What We Do
What We Do
We support the development of public leadership and the rigorous teaching of advocacy skills through classroom pedagogy, convenings, and field engagement.
We conduct and employ applied research that supports advocacy, citizen activism, and impactful, non-partisan policy solutions to civil rights and social justice issues.
We collaborate with nonprofits and policymakers to leverage the research and analytic capacity of Harvard faculty, students, and staff in service of grassroots organizations.
Our Objectives
Trotter in the news
Rev. Devon Jerome Crawford To Step Down As Staff Director Of The William Monroe Trotter Collaborative For Social Justice
Press Release
Rev. Devon Jerome Crawford announced he will step down as Staff Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice within the Center for Public Leadership at HKS.
A Black Civil Rights Icon From Boston Still Inspires the Fight for Social Justice
150 years after the birth of William Monroe Trotter, his legacy comes alive at Harvard.
Celebrating the anniversary at a two-day Harvard convening, everyone from elementary school students to Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow was inspired by Trotter’s legacy of unstinting activism.
Former President, CEO of NAACP Joins Kennedy School
Press Release
Cornell William Brooks, former president/CEO of the NAACP, civil rights attorney, and ordained minister, has joined HKS as professor of the practice of public leadership and social justice.