Kimberly Newberry (JD ’14) Shares Her Experiences On Mississippi Spring Break Trip

Posted by on Apr 6, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Check out this “Student Voices” post, copied below, in which HLS student Kimberly Newberry shares her experiences on a spring break trip organized by Mississippi Delta Fellow Nate Rosenberg. Student Voices: Learning About Land Rights in Mississippi The Mississippi Delta is populated by more juke joints than Starbucks (and rightly so as the birthplace of the blues). Nightly strolls are...
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Wednesday, Apr. 4: Frank Laski Speaks to the Delta Project

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments This Wednesday, the HLS Mississippi Delta Project is pleased to welcome Frank Laski, former Executive Director of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee of Massachusetts.  Mr. Laski will discuss trends in mental health policy–from the criminal justice system to community based services–and their impact on low-income individuals. He will also offer potential solutions to improve mental...
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Mental Health/Substance Abuse Policy Initiative March 2012 Blogpost

Posted by on Mar 8, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Since the beginning of this school year, myself and other members of the Mental Health/Substance Abuse policy initiative have been working on a report on the state of mental health in Mississippi. Specifically, the report is focused on identifying the problem areas within Mississippi’s mental health system so that we can begin to help our partner-on-the-ground, the Southern Institute for Mental...
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Delta Project Food Initiative Team Leader Ona Balkus’s blog post on the Clinical and Pro Bono Office Blog

Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Student Voices: From Farm to School in Mississippi Posted on February 13, 2012 Today’s dispatch comes from Ona Balkus, a second-year joint degree student at Harvard Law School and Harvard School of Public Health. Ona spent her winter term working with the Mississippi Food Policy Council as part of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic. She is also a member of the student practice organization...
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Recommendations for Farm-to-School Bill Accepted!

Posted by on Dec 2, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Over the course of the fall semester, the Delta Project’s Food Policy team developed legislative recommendations for a statewide farm-to-school bill in Mississippi. After researching farm-to-school initiatives around the country and considering how such initiatives could best be implemented in Mississippi, the Food Policy team compiled their final report, which included recommendations such as...
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WEDNESDAY – 11/30 – HARVARD-WIDE MISSISSIPPI DELTA CELEBRATION

Posted by on Nov 28, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments THIRD ANNUAL HARVARD-WIDE DELTA CELEBRATION   Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pound Hall, Ropes-Gray Assembly Room, Harvard Law School   Please join the Harvard Law School Mississippi Delta Project to learn about ways that Harvard students and faculty are engaged in the Delta, to meet members of the Harvard community who are interested in the Delta region, and to celebrate the...
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