The RESPECT ride will begin in an East Coast city--likely Washington D.C. or Virginia Beach--and continue through cities such as Columbus, Ohio; Chicago; St.Louis; Denver; Salt Lake City, Utah; Las Vegas and San Francisco.

According to Daggett, the group also aims to set up a website about youth violence as a resource for teachers.

"We're working with several people at the Graduate School of Education [GSE] to connect with some of their curricula that are already set up so that teachers may access this website easily," Daggett says.

In a letter of recommendation for Gaughan and Daggett, Margo A. Welch, director of the Collaborative Integrated Services at the GSE, commended their "energy, determination to understand and to succeed, and the readiness to strengthen connections between people who can make a difference."

Both Gaughan and Daggett say they hope the RESPECT ride will motivate other students to initiate service projects of their own.

"Ideally, students in the Harvard community could lead future projects under our umbrella organization,"

Gaughan says. "After the RESPECT ride, we want to continue helping."

During intercession, for example, Daggett visited elementary schools in Honduras as part of a trip sponsored by DGP.