Category Archives: HARNESS

Week 2 Blog

Posted on June 6, 2010 by jumpluff1

Going into the second week of my summer internship and the ELI summer program I found myself with a lot of free time. Once I got past the funny feeling that I was forgetting to do something I came to the realization that working … Continue reading →

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Blog 4, Good Work

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Joyce

I started working on the website, and started my summer internship for the week. I love it—get to wear many hats, had the opportunity to go to a press conference yesterday, met the mayor (he recently passed a revolutionary reform … Continue reading →

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ELI Fist-Fights, and Finding the Lens

Posted on June 2, 2010 by tuhinc

Partner troubles, work ethic burn-outs, even the scrapping of entire projects. As we worked into the first weeks of our projects, these were trends I noticed. I watched the best of us have our feathers ruffled, and feel disconcerted and … Continue reading →

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WHAT!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by tuhinc

The first week was wild. The Lutheran Church! Those are my peoples, seriously. Met this chick there, Wisdom, she’s 33 and has 3 kids, and she finally decided to put the pipe down and focus on harnessing her artistic expression, … Continue reading →

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Week 1 Blog

Posted on May 30, 2010 by jumpluff1

After school ended I kind of switched off. It is good to do it sometimes and helps one get his mind refreshed and back on track. Given that it is only week 1 not much has changed. We are on … Continue reading →

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Blog 2, We Have a Dream

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Joyce

Sugatra Mitra punched a hole through a wall and installed a laptop for communal access. Twenty-three sites, no incentives, no instruction, Mitra proved the children of New Delhi were information sponges—so the only barrier was the lack of access. HARNESS … Continue reading →

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Blog 3, What’s our ROI?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Joyce

As of April 15th, the outstanding federal debt is $12.875 trillion, with $8.387 trillion held by the public. That’s over $200K per American. If we can find the research showing the correlation between personal savings (esp. child savings) and decline … Continue reading →

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Blog 1, TEDXteen

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Joyce

There’s a saying in Farsi, “We used to die because we talked, and now we die, because no one listens.” Continue reading →

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We are HARNESS

Posted on April 28, 2010 by entrepreneurialleadershipinitiative

Tuhin Chakraborty, Bibi Tran, Juan Pablo Garcia, and Joyce Yu HARNESS seeks to provide today’s new generation of children with opportunities to escape poverty by working with Durham’s Partnership for Children to institute a Child’s Savings Account program. These options, … Continue reading →

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