All the Difference

Author: Dartmouth Center for Social Impact

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.
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Advocating for A Better America with Maya Wiley '86
Episode 7
Wednesday, 17 December, 2025

This special episode was recorded live at the Dartmouth Social Impact Summit, where Maya Wiley '86 served as the keynote speaker. In the interview and conversation that follows, Maya unpacks the struggles she faced while a student at Dartmouth, and her path to law and politics from there, where civil rights became the lodestar of her career. Wiley is president and CEO of both the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its Education Fund. A nationally respected civil‑rights attorney, she has served as a litigator, program architect, and policy advocate across philanthropy, nonprofits, government, and higher education. Wiley made history as the first Black woman counsel to New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, and later ran for mayor of New York City. Her distinguished legal career includes work with the ACLU, NAACP, and other leading organizations, as well as international human‑rights projects. A frequent commentator on NBC and MSNBC, Wiley is also the author of the memoir Remember, You Are a Wiley.