Shorts from Howard Kang

Pretty cool when the work you’re intimately tied with is a top story in the Boston Globe & NY Times.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/us/a-massachusetts-city-tries-to-change-its-image.html?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

My buddy Bret leading the United Way Youth Venture Fellowship at Harvard last weekend. Youth Venture teams spent the day getting advice on their ventures from Harvard Business School students!

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White House Community Conversations with Boston area youth. Creative freedom a hot topic in this room.

“I feel like our schools can show how being creative can contribute to society in a positive way instead of discouraging it.” The students are mentioning things like being “forced to be like a cog or machine,” not having an opportunity to “think outside of the box, taking chances, making mistakes,” and always being told “there’s a right way.”

Another question was, “What makes a good life?”

Creativity, passion, family…money has not been mentioned once.

Really inspired by some of the comments here. They show a real passion for their community and desire to impact it.

First major work project done! Pretty cool I get to support initiatives like this.