒Presents” Public Events Series
61传媒 announced today its fall public events season that features a series of lively discussions with some of today’s most compelling figures on topics at the heart of America’s […]
Read MoreLaspa Center for Leadership: We Act Action and Research Grants Recipients Announced for 2016
The Laspa Center for Leadership at 61传媒 has awarded five We Act Action and Research Grants for 2016. Each student recipient will execute a yearlong, self-designed project to “transform […]
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Laspa Action Grants: Raquel Selcer ’17
In her hometown of Humboldt County, California, Raquel Selcer ’17 worked with Planned Parenthood to create a peer health educator program that would provide better access to healthcare information to the increasing Latina/o population.
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Laspa Action Grants: Grace Dahlstrom ’17
Today, women entering careers in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) are underrepresented, and they must often face hurdles such as wage gaps and gender biases.
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Laspa Action Grants: Maya Espiritu ’16
More than 40 years after the fall of Saigon, the tragic consequences of war are still all too apparent in Vietnam. Maya Espiritu ’16 used her LASPA Action Grant this past summer to document the ongoing effects of Agent Orange, as well as other chemical weapons used during the Vietnam War, on today’s children in Vietnam.
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Laspa Action Grants: Alexandra Harder ’17
When women are released from prison, they often find themselves lacking the financial resources and job skills they need to begin their new lives. Alexandra Harder ’17 used her LASPA Action Grant to help improve a program focused on building networking, communication, and entrepreneurial skills for these women and the student interns who also participated.
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Laspa Action Grants: Edith Ortega ’18
The Laspa聽Action Grants were established to provide opportunities for students to transform knowledge, passion, and ideas into action; demonstrate creative and effective problem solving; create partnership(s) in the public or […]
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