The Dartmouth Social Impact Summit

Dartmouth students, alumni, and campus and community partners gathered to celebrate the impact, both on individuals and the communities they have helped support, in ways large and small. Below you can learn more about the DCSI, listen to our podcast, read our magazine, see highlights from the Social Impact Summit and more. 

The Dartmouth Center for Social Impact grew out of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation in 2015, with the mandate to "prepare students to be transformative leaders for the common good". In partnership with communities across the U.S. and around the globe, its experiential curricular and co-curricular learning programs have supported students in developing the skills and passion needed to tackle society's most pressing challenges.

Over the last 10 years, thousands of Dartmouth students have participated in these programs and have gone on to lead lives of purpose.

Read the first edition of the Dartmouth Social Impact Review, a collection of experiences from Dartmouth students, faculty, and alumni who are using their education for the common good. 

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A podcast for people interested in social impact careers and what is happening at the cutting edge of addressing society's greatest challenges. Our title is taken from Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken" where he concludes, "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Interpretations of that final line vary, but one thing is certain: There is more than one road to a meaningful destination. Through conversations with alumni of Dartmouth College who have leveraged their professional lives for the common good, we chart out what those roads can look like.

Listen to the episode recorded live at the Dartmouth Social Impact Summit with Maya Wiley '86 coming soon!

Listen on Spotify, Apple or wherever you access podcasts. 

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Maya Wiley is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. A nationally respected civil rights attorney, she has been a litigator and a program creator and policy advocate in philanthropy, non-profits, government, and higher education. Prior to taking the helm of the Leadership Conference, Ms. Wiley ran for Mayor in 2021, garnering the second highest number of first choice votes in a rank choice vote election. In 2014, she became the first Black woman to be Counsel to a New York City Mayor, Bill deBlasio where she worked to protect and expand civil rights, Minority and Women-Owned Business contracts and broadband access. Wiley became a Senior Vice President for Social Justice at the New School University, where she also founded the Digital Equity Laboratory. While there, she chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). As chair, she led the release of the "hold" on proceedings against Daniel Pantaleo whose illegal chokehold killed Eric Garner, and also Co-Chaired the Mayor's School Diversity Advisory Group that authored two major reports on integrating New York City public schools.Wiley has been a litigator at the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc, and the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. She helped create a criminal justice program for a major foundation in South Africa. Wiley co-founded and led a national policy advocacy organization, the Center for Social Inclusion, now a part of Race Forward, a national policy strategy organization working to end structural racism. Wiley has received numerous awards, and has been a public voice for rights, justice and democracy, through written opinion editorials and as a former legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Wiley is the author of the memoir, "Remember You Are A Wiley."

Watch Maya Wiley '86's keynote address at the Dartmouth Social Impact Summit on October 25, 2025.

Hear from Janos Marton '04, Paul Vickers '19, Zak Kaufman '08, and Lindsay Harley '24 about their Journey to Impact. 

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