“Phones are not evil, but they are engineered to hook you. … This isn’t about deleting your apps, it’s about remembering what’s in control. Your brain is your most valuable currency, so please spend it wisely.”
Dr. Lisa Roethling
Director of student health and well-being at Savannah Country Day School
“The Holocaust “didn’t start with the gas chambers. It took a lot of people to perpetrate this thing and I think, ultimately, I blame the bystanders. It took thousands of people to kill people, but it took millions of people to let it happen, because they were silent.”
Kati Preston
Holocaust survivor and author
“Art has the power to start movements, to sustain movements, to inspire people and unite people around a common cause. Sometimes the art is intricate and detailed and beautiful … but sometimes it’s as simple as a sentence presented in striking simplicity.”
Yamanda Wright
Artist and psychologist
““Sport … is a game changer. It allows you opportunities to blend with people and see opportunities that you maybe didn’t see in yourself. When I started to create the business model and we started to build out the collection, I went to [Nike] and said, ‘What if we took the proceeds of this product and donated it back to allow kids to have better access to sport?’”
Sam McCracken
Founder of Nike’s Native American business initiative, N7; member of Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes
“I think it’s very dangerous for the United States and China to be descending into spirals of mutual mistrust. We need to work together to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. ... I’ve dedicated my professional career to the belief that smart people in both countries need to find ways to connect, to communicate and to work together wherever possible.”
Dinda Elliott ’76
Executive director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard China Fund
