Phillips Brooks House

"The Phillips Brooks House Association strives for social justice. As a student-run organization, we draw upon the creative initiative of students and community members to foster collaboration that empowers individuals and communities. Through social service and social action, PBHA endeavors to meet community needs and promote social awareness and community involvement at Harvard and beyond. PBHA is a student-run, staff supported public service/social action organization at Harvard College providing a variety of services to the Greater Boston community. PBHA is often called "the best course at Harvard." For more than a century PBHA programs have provided vital experiences for generations of leaders in service and activism, simultaneously developing real, meaningful community partnerships.

"PBHA today is comprised of more than 70 programs, with over 1600 volunteers participating in a wide range of service activities. The cabinet, still at the heart of governance of the organization, continues to play an important role, both in setting and managing the vision for PBHA as we head into our second century."

And here is an important youtube video about PBHA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCISiaxCTtI&feature=player_embedded


Who do they work with? PBHA is an umbrella for many things such as, for example, Harvard STAGE (Student Theatre Advancing Growth and Empowerment -- nice acronym huh?). They have over 1600 active volunteers and have done work world-wide since the 1920s. They are partial autonomous but still heavily in association with Harvard College (they kept switching from college to university).