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February 28, 2021

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Jeralyn Richardson on Transforming Community for Public Health

Jeralyn Richardson–who has helped lead our Jump-Start program for the past two years–is using her background in public health to bring necessary change to communities amidst a pandemic and beyond. With a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s of public health, Jeralyn got her start serving the working poor at a public health non-profit…

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Paul Lillehaugen

“Designing for social innovation means asking, ‘what are the problems around me that need a solution?’ and then, ‘why are the current solutions not working? How can I reframe the question in a different way to find a more effective approach?’”

Wenfei Xu

“When I think about the role of a designer, I don’t think about someone who is just highly capable at colors, graphics, or communication. Designers are people who are capable of bringing together different types of ideas and different ways of seeing the world to propose something coherent and original.”

Asi Burak

“There is innovation, and then there is innovation with meaning, which is trying to change society for the better. That’s the innovation we’re looking for, it doesn’t have to be technological, it doesn’t need to be disruptive, it needs to be undertaken with society in mind.”

Cheryl Heller

“Design is the best way to get from A to B when you don’t yet know what B is.”

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