eugene cho

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harvard professor donates engagement party?

I can’t tell you how much this story encourages me. I met Dr. Josephine Kim, a Harvard professor in their graduate school of education, this past summer when we spoke at a leadership conference.

Check out what she and her fiance are doing to celebrate their engagement (or click image above). Beautiful stuff.

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  1. This is wonderful. I have a confession to make….for economic and family reasons, I did not have the engagement/wedding celebrations that I’ve seen others enjoy, and I have often had many ambivalent feelings about that. This reminds me of what is really important.

  2. [...] but because you encouraged by our story or inspired by stories like the one I shared yesterday of a Harvard professor & her fiance who asked people to donate to ODW in lieu of engagement/wedding gifts for [...]

  3. Eugene, found your blog today online. Good stuff here bro!

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