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In this episode of the Social Change Career Podcast, Dr. Craig Zelizer sits down with the inspiring Yuna Sapi. As a visionary leader and founder of impactful organizations like Liberate Inc. and Protectores de la Tierra and serving as an Echoing Green Fellow, Yura shares their compelling journey of weaving together art, activism, and collective liberation to create lasting social impact. Why You Should Listen: Art as Activism: Discover how Yura's work with Liberate Inc. uses the arts to advance racial, social, and climate justice. Learn about their groundbreaking initiatives that empower BIPOC creatives through grants, education, and organizing efforts. Cultivating Community Resilience: Explore Yura's transformative work with Protectores de la Tierra, a food sovereignty initiative in Colombia that blends ancestral Afro-Indigenous practices to empower local communities and promote environmental sustainability. From Vision to Reality: Gain insights into Yura's career shift from traditional employment to founding her own successful organizations. Fellowship Wisdom: Dive into the role of fellowships in Yura's journey, including the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship, and understand how these opportunities can support and accelerate a changemaker's impact. Strategic Planning for Impact: Learn about innovative strategies and courses available for visionary leaders looking to make a significant impact, including offerings from Yura's Liberate organization such Strategic Planning for Visionary Leaders: An 8-Week Accelerator for Arts and Culture Changemakers Empowering the Arts: Expand your perception of art and who defines it, as Yura breaks conventions and champions the powerful role of art in social change. Resources from the Episode: LiberArte Inc.: An organization focused on arts and social justice, supporting grassroots initiatives and nurturing creativity. Protectores de la Tierra: An AfroIndigenous Food Access Project in Nuquí, Chocó, Colombia, supported by LiberArte Inc. Echoing Green Fellowship: Supporting emerging social entrepreneurs and innovators globally. Institute for Creative Disruptors: Offering strategic planning courses for visionary leaders. Strategic Planning for Visionary Leaders: An 8-Week Accelerator: A course designed for arts and culture leaders of the global majority. Tambacum: A traditional music group from Nuquí, Chocó, Colombia, known for blending rhythms like Tamborito and Cumbancha. They are celebrated for their community-driven performances and cultural heritage preservation.   Bio: Yura Sapi (they/them) is a visionary leader, healing artist, and Earth steward committed to cultivating a globally just future. As the co-founder of Protectores de la Tierra, Yura Sapi nurtures a transformative food sovereignty initiative in Nuquí, Chocó, Colombia. Rooted in ancestral Afro-Indigenous farming practices and guided by the wisdom of nature, the project empowers local communities by addressing food insecurity, preserving cultural heritage, and fostering environmental sustainability. Through this work, Yura also bridges global Black and Indigenous solidarity, inspired by the abundance found in tending to the Earth. Food Sovereignty & Community Building Protectores de la Tierra focuses on regenerating forest farms using sustainable agricultural methods that blend traditional practices with modern strategies. The initiative educates future generations of farmers to secure local food sources and reverse migration trends, ensuring thriving, self-sufficient communities with access to nutritious food. Yura's work in Nuquí directly addresses reliance on external food sources, particularly during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and national strikes, by rebuilding local food production. Arts & Activism Leadership Yura is also the founder and CEO of LiberArte Inc., a nonprofit advancing racial, social, and climate justice through the arts. Their initiatives include the Building Our Own Tables podcast, which amplifies BIPOC creatives and leaders building autonomous, justice-driven programs. LiberArte supports artists globally through grants, educational programming, and grassroots organizing, emphasizing anti-racism and decolonization. LiberArte's work spans continents, blending creative activism, healing practices, and grassroots organizing to promote collective liberation. Cultural Resilience & Global Solidarity With roots in their Indigenous Kichwa heritage and citizenships in Ecuador, Colombia, and the United States, Yura's journey reflects a dedication to healing, equity, and cultural resilience beyond borders. Their studies in meditation, anti-oppressive facilitation, and arts management enrich their approach to social change, guided by gratitude for ancestors, mentors, and the Earth itself. Yura envisions a future grounded in justice and abundance, where creativity and community transform the world. Make your inbox amazing with our new Career Digest subscription option for less than the cost a cup of coffee per month.   Like our Weekly Free Newsletter, but with even more value. Delivered 5–6 days a week, you'll get over 200 human curated opportunities every month—including jobs, fellowships, funding options, impact news, socent opps trainings, remote roles and more. Whether you're just starting or looking to advance, this digest provides the world's best human-curated impact opportunities to fuel your career. Interested in subscribing for a group or organization. Get in contact. Other Terrific PCDN Resources. 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America might be rowing back on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, but one woman who is fighting to keep interculturalism at the forefront of people's minds is Mamobo Ogoro, the CEO of Irish social enterprise GORM. Ogoro is a Nigerian-Irish Social Psychologist and multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, who is “on a personal mission to unify the world”. Through her work with GORM, she helps organisations in Ireland and around the world develop intercultural leaders. In this episode, Ogoro talks to Róisín Ingle about growing GORM from an idea into a movement, how she works to bridge the gap between diversity and inclusion and how she's become Ireland's first Echoing Green Fellow. But first, Irish Times podcast producer Aideen Finnegan is here to discuss some of the biggest stories from the week, including a dramatic fashion statement at the Grammys, the sexual assault trial taking place in Spain over that infamous World Cup kiss and how Ireland's ambassador to the USA, Geraldine Byrne Nason, is running diplomatic relations in the Trump era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, Matt Prewitt engages in a thought-provoking dialogue with Tahir Amin, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge (I-MAK). Together, they delve into the history of the patent and trademark systems – flaws and all, especially within the pharmaceutical realm. Tahir, drawing from his experience as a former intellectual property lawyer turned reform advocate, sheds light on how these systems have been manipulated by large corporations to prolong monopolies rather than foster invention. He proposes substantial reforms to address these systemic issues, advocating for a fundamental restructuring of the patent system. This insightful conversation highlights the complexities and challenges within the patent system and the quest for a more just and equitable approach to intellectual property.Links & References: References:I-MAKWorld Trade Organization (WTO)"Battle of Seattle" | 1999 Seattle WTO protestsHistory of patent law - WikipediaWhy Intellectual Property Rights? A Lockean JustificationJustifying Intellectual Property by Robert P. Merges Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the US Constitution – ArtI.S8.C8.1 Overview of Congress's Power Over Intellectual PropertyBios:Tahir Amin LL.B., Dip.LP., is a founder and CEO of the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a non-profit organisation working to address the structural power and inequities of the intellectual property (IP) system and how medicines are developed and distributed. He has over 25 years of experience in IP law, during which he has practised with two of the leading IP law firms in the United Kingdom and served as IP Counsel for multinational corporations. His work focuses on re-defining and re-shaping IP laws and the related global political economy to better serve the public interest and commons, by changing the structural power dynamics that allow economic and health inequities to persist. He is a former Harvard Medical School Fellow in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, a TED and Echoing Green Fellow. He has served as legal advisor/consultant to many international and intergovernmental organisations, including the Medecines Sans Frontieres, the European Patent Office, World Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on IP and unsustainable drug prices. Tahir's Social Links:Tahir Amin (@realtahiramin) / XInitiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (@IMAKglobal) / XTahir Amin - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - I-MAK | LinkedInMatt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ (@m_t_prewitt) / XAdditional Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Matt Prewitt.This is a RadicalxChange Production. Connect with RadicalxChange Foundation:RadicalxChange Website@RadxChange | TwitterRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, Narrated, and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

This episode was sponsored by quitt.business. Timestamps: 02:18 - Their career backgrounds 06:25 - Starting a company with a romantic partner 12:57 - Convincing customers to buy their product 20:37 - Importance of customer experience 30:17 - How did acquisition change their view on growth? About Daniel Meyer and Marie So: Daniel Meyer and Marie So are the co-founders and CEO and CSO, respectively, of EGO Movement. EGO Movement was founded in 2015 and provides smart, connected mobility solutions that are stylish, sustainable, and affordable. Daniel has a master's degree from ETH in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and founded his first startup during university. He later spent 8 years in Hong Kong, Vietnam and China in various senior management positions for Swiss multinational DKSH, and his last role was as Vice President of their second largest business in China. Daniel also was the Chairman of the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce for 2 years and member of several board of directors in China and South East Asia. Marie graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a master's degree in Public Administration and International Development, and a bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University. She also attended the United World College of the Pacific (UWC). She previously co-founded Shokay and Ventures in Development, a non-profit that catalyses the creation of social enterprises in the greater China region. She also previously worked for the United Nations Development Programme, Dubai Development and Investment Authority, Procter & Gamble and Merrill Lynch. Marie is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader as well as an Echoing Green Fellow 2008 and Asia 21 Young Leader 2008. Daniel and Marie are romantic partners and share their experience of running a business together since 2015, highlighting how their differing skills and personalities complement each other. They blur the line between personal and professional life, constantly brainstorming new ideas and improvements for their brand. EGO Movement stands out in the market with its fusion of lifestyle and technology in e-bikes, featuring GPS and remote unlocking via an app. Sustainability is at the forefront, as they showcase how e-bike users save 275kg of CO2 equivalents per year, making it an eco-friendly choice. They give insight into their pricing strategy, emphasizing affordability compared to cars and their commitment to a sustainable supply chain. Marie and Daniel sold their majority shares in 2021 to TVS, one of the 5 largest 2-wheeler manufacturers globally, paving the way for rapid growth and international expansion, with a focus on making e-bikes not just a mode of transport but a lifestyle choice. Memorable Quotes: “We have very different personalities and skills, but they complement each other, as well as a strong trust - that is very special because not every couple can do it.' “Customer experience is very important for us, so opening a flagship lifestyle store was a step we felt was beneficial for the brand, which not every business considers a risk worth taking.”  Don't forget to give us a follow on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin accounts, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly give-aways or founders dinners!

Death is a process of decomposition, how can we come to embrace this reality? This week, guest Katrina Spade joins Ayana for a fascinating conversation on the possibilities of burial practices, ways to connect with death, and the value in thoughtful death plans. Sharing her journey to founding Recompose, “a licensed, full-service, green funeral home in Seattle offering human composting,” Katrina shares that the way we design death rituals matters in how connected we feel to the process of death. Detailing the science, logistics, and art behind human composting, Katrina imbues the conversation with passion, concern, and a spirit of learning. Through Recompose, Katrina has witnessed the beauty that comes from watching new life blossom from death, and from the connections family members of the deceased can have with the soil created from the composting process. The intention and compassion we put into death-care matters.  As Katrina reminds us, there is so much to be gained from intimacy with death.Katrina Spade is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a public benefit corporation leading the transformation of the funeral industry. Katrina is a designer and the inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting).Since founding in 2017, Katrina and Recompose have led the successful legalization of human composting in Washington State in 2019. Recompose became the first company in the world to offer the service in December of 2020. The process is now also legal in Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, California., and New York.Katrina and her team have been featured in Fast Company, NPR, the Atlantic, BBC, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times. She is an Echoing Green Fellow, an Ashoka fellow, and a Harvard Kennedy School Visiting Social Innovator.Music by Yesol. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

This episode's guest is Dr Bernadette Lim of Freedom Community Clinic in the Bay Area of CA.  Bernadette Lim, MD, MS (she/her) founded Freedom Community Clinic at age 24. Growing up in a family with Filipino and Toisanese ancestral roots that faced trauma in the Western medical system, she wanted to become the first physician in her family and use ancestral, holistic healing methods. Inspired by her experiences and the rich history of healing justice activism in the Bay Area, Bernadette created Freedom Community Clinic to uplift ancestral science and wisdom and expand on historical legacies of bringing whole-person healing back to the people. Bernadette graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 2022 and earned her master's degree at UC Berkeley School of Public Health in 2019. She serves as faculty at the San Francisco State Institute for Holistic Health Studies. In addition, she is a hatha yoga teacher and Reiki healing practitioner. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2016 and was a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to India. She has been honored as an Echoing Green Fellow, Dalai Lama Fellow, World Policy Forum Young Global Changer, National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health, Yamashita Prize Outstanding Emerging Social Activist in California, and a Pacific Standard Top 30 Under 30 Thinker in Policy and Social Justice, among many others. Show notes and more episodes at Brucelee.com/Podcast

Cory Greene is a formerly incarcerated co-founder and Healing Justice Organizer with How Our Lives link Altogether! (H.O.L.L.A!). He is invested in developing, leading and implementing an intergenerational, youth-led, citywide and nationwide Healing Justice Movement. Cory (39 years old) was born and raised by a single mother in East Elmhurst Queens, NY, during a time when many mothers and urban communities were impacted by the crack epidemic. His ancestors and elders hail from the struggles of delta Mississippi, and the historical reality of being Black in “America.” Cory's experiences as a youth growing up in urban ghettos have contributed to his understanding of systemic inequalities. As a result, Cory has committed himself to a wide range of educational projects, healing, and grassroots movement building that seek to change existing conditions for youth of color and our communities. Cory earned his Associate degree in Liberal Arts Deaf Studies from LaGuardia Community College and his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Psychology from New York University. He earned his doctoral degree from the Critical Social Personality Psychology program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) where his research efforts analyze the praxis of grassroots pedagogy and healing-centered youth organizing within a process of radical healing. Cory serves as a research associate and leader on numerous participatory action research (PAR) projects. Cory is an organizer with the Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Family Movement (FICPFM), a national movement led by formerly incarcerated leaders to change the public policy landscape of criminal justice (punishment). He is also a national organizer with the Education Liberation Project, engaging in a national project to uplift Prison Abolition through an educational toolkit. He is a 2013 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 2013 Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellow, 2016 Echoing Green Fellow and 2017 Camelback fellow. Cory's organizing work, humanity and analysis has been featured in critical documentaries such as Ava Duvernay's 13th, From Prison to NYU, and most recently, H.O.L.L.A!'s Healing Justice Movement Documentary “We Came to Heal.” Cory has been married since he was 21 years old, a total of 18 years. He attributes knowing how to love and understanding of the importance of interpersonal journeying to his wife. Cory is a father who attributes his work, motivation and success to his son's existence.You can find out more about H.O.L.L.A here.We want to thank Paper Monday for the interviews and portraits, Jo Barratt and Dike Godstime for the audio engineering and Maria Tan from House of Thriving for co-producing this podcast season.

Gia Taijae Tejeda is 21, a junior Economics major with a minor in management and organization at Spelman College, and the Founder of All Things College. Gia is a believer in Christ, daughter, sister, trailblazer, scholar, community builder, florist, and event planner. Gia began to develop All Things College (A.T.C.) as a freshman in high school; now, her initiative turned business is committed to bridging the gap from high school to higher education within the minority community. The primary purpose of A.T.C. is to advocate for quality education by informing students and parents nationwide on college readiness, standardized test-prep, and scholarships, ensuring an increase in minority economic growth and college retention rates. This line of work is extremely near and dear to Gia's heart because she is passionate about empowering, encouraging, and equipping others to break generational glass ceilings. Gia strongly believes that if scholars from the minority communities receive a higher education, this will improve their own community and catapult their success post-graduation. Gia aspires to inspire scholars worldwide to dream big in life and reach their full potential, especially in furthering their education. Gia saw a need within her community and began to help one scholar at a time change their narrative. Reaching students who feel as though “it's too late” or have been told “they would never amount to anything” is most important in Gia's mission because she knows those same sentiments. Essentially, All Things College will make an impact, regardless of how big or small. Gia graduated from Hillgrove with a 3.4 GPA, a 29 on the ACT, and a 1360 on the SAT. Gia was honored as the BOLD Scholarship Award and scholarship recipient for 2017 from Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta. Gia served as Vice President for Leaders of Tomorrow, National Black MBA Association Atlanta Chapter. She was a member of FBLA for her entire high school career and served as a community service and fundraiser officer as a senior. Furthermore, Gia was also recognized as a problem solver and demonstrated excellent character; she received the Dr.Hill award from her school. When Gia is not being a student at the #1 HBCU or running her business, you can find her indulging in fashion and beauty. She is the oldest daughter of Trelles Delandro-Williams and Cornell Williams. She has two younger sisters, Mariah and Camryn, that look to Gia as their role model. Gia is most passionate about helping others to reach their full potential! Whether she is working with her younger siblings, scholars within her community, or her Spelman Sisters, the thing that drives Gia is knowing she has the opportunity to make an impact. Gia has worked with The Harvey Foundation and was a speaker at the Girls Who Rule The World Event, she has been seen in Essence and Voyage ATL. She is a Girls Inc Bold Award 2019 Recipient and an Echoing Green Fellow. Gia is a student leader on campus and has plans to make her mark at Spelman. She is a member of the Economics Club, Sister Keeping it Real Through Service (SKIRTS), Morehouse Business Association, Future Business Leaders of Spelman, Presidential member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and Co-President of Girls Going Global Spelman Chapter. Gia participated in Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities: Market Madness 14-week program including induction to Goldman Sachs and deep dive into key financial concepts. During the program, Gia worked diligently with her team members, also known as the “GS Dream Team”. The Dream Team competed against 125 HBCU students and placed first in the business case competition, scouring a grand prize of a $1 Million dollar grant for Spelman College. After Spelman, Gia will pursue graduate school and obtain her M.B.A. at Stanford University or the Wharton School of business. Gia's quote to live by comes from Luke 1:45, Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord will fulfill his promises to her. ------------------------------------- WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME:  Website:  https://www.girlsonanotherlevel.com  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/wearegoalinc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearegoalinc  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearegoalinc/  Email: wearegoalinc@gmail.com  If you enjoyed this episode don't forget to subscribe, rate and leave a review!  #GirlsOnAnotherLevel 

Welcome back to another episode of the #squarepizzapod. This week, Greg is in conversation with Brittany Young, Founder + CEO of B-360. One fun fact you will learn about Brittany and B-360 is the Mayor of Baltimore designated March 25th as "B-360" day to honor the five-year anniversary of their organization. The celebration includes a press conference and a proclamation from the Mayor. In this episode:B-360 history and overview Awards: Kelly Clarkson, Steve Harvey, Ne-Yo, Ted TalkFellowship experience at Camelback & Echoing GreenDiverse funding modelRide for Change campaignSuccess and challengesBio:Brittany is a retired engineer, educator, professor, and Baltimore native; she has programmed nuclear plants, developed medical devices, and planned satellite explorations, but finds the most satisfaction in her roles in education, problem-solving & service to her community. After the incarceration of her minor brother as an adult, she became empowered to create solutions to funnel talent which resulted in B-360. B-360 , is an organization that utilizes dirt bike culture to end the cycle of poverty, disrupt the prison pipeline, and build bridges in communities. Through STEM education, community engagement, workforce pipe-lining, and events the organization is changing the perception of engineers and dirt bike riders.She was the first Black woman Baltimore native to have a TED Talk, the First Black person ever to receive the prestigious Bessie Stringfield Award, and is currently creating the first ever campus for dirt bikes and education in the country. If you visit Union Station Market in DC, she is currently on a mural 3 blocks from the White House focusing on successful Black women entrepreneurs. Outside of being a history maker she has some of the following accolades and accomplishments: Yale School of Management Lecturer, Baltimore 40 under 40, Echoing Green Fellow, Baltimore's Woman to Watch, and transition team member to Mayor Brandon Scott. Her work has been featured in Johns Hopkins, CBS, Forbes, Teen Vogue, Afro-Punk, Broccoli City Fest, Toyota, Nike NBC Sports, and more!   Brittany is a champion for Black joy, Black women, and true systemic change and providing digits and skills access to people just like her. Brittany's life goals are to show people how smart they truly are and to unlock innate genius. When she is not advocating for change through B-360, you can also find her advocating for caregivers and supporting her brother who lives with down syndrome. Support the show

Summary: In this episode, Capital Insight co-hosts and securities attorneys Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch talk with Katrina Spade of Recompose, a full-service funeral home specializing in human composting. Listen to catch Katrina's insight into the process of raising capital for a business that was still not legal when it started and how to stay true to your vision even when you need large amounts of capital to get your business off the ground. Bio: Katrina Spade is a designer and the inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting). In 2017, Katrina founded Recompose with the goal of offering earth-centric, participatory, and meaningful death care. Recompose has led the successful legalization of human composting in Washington State, Oregon, and Colorado. In 2020, Recompose began offering the service of human composting to the public. Katrina and her team have been featured in Fast Company, NPR, the Atlantic, BBC, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times. She is an Echoing Green Fellow, an Ashoka fellow, and a Harvard Kennedy School Visiting Social Innovator. Key quotes: “I knew that the world wanted this, and I knew that it was going to take a pretty good amount of capital.” “One of the reasons I did not want to create a for-profit was that I was afraid of losing the values that I had set up in my non-profit.” “I founded Recompose as a for-profit company that has in its bylaws environmental or social goals that sit alongside profit goals. It was a way to start signaling to investors that we weren't just about profit. Recompose is very much about an environmental and social goal: the environmental goal is creating new soil and saving carbon and reducing the pollution that happens with our [current] funeral practices - creating this beautiful ecological wealth-building practice instead. And the social goals have to do with accepting our mortality and thinking more deeply about how we're connected to the natural world as humans. That was the first thing we did to signal to investors that this is a different kind of company.” Links/socials/contact: Company website: https://recompose.life/ Company instagram: @recomposelife Entrepreneur instagram: @katrinaspade Company twitter: @recomposelife Email: info@recompose.life Angels of Main Street: https://www.angelsofmainstreet.com/

Ruchi Varma is the CEO & Founder of HumanQind. She is also an Echoing Green Fellow and Dalai Lama Fellow. In this episode of 'Understanding the Future of Child-Friendly Cities', with Ruchi Varma, we explore different components of child-friendly cities and how can they be developed. In this episode, we start the conversation by understanding what do we mean by child-friendly cities. We further explore what kind of development need to be considered as children centric and what is its process in brownfield and greenfield projects. Additionally, how can more open spaces be developed for physical and mental development as well as make sure that they have physical and psychological safety. Further, we discuss how do we consider them as a stakeholder for city planning. At last, we talk about the kind of skillsets would we need for people to facilitate the ecosystem. You can listen to the podcast on all Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Gaana, JioSaavn & Youtube. Also, follow Climate Centre for Cities on Social Media for more updates on podcasts, blogs and newsletters. Respective links can be accessed here: https://linktr.ee/ccube To know more about the Climate Centre for Cities: http://c-cube.niua.org/ Special thanks to the members of the Design Team, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and Climate Centre for Cities for constant support. Conceptualized, Produced & Hosted by Punit Gandhi: https://www.punitgandhi.com/ Music Credits: https://josephmcdade.com/ Disclaimer: Climate Centre for Cities (C-Cube) is providing this podcast as a public service, but it is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of C-Cube's policy. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the C-Cube. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by C-Cube employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of the C-Cube or any of its officials. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/climate-centre-for-cities/message

Alison Lingane has dedicated her career to enabling business to be a force for good. She is the co-founder of Project Equity, a national leader in the movement to harness employee ownership to maintain thriving local business communities, create quality jobs, and address income and wealth inequality. Her passion for creating quality jobs and an economy that works for everyone was fueled in her early career by her role designing and leading micro-enterprise programs for urban youth. Alison spent 15 years in senior leadership roles in mission-driven companies that are designed to create human impact at scale. She now brings those scaling lessons back full circle to her work at Project Equity, turning businesses into community change agents through employee ownership. Alison has her B.A. from Harvard University and her MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She has been selected as an Echoing Green Fellow, an Aspen Institute Job Quality Fellow and an Ashoka Fellow. We'd really appreciate it if you would click the like button above and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! For more information go to http://arcaandassociates.com/ © 2021 Philip Arca

NOTE: For a full transcript of the conversation, see: https://tonyloyd.com/karim-abouelnaga. Close the Opportunity Gap through high-impact programs before, during, and outside of school hours. Karim Abouelnaga is CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, a company he founded when he was 18 years old. Practice Makes Perfect partners with K-12 schools to help narrow the opportunity gap. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most influential young entrepreneurs under 25 globally. Karim’s TED Talk was named one of the 9 Most Inspiring Talks of 2017. Karim has gathered his lessons learned in a powerful new book, The Purpose-Driven Social Entrepreneur. Learn More About Karim Abouelnaga and Practice Makes Perfect: Book: The Purpose-Driven Social Entrepreneur: https://amzn.to/3seHTYO Practice Makes Perfect: https://practicemakesperfect.org Karim Abouelnaga: https://www.karimabouelnaga.com

84: 4 Keys to Building A Global Nonprofit (Elizabeth Hausler) SUMMARYAre you pondering nonprofit leadership among multiple career options? That’s exactly what Elizabeth Hausler considered before she started the global nonprofit Build Change in 2004, and she offers a fascinating review of her leadership journey and the many lessons learned on Episode #84 of the Path Podcast. These lessons, of course, offer great insight for others considering a similar nonprofit career. Elizabeth reflects on what she would do differently if she were starting over at Build Change, and what were some of the key challenges she had to overcome, including being a woman in a male-dominated field. Many great take-aways in this episode for nonprofit leaders, including the four headlines: how to effectively hire and orient new talent, how to create an effective strategic planning process, how to help your board evolve as the organization evolves too, and finally, how to balance your multiple roles as CEO.ABOUT ELIZABETHDr. Elizabeth Hausler is the Founder and CEO of Build Change and a global expert on resilient housing, post-disaster reconstruction, and systems change. Elizabeth’s strategic direction and leadership have grown Build Change from a few employees in 2004 to a global team spread across five continents. She has profoundly influenced global development policy by making resilience a major consideration for reconstruction efforts. Elizabeth’s extensive experience in post-disaster communities, including a Fulbright Scholarship in India, led her to found Build Change to ensure reconstruction efforts would be safe and sustainable. She is the recipient of many honors, and in 2011, was named the US Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the Schwab Foundation. Together with Build Change, she was awarded the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2018, she received the University of California, Berkeley’s Campanile Excellence in Achievement Award. Since 2014 she has been a member of the UC-Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Elizabeth is also an Ashoka Fellow, a Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow, and an Echoing Green Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. from UC-Berkeley in Civil Engineering, as well as an M.S. from the University of Colorado and a B.S. from the University of Illinois. Dr. Hausler has headlined top conferences, lectured at eminent universities, and been featured in media outlets including The New York Times, BBC News, Forbes, Elle Magazine, ABC News, and Bloomberg Businessweek. EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESJim Collins’ book Good to GreatRobert Kaplan’s book What to Ask the Person in the MirrorAlicia Garza’s Book The Purpose of Power

This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Karim Abouelnaga. Karim is CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Public Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to help narrow the opportunity gap. Karim founded PMP at 18. He is an author, a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world. Karim’s TED Talk was named one of the 9 Most Inspiring Talks of 2017 and his Forbes day-in-the-life feature is Forbes’ most viewed video of all time, collectively garnering over 5 million views. If you’ve listened to this show for any length of time, you know that I believe traditional education is important, but self-education and learning to think independently is paramount to success. I’ve brought Karim on to talk about his experience and what he’s learned in creating PMP and in his entrepreneur journey. www.KarimAbouelnaga.com You have to know where you are from to know where you are going. Karim’s parents were both Egyptian immigrants. His father had a dream to come to America to create a better life for himself. He was an entrepreneur that started from scratch. He drove a cab and the later started importing Egyptian collectables and selling them at street fairs. Eventually, this led to starting a little thrift shop. Karim spent a lot of time working in the shop helping the family business. Karim and his siblings attended some of New York City’s most struggling schools. And early on school wasn’t that much of a priority. Then his father got sick with terminal cancer. It was then things changed. As a kid, he hard that education was his way out. He hadn’t thought much of it, but after his father passed and he got into high school, he began to see what this meant. He had some luck in that he had a series of mentors that helped him. He graduated at the top of his class. He went to college for business and management. As he started furthering his education, the disparities in education became more apparent and he found his mission and purpose. He graduated from Cornell and started PMP as a way to solve the education gap with low-income schools – what he calls narrowing the opportunity gap. 10 years later, the company has grown and is a multi-million-dollar education enterprise. What are some of the principles you learned from your father that have helped make you successful? Show up early. Be reliable. Foster an incredible work ethic. The importance of learning to work for yourself. Learn from those around and get mentors to help you – don’t stop learning. At the 12 min 12:30 mark, Karim and I have a conversation about nature vs. nurture. What is the challenge and opportunity that you see right now in education? Money doesn’t solve problems, people do. It is what you do and how you use the money to create the environment to succeed. If you figure out something that works and prove it works, then the more money you put into, the more successful it can be. So, the big challenge and opportunity is how to better use the money to really make sure it is being used effectively. There is also a lot of bureaucracy and interia. We also make assumptions that the problems we all see are being worked on already – and many times they are not. How does entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ways of thinking help in education? Entrepreneurs are problem solvers. They see a problem and design a solution. There is no shortage of problems in education. One big constraint is always limited resources and entrepreneurs are great at succeeding with limited resources. Entrepreneurs are always great at addressing problems that they are intimately familiar with. How do we better foster independent self-education in our education system, so student realize the importance of it alongside their formal education? Humans respond well when we have purpose. It comes down to intrinsic motivation and how we foster it in kids in school. You have to kids understand what their purpose is. The easier we can make the connection between what a kid will learn and the results it can have for them, the better. At the 26 min mark, we talk about teaching entrepreneur principles in k-12. It can possibly help. The bigger thing is being able to customize education to each kid’s personal needs. It is taking the large bureaucratic system and making it more nimble to cater on an individual level. Tell us about your routine and what you’ve learned on how to be most productive…. Routine is key – it takes the thinking out of things. Prioritize sleep and don’t compromise on it. A lot of evenings are spent just wasting time and not productive – by going to bed earlier and getting up earlier, you will have more time to focus during the hours that matter most. Constant learning and work on skillsets is also part of routine, doing them in your own way. The hardest part is being focused and sticking with it. The biggest difference between the most successful and the others is their ability to cope with boredom and continue along a same routine day in and out, as boring and same as it may seem. Tell us about your new book and its mission… It is all about purpose. The goal of the book is to help people figure out their clarity of purpose. There are key questions that help people understand and figure this out. It is a great book for people who are starting something new and for people who are thinking about changing careers. It is called the Purpose Driven Social Entrepreneur.  ​Best advice for a young entrepreneur starting out today? Start! Don’t get stuck. Much of entrepreneurship is learned as you go and through learning from others. Going through the process is the best way to succeed.   Best Quote: You have to know where you are from to know where you are going...   Karim's Misfit 3: Your attitude determines your altitude – Zig Ziglar Less is more. The root of success is focus. Don’t be ashamed to ask for help on your journey.   Show Sponsors: WorkSocial (2 FREE Months):  www.WorkSocial.works/Misfit or 201-589-0302 ROI International: www.ROIINTL.com/Podcast     

Vidyut Mohan is a co-founder of Takachar and has received several recognitions like UNEP Young Earth Champion 2020, Forbes 30 under 30, Echoing Green Fellow, etc. In this episode of 'Understanding the Future of Biomass from Crop Residue', with Vidyut Mohan, we explore how crop residue can be converted to fuel and the manufacturing technology start-up sector. In this episode of Understanding the Future of Biomass from Crop Residue, we explore the topic of biomass management and how it can help in reducing air pollution. We further try to understand about the variety of uses of biomass and how Takachar is trying to create an ecosystem for all the stakeholders in this ecosystem. Further Vidyut helps us better understand about the Research and Development in India as well as Make in India for Start-ups. Note: This episode is a rebroadcast from the host's previous independent podcast. The episode was recorded in June 2020. To know more about the Climate Centre for Cities: http://c-cube.niua.org/ Follow Climate Centre for Cities on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/ccube Conceptualized, Produced & Hosted by Punit Gandhi: https://www.punitgandhi.com/ Music Credits: https://josephmcdade.com/ Disclaimer: Climate Centre for Cities (C-Cube) is providing this podcast as a public service, but it is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of C-Cube's policy. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the C-Cube. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by C-Cube employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of the C-Cube or any of its officials. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/climate-centre-for-cities/message

Practice Makes Perfect CEO and founder Karim Abouelnaga talks about how the B Corp works with low-income schools to help narrow the achievement gap and reframe learning over the summer as a way to get ahead. Karim, a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow, offers insight into his own background growing up in a community with a low high school graduation rate and limited expectations, and how he went on to become an Ivy League graduate. He and Aaron discuss the critical role of mentorship for low-income students, the importance of asking for help even when society teaches you otherwise, and ensuring parity when it comes to giving underserved kids access to the resources to achieve success. The conversation also covers how COVID-19 is impacting education and the challenges of making sure underserved students have access to the tech necessary for learning virtually. Tune in to learn why Karim thinks education is still society’s largest lever for changing socioeconomic status, and learn more at practicemakesperfect.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Katrina Waelchli, Meg Ruocco, Parker Jenkins, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk with two advocates for juveniles who have been working intensely to end youth sentenced to life without parole. They also support other youth to get out of the juvenile justice system, once and for all. John Pace is the Juvenile Life Without Parole (“JLWOP”) Reentry Coordinator with the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. In this role he coordinates efforts to garner the necessary resources to support former juvenile lifers returning home. As a former juvenile lifer himself–John spent 31 years in prison, beginning at age 17–he was actively involved in numerous initiatives while incarcerated to help support his personal transition back to the community and that of other juvenile lifers. John is a certified paralegal and a former member of the Para Professional Law Clinic (PPLC) at Graterford prison. In 2014, he became a certified instructor in the Inside-Out Pedagogy, which teaches the art of facilitating dialogue. While incarcerated, John earned his Associates Degree and Bachelor’s Degree from Villanova University, with minors in sociology and criminal justice. John Pace was named the first-ever recipient of the Raymond Pace Alexander Reentry Star of the Year Award in June 2018 in recognition of his tremendous accomplishments since returning home from prison.Contact: jpace@ysrp.org; 267-703-8053Joanna Visser Adjoian, Esq. is co-founder and Co-Director of the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. At YSRP, she leads the reentry team for youth and Juvenile Lifers, does policy advocacy work, and works with her Co-Director and Director of Operations on fundraising, communications and other aspects of the organization’s operations.Prior to co-founding YSRP, Joanna served as Associate Director and Staff Attorney of the Toll Public Interest Center at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she oversaw the Center’s 26 student pro bono projects, offered guidance to more than 100 student leaders, and directly supervised students in new and existing pro bono initiatives. Before joining the Toll Center, Joanna she advanced efforts to end the practice of sentencing children to life in prison without parole, including co-authoring an Amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case of Miller v. Alabama. Joanna is a 2014 Echoing Green Fellow, a 2016 Claneil Emerging Leader Fellow, a 2016 recipient of the Penn Law Young Alumni Award, and a 2017 recipient of the Penn Law Alan Lerner Rising Star Award. She was honored to receive the 2018 Shepherd of Peace Award from Good Shepherd Mediation Program, the 2019 Haddon, McClellan, and Richardson Award from the Temple University Black Law Students Association, and the 2019 F. Sean Peretta Service Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division. Along with Lauren Fine, she is the 2018 recipient of the American Constitution Society David Carliner Public Interest Award. Joanna is a published author, including articles in The ChampSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/posts/35274155)

Building a successful career as an anti-corruption expert can be seen as the enormous challenge of creating sustainable systems for accountability at a global level. Transforming the widespread and often accepted practice of corruption at many levels to systems based on transparency and accountability that foster increased participation and trust between citizens and public actors is an ambitious goal  that Blair Glencorse is dedicated to achieving in his work.   A seasoned international development professional and social entrepreneur with significant experience across issues of governance, accountability, institutional reform and political economy transitions, Glencorse is making governance work for people. Blair is an Echoing Green Fellow and also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption, the Lead of the Anti-Corruption Working Group of the C20, the global civil society network affiliated with the G20; and a member of the World Bank's Expert Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement. He has worked around the world with governments, the private sector, philanthropists and civil society to improve lives. In Episode 9 of Season 6, Glencorse shares with us how he fights corruption for a living and how he is disrupting the way anti-corruption work is conducted.  A key innovation of his organization is moving away from a focus on only naming and shaming to change behavior and policy. Instead, the Accountability Lab, prefers to name and fame those that are giving back and working with integrity. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: Accountability Lab SAIS The World Bank   Related topics Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 16k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships      

Originally sentenced to a life sentence at 16-years old, Halim Flowers, released after serving 22 years is now breaking barriers.  Released in March of 2019, Halim is already a published author, an Echoing Green Fellow...a friend of Kim Kardashian,  and he already spoke at Kanye West's Sunday Service.  Oh, and he recently got married.  What have you done in the past 9 months? Marlon sat down with Halim backstage at the Smart on Crime Conference in NYC for a deeply personal interview. To learn more about Halim checkout: "TGU Prison Scholar Released After 22 Years". The Hoya To purchase one of Halim's books visit here Unchained Media Collective Halim Flowers on Twitter: @TheRealHalim Music credits: Thunderstorm by the Custodian of Records Ruff Draft by Deal the Villain Faith’s Witness by Deal the Villain   Much love to the Weavers Fellowship and the NoVo Foundation for sponsoring DEcarcerated. Production: Andrew Stelzer Managing Producer: LeShae Henderson Follow DEcarcerated: T: @decarceratedpod IG: @decarceratedpod Email: decarcerated@beprecedential.com      

Amber Scott is Founder and Executive Director of Leap Year. A child of first-generation college students, the importance of higher education and the power that it can have to raise a family out of poverty was instilled in Amber at a young age. She believes that the opportunity for higher education should be open to everyone, regardless of where they are born. After working in the nonprofit sector for ten years, she founded Leap Year to challenge the status quo. Amber is a 2018 Echoing Green Fellow, a winner of WeWork's 2017 Incubate Creator Awards, and was recognized by Black Enterprise as alone of "25 Black Women Who Are Changing the World." She holds a BA in Neuroscience from Smith College, and an MBA in Marketing from Ohio State University. In this episode, Amber shares how she was able to leverage her experience in the nonprofit sector to create her own social enterprise. We reflect on college access/persistence as it pertains to some of the realities for first-generation students and how Leap Year is providing a gap year for exploration and service. We also reflect on the lessons learned in leadership, in a running a social enterprise with a women dominated workforce. Amber's work extends a charge to the importance and impact of preparedness as a narrative shift for not only the students but also their families and communities at large. We are bending the narrative of preconceived notions of the impossible as we share Forward 4O’s platform with this phenomenal WOC in the nonprofit and social enterprise sector.Want to learn more about what Amber and her team are doing at Leap Year? Contact them directly and follow their latest updates on Instagram @leapyearusa.Continue to support Forward 40 on IG and Twitter @forward4tea.  You can also learn more about the host Coach Faith here. 

Karim Abouelnaga is the founder & CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to deliver high quality, academic summer programs. He received over a quarter million dollars in scholarships to make his education possible. Karim founded PMP at 18. He is an author and writes for Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Linkedin. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world by Richtopia. Karim is the author of Breaking Through: From Rough to Ready. He graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and is currently working on a Master’s in Education Policy at Columbia University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Javier es fundador de Clínicas del Azúcar, una empresa social innovadora enfocada en proveer atención médica especializada a un costo accesible para pacientes con diabetes de clases media y baja en México. Es Ingeniero Físico del ITESM con Maestría en MIT. Ganó experiencia práctica en salud rural participando en importantes proyectos de salud en Boston, Tanzania y Sudáfrica. Más tarde co-fundó Global Cycle Solutions, una empresa social enfocada en la generación de energía a través de dispositivos de pedales en Tanzania. Javier es Ashoka Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, Ganador del TR35 de MIT al Innovador Solidario menor de 35 años en México, Recientemente fue nombrado como el Emprendedor Social Latinoamericano del Año por la Schwab Foundation durante el World Economic Forum, entre otros. Es miembro de la Sociedad de Emprendedores Públicos del Laboratorio de Emprendimiento y Transformación del Tec de Monterrey. A pesar de todo esto, le preguntas que cual es la causa de todo lo que ha logrado y dice con mucha certeza: tod, todo, todo es por Dios. Es un católico que vive en el día a día su fé. ¡Padrísima platicada nos echamos con el! Puedes ver todas las ligas hacia páginas de cosas a las que se hicieron mención en el episodio aquí: http://platicandoencatolico.com/episode/javierlozano/ y visita nuestro Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/Platicando-en-Cat%C3%B3lico-291631234898371/ (https://www.facebook.com/Platicando-en-Cat%C3%B3lico-291631234898371/) Comentarios, quejas o porras en platicandoencatolico@gmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edición por https://twitter.com/wistomadero/ (https://twitter.com/wistomadero/) y su contacto para cualquier necesidad de video y/o audio es wisto@WhiteCrimsonFilms.com Jingles por https://www.fiverr.com/alonsodei (https://www.fiverr.com/alonsodei) Support this podcast

Many thanks to our friend Chelsea Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative University for their partnership during this five-week series! Daquan Oliver is the Founder and CEO of WeThrive. WeThrive equips and empowers low-income youth to rise as entrepreneurial economic leaders. They know very well what so many of us know — if you give these kids the resources and opportunities, they will blow our freaking minds which what they are capable of accomplishing. Daquan has been selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, an Echoing Green Fellow, featured in Black Enterprise, Boston Business Journal, BostInno’s 25 Under 25, he has delivered a TEDx Talk on actionable strategies to overcome structural violence, and he has been recognized by Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for his work! Follow Daquan on Twitter. Follow WeThrive on Instagram and Facebook. ____________________________ Follow Let’s Give A Damn on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter to keep up with all that is going on. We have so much planned for the coming months and we don’t want you to miss a thing! And if you want to follow our host Nick Laparra—Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. Support Let’s Give A Damn by contributing the monthly amount of your choice on Patreon. You can choose $1/month or $5/month. 100% of the money you contribute will go to making more podcasts. Not a dime goes into our pockets! Or you can leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts! Every little bit helps. Thanks for all your help. Have an amazing week, friends! Love y’all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tsechu Dolma is the founder of Mountain Resiliency Project, a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to building climate change resilient communities through women's empowerment in sustainable agrobusiness. She runs indigenous honeybee farms, apple orchards, and greenhouses remote Nepali mountain villages. Her interest is in refugee rights, biodiversity conservation, climate change policy and inclusive development. Her work has been featured on Reuters, Forbes, NBC News, and Sierra Club. Tsechu was recognized as one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Social Entrepreneurship, Fulbright-Clinton Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow and Brower Youth Award winner. She has a BS in Environmental Science and MPA in Economic Development from Columbia University.

Chris chats with Tony Weaver Jr. the founder of Weird Enough Productions and an Echoing Green Fellow about fake news, media manipulation, and how he teaches students to navigate the 21st century information landscape.

Mayor of London Low Carbon Entrepreneur 2016 Winner and Echoing Green Fellow, Ryan Robinson is the cofounder of Aeropowder which is turning waste feathers from the poultry industry into a high value circular economy product. In this episode, Ryan explains how biomimicry inspired Aeropowder is exploiting the unique insulation properties of feathers for last mile food delivery and getting rid of synthetic insulation. Ryan shares the interesting background behind meeting cofounder Elena Dieckmann at Imperial College and what lead them to forming their company. Ryan also talks about his journey from being a PhD researcher in air pollution and talking to astronauts in his Masters to figuring out the entrepreneurial challenges of working with industry partners and the importance of learning by doing. Head over to Aeropowder to learn more about this new circular economy product. Ryan Robinson tweets at @Aeropowder Host: Adam Woodhall of www.inspiring-sustainability.com Connect: www.linkedin.com/in/adamwoodhall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Multi award winning African entrepreneur, Kennedy Odede shares is journey tackling extreme poverty and bringing education, healthcare and clean energy to local communities. In this episode, Kennedy Odede inspires us with his story as a homeless kid facing daily challenges of violence on the street to how he started SHOFCO, the largest grassroot movement transforming urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Kennedy Odede is the founder of SHOFCO Shining Hope for Communities that is addressing the deep challenges of extreme poverty. Kennedy explains how he has managed to create quality healthcare services and a safe space to educate young women and bringing in new solar technology to the local community. Kennedy is recognised for the impact he is creating and awarded the Young Global Leaders and Echoing Green Fellow. Kennedy strongly believes the power of technology, education and why we should always start with the people. Learn more about SHOFCO here https://www.shofco.org/ Kennedy Odede tweets @KennedyOdede Host: Adam Woodhall of www.inspiring-sustainability.com Connect: www.linkedin.com/in/adamwoodhall   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Jerrid and Courtney as they examine the fine, often interchangeable, the line between social entrepreneurship and social innovation.  As Jerrid explains it, social entrepreneurship encompasses using business practices to create wealth and social value.In some ways, social innovation can be thought of as the umbrella under which social entrepreneurship falls. This takes into account all of the people who may be socially innovative but not necessarily social entrepreneurs. To this end, the purpose of social innovation is for social progress and value creation. This purpose divulges ever so slightly from social entrepreneurship because social innovation may or may not have a wealth-generating component.  Still with us?Take this example. Jon Territo—true story—is a music professor at Valencia who wants to find ways to infuse social innovation into his courses. One idea is to have his choral groups and ensembles play at fundraisers so students can learn the benefits of giving back to their communities.  Or perhaps his students may perform at a concert where the admission is two can goods. Both options fall under the social innovation umbrella.While seeds of social innovation may be planted in the course lessons of some faculty, the main focus of the work at Valencia is social entrepreneurship. The academic program helps students create businesses that do well and do good. Courtney is curious how Jerrid teaches such a broad topic to his students. As it turns out, Jerrid has plenty of resources in his toolkit which includes a systematic literature review he co-authored with Rollins College Professor Mary Conway Dao-on.Jerrid, as does Courtney, likes to teach through examples. He spends the first 2 weeks on terminology then the class begins to narrow down the list and dissect the remaining definitions until a cohesive understanding emerges.The show wraps up with the hosts sharing their extracurricular activities. Courtney was inspired by a workshop she attended at the Orlando Public Library that focused on seizing your dreams. She was also thrilled that the student club she co-advises, the Valencia East Book Nerds, received Program of the Year for their banned book trivia event.Jerrid was also having a great week. He is also an advisor to a student club, the Social Entrepreneurship Student Organization (SESO). SESO hosted a successful event where social entrepreneurship extraordinaire, Eric Glustrum, was the guest speaker. An inspiration in the field, Eric Glustrum’s credentials include being an Ashoka Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, Forbes 30 Social Entrepreneurship Under 30, and founder of Watson U.   Teaching Change Shout-outsFor more information on topics discussed during the show, see the list below.“The winding road of social entrepreneurship definitions: a systematic literature review” by Mary Conway Dato-on and Jerrid Kalakay  http://www.watsonuniversity.org/

Cory Greene is the co-founder of H.O.L.L.A! (How Our Lives Link Altogether, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a     Ph. D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Cory also happened to spend over six years in prison. A native of Queens, NY via Jackson, Mississippi, Cory speaks about his mom who was drug addicted, to being a father from prison, to graduating from NYU, to being featured in the critically-acclaimed Netflix documentary, 13th, directed by Ava Duvernay.  To find out more about Cory check out: H.O.L.L.A website: https://holla-inc.com/ Tweet about this episode at #decarceratedpodcast /@decarceratedpod /  _marlonpeterson / @HOLLA_Us Leave a review on Itunes, Soundcloud, IHeartRadio, or wherever you subscribe

Guest: Jane Chen, co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise startup that aims to help the 20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer and of Little Lotus Baby, which uses NASA inspired technology to keep babies at the perfect temperature so they can sleep better. In this episode, we will cover: how a Stanford graduate program project helped save 200,000 premature babies in the third world countries how Jane is using the Tom's Shoes' model with Little Lotus Baby products to fund Embrace preme warmers to be distributed throughout the world how your company can participate in a gifting program that helps these preterm babies in the poorest corners of the world  Resources mentioned in the conversation: to watch Jane Chen's TED Talk www.EmbraceInnovations.com www.LittleLotusBaby.com email info@embraceinnovations.com for more information about their corporate gifting program Bio: About Jane Chen JANE MARIE CHEN is the co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise startup that aims to help the 20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer. The Embrace infant warmer costs about 1% of a traditional incubator and is estimated to have helped over 200,000 babies to date. Most recently, Embrace Innovations  launched a new line of baby products for the US market called Little Lotus Baby, which uses NASA inspired technology to keep babies at the perfect temperature so they can sleep better. They are using a Tom’s shoes model: for every product sold, a baby is helped in a developing country by the Embrace infant warmer. Prior to Embrace, Chen worked with nonprofit organizations on healthcare issues in developing countries. She spent several years as the Program Director of a startup HIV/AIDS nonprofit in China (Chi Heng Foundation) and worked for the Clinton Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative in Tanzania.  She also worked at Monitor Group as a management consultant, advising Fortune 500 companies.   Chen has been a TED Speaker, and was selected as one of Forbes' Impact 30 in 2011. She has been recognized as the Inspirational Young Alumni of the Year by Pomona College and was featured in Stanford’s “Tradition of Innovation.”   Chen speaks at various international conferences, including the Skoll World Forum. In 2012, Chen was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,  and was featured in Dove's "Real Role Models" campaign for women and girls. Chen is a TED India Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, and Rainer Arnhold Fellow.   In 2013, Chen and the other co-founders of Embrace were awarded the prestigious Economist Innovation Award, under the category of Social and Economic Innovation. In the same year, Chen and her co-founder were also recognized as Schwab Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the World Economic Forum.  

  Blair Glencorse is Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an incubator for creative, youth-driven ideas for accountability and transparency around the world. Blair is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption and Transparency and a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Blair was an advisor to the now President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, and worked for the World Bank on issues of governance and development. He is an Echoing Green Fellow and winner of the World Technology Award.

We talk to Award winning entrepreneur and founder of Practice Makes Perfect @PMPUSA, @Karim_Abouelnaga, about transitioning from an inner-city kid to a ivy-league grad, and how he is helping to usher the next generation of scholars through his organization. Karim is an ivy-league educated inner-city public school graduate. He received over $300,000 in scholarships to make his education possible. He founded Practice Makes Perfect at 18, writes for Entrepreneur, is an Echoing Green Fellow, Global Shaper, at 23 was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson's 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 5 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world by Richtopia. About PMP: Practice Makes Perfect (PMP) is an evidence-based, full-service summer school operator for K-8 schools that uses a unique near-peer learning model to drive student outcomes. PMP was founded in 2010 and has served more than 2,000 inner-city children across NYC. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-ash-cash-show/support

Social entrepreneurship came early to Tom Osborn. When Tom was 17 years old, his mother became ill with a severe lung infection. This is not an uncommon experience for those who cook indoor with firewood and charcoal. 18,000 people in Kenya die annually due to the effects of cook stove smoke. According to the World Health Organization: Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and simple stoves burning biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Over 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to the household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels. More than 50% of premature deaths due to pneumonia among children under 5 are caused by the particulate matter (soot) inhaled from household air pollution. This makes in-home air pollution from cooking and heating to be the third highest cause of death behind alcoholism and tuberculosis. Cooking and heating with biomass is also destroying the forests of the world. Every year Kenya loses 50,000 hectares of forest due to firewood and charcoal production. We’ve established that charcoal production is a big problem. It also involves big dollar. In Kenya charcoal production is a $500,000,000 industry. Across Africa, it is a $10 billion industry. These facts: Tom’s personal story, the size of the problem and the size of the market conspired together to set Tom Osborn on the path to social entrepreneurship at the age of 17. It started when he and his cofounder signed up for a business incubator competition. They won first place, which netted them $3,000. GreenChar uses sugar cane waste to make alternative cooking fuel. In 2014, Tom became an Echoing Green Fellow. Tom talked about the benefits of Echoing Green. He told me that it gave him credibility. It also connected him with likeminded people. This credibility and the introductions that Echoing Green was able to make. He told me that his time with Echoing Green took his business to the next level. Tom was also able to go through a cohort at Fledge, the Conscious Company Accelerator. (You may recall my interview with Luni Libes in episode 3.). Tom told me that his time at Fledge helped him to understand how to run his business from A to Z. Social Entrepreneurship Quotes from Tom Osborn: “I never envisioned myself as a social entrepreneur. I wanted to solve a problem that affected me as an individual.” “It started with my family, then my neighbors, then my neighbor’s neighbors, and then their neighbors.” “We reached the point where the demand for what we were doing was exceeding what we could produce as an organization. It made me realize that we were on to something here.” “For a first-time social entrepreneur, fellowships and socially conscious accelerators can play a big role in helping you get to the next level.” Social Entrepreneurship Resources: GreenChar: http://www.greenchar.co.ke Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greencharKE/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greencharkenya Tom Osborn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomLeeOsborn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greencharofficial/ eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books

Karim is an ivy-league educated, inner-city public school graduate. He received over $300,000 in scholarships to make his education possible. He Founded Practice Makes Perfect, writes for Entrepreneur, is an Echoing Green Fellow and Global Shaper, and at 23 was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education.

Karim Abouelnaga is the Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect. After graduating from the NYC public school system, Karim secured over $300,000 in scholarships to make his college education possible. Karim is a Global Shaper and Echoing Green Fellow, and he was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 in education. He graduated in 2013 from Cornell University with a degree in Hotel Administration.

Karim is an ivy-league educated, inner-city public school graduate. He received over $300,000 in scholarships to make his education possible. He Founded Practice Makes Perfect, writes for Entrepreneur, is an Echoing Green Fellow and Global Shaper, and at 23 was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education.

Blair Glencorse is the Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an organization that empowers citizens to fight corruption and build accountability around the world. He is also a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania.    Previously, Blair worked for the World Bank on issues of governance and development. In 2014 he was selected as an Echoing Green Fellow and a Stanford Business School Social Entrepreneurship Scholar.

Retail prices of energy and lighting products in emerging markets are simply too high for end users, argues Lesley Marincola. As a result, large populations throughout the world live off the grid and have to rely on kerosene fuel and other less efficient light sources. To help combat this widespread energy poverty problem, Angaza has developed a pay-as-you-go financing platform for its solar products, as opposed to a large up-front retail price. In this podcast, Marincola also offers insights on her design and implementation of Angaza products, specifically focusing on user needs in these developing markets. Lesley Marincola, CEO and founder of Angaza Design, is a product designer (B.S.) and mechanical engineer (M.S.) from Stanford University. Prior to founding Angaza, Lesley worked with the Amazon Design team at Lab126 on the first three iterations of the Kindle, and at D2M Inc., a Bay Area design consultancy. She was recognized by Businessweek as one of “America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs,” is a World Economic Forum Young Global Shaper, was named a Forbes “30 Under 30” Entrepreneur, and is a 2013 Echoing Green Fellow. Marincola’s vision is to solve the world’s most widespread problems–like energy access–with market-driven technology innovation developed from a human-centered design approach. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/tackling_energy_poverty_with_pay_as_you_go_solar