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December 2013
Veronika Scott: The Empowerment Plan
The Empowerment Plan aims to help build a better life for those that have become trapped in the cycle of homelessness. We give homeless women jobs while in the shelter so that they can earn money, find a place to live, and gain back their independence for themselves and for their…
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Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B. Corporation
Certified B Corporations are leading a global movement to redefine success in business. By voluntarily meeting higher standards of transparency, accountability, and performance, Certified B Corps are distinguishing themselves in a cluttered marketplace by offering a positive vision of a better way to do business.
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Education: Empowering Girls One Book at a Time
Education: Empowering Girls One Book at a Time Featuring John Wood | Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Author of Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and co-authors of Half the Sky: Turning…
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November Lecture Series: Dimagi
Join us on Thursday, November 20th, 2014 to hear from Jonathan Jackson, founder and CEO of Dimagi, a social enterprise that makes open source software to improve healthcare in developing countries and for the underserved. He will also be joined by Northeastern Social Enterprise Institute alum and current Dimagi program analyst…
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January Lecture Series: Promethean Power Systems
Join us on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 to hear from Sam White, co-founder and director of Promethean Power Systems, a for-profit business that developed a solar-powered refrigeration system for commercial cold-storage in off-grid and partially electrified areas of developing countries.
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February Lecture Series: RSF Social Finance
Join us on Thursday, February 19th, 2015 to hear from Nakul Kadaba, Social Impact Fellow for RSF Social Finance, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides loans and investment opportunities to socially-conscious enterprises. Nakul KadabaSocial Impact Fellow, RSF Social Finance Project Associate at the Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund Nakul Kadaba is a Social Impact Fellow at RSF…
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