Social Responsibility in Action

We are grounded in service and action. Our mission is to strengthen equity, justice, sustainability, and well-being through active, inclusive community participation, locally and globally.

Alumni-Led, Volunteer-Driven

Our work is powered by passionate volunteers, not top-down structures. Projects emerge organically, led by classmates, supported by peers, and strengthened by shared purpose.

Five Focus Areas

Our programming centers on:

• Justice & Civic Engagement
• Environment & Climate Change
• Health & Healthcare
• Culture Counts
• Education

Signature Programs & Initiatives

From long-term impact projects like the Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, Voting Initiative, and Zoom Forum Series, to timely ClassACTion Alerts and the Freedom of the Press Initiative, we respond to both urgent needs and enduring issues.

Bridges to Impact

Our Bridge Program links ClassACT HR73 with classmate-founded or -sponsored nonprofits. These partnerships amplify impact by providing access to skills, networks, and support.

Forums & Public Dialogue

Through our ClassACTHR73 Forums, we host compelling discussions with thought leaders that promote learning, dialogue and public citizenship across sectors, generations, and lived experiences.

Harvard Roots & Independent Spirit

We proudly draw on our Harvard ties while remaining autonomous and open. We partner with HAA, other centers, and alumni groups to inspire similar efforts across classes and institutions.

At a class reunion in 2013, members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of ’73 launched an initiative devoted to the principle that it’s not too late to change the world. In a time of national and global strife and distrust in institutions, professional expertise, and truth itself, ClassACTors share and apply the experience that education, community, and collective energy have put within their reach.

With a belief that education underwrites human flourishing, that a diverse and inclusive community is more than the sum of its parts, and that inquiry and imagination set the essential steps towards a new and better life for all, ClassACT HR73 develops programming in the areas of the Culture, Education, Culture, Environment & Climate, Healthcare, and Justice & Civic Engagement. Programming includes ClassACT Forums, action-oriented alerts, consulting support of 15 non-profits involving classmates, skillbased webinars supporting the non-profit community and the Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program- a fellowship that support mid-careerleaders enrolled in the Edward S. Mason Program (MC/MPA) of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.