Men on a mission
When leaders of the Women’s Student Association at Harvard Business School (HBS) were considering how to better address gender issues on campus, one thing they knew they would need was an effective way to deliver their message. It didn’t take long before the women realized that some of the best potential envoys were right there in front of them: men. Enter the Manbassadors, a program launched earlier this fall to get men on the HBS campus more closely engaged in gender equality and gender dynamics, concerns typically seen as primarily of interest to women. “One of our goals is absolutely to give an outlet to men who are passionate and interested in getting involved,” said WSA Co-President Amanda Burlison, M.B.A. ’14. “But another goal is to make it more approachable by providing peers for people who don’t necessarily know about the topic or feel that they can approach it.” The idea for the program was...