Renaissance in Changemaking

Born in 1958 Hans Hageman has lived a full life working to make a difference around the world.

Hageman graduated with honors from Collegiate School for Boys, received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1980, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

In 1992, he co-founded and served as Executive Director for The East Harlem School at Exodus House located in East Harlem, New York City. In 2002, he founded the Sulaxmi School for Girls in Lucknow, India.

In 2005, he founded the Emily N. Carey Harbor School in East Harlem, New York City.

He has also held positions as a Manhattan assistant district attorney in the Office of Special Narcotics Prosecution, as chief counsel for the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and as minority chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate's Constitution subcommittee.

In this episode, we review what it takes to become a changemaker from the amazing life experience of Hans Hageman who lived through some of the most epic times of change-making in our lives in the United States.

Topics discussed in this episode:

- Who is Hans Hageman [7:00] - Leaving the System [13:30] - Choosing a Life Direction [19:50] - Moving Pass Wounds [26:00] - The Sidelines are Gone [28:00] - Putting on Your Oxygen Mask [30:00] - New Thinking and Good Food [33:33] - Africa Funding Barriers [40:00]

- Societal Blocks [47:15] - Pushing History Forward [50:20] - Courage [55:00] - War for Change [60:00]

Quote:

“I want to be an ancestor worth remembering.”

Guest Bio:

Hans Hageman is a social entrepreneur. He has developed visionary solutions to improve education from Harlem to India. Hans grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York. His home was Exodus House, a pioneering residential drug treatment center started by his father.

Hans’s parents were his first teachers in the importance of service to others. He went on to attend Princeton University and Columbia University School of Law. After law school, he went on to work as a prosecutor, chief counsel to a U.S. Senate subcommittee, and as a defense attorney.

In the early 1990s, he shifted his mission to working with children who had been underserved by the education establishment. This led to his founding of the East Harlem School at Exodus, an independent school that predated charter legislation in New York. His work there was honored with an Essence Magazine award and the Robin Hood Foundation.

His work there was honored with an Essence Magazine award and the Robin Hood Foundation Heroes Award, among others. It also brought him national media coverage from CNN, the New York Times, People Magazine, and the major television networks.

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