Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of thought-provoking tweets from the past week: A fake Twitter account holder (@BPGlobalPR) purporting to represent BP's public relations department is spreading like... well, like the ...
Break out the champagne and mortarboards—it’s graduation time! A century and a half ago, abolitionist Robert Purvis said, “A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key ...
In honor of you—our wise and beautiful* readers—Dowser officially dubs May 27 “Commenter Appreciation Day"! We’ve received some great comments, which we’re especially stoked about given that we’re only six weeks old. We know they sometimes get overlooked, so here’s a roundup of ...
Adam Green believes in teaching 21st century job and life skills through old fashioned wooden boat building. The idea first infected him as a Vassar College student in 1996, when he spent a “semester abroad” volunteering at a middle school in East Harlem—one ...
The folks at L.A.-based Project H Design like to make things that matter. Project H and its network of socially motivated designers have built playgrounds that teach math in South Africa, designed rugged wheelchairs suitable for the developing world, and pioneered a therapeutic, ...
The day Darell Hammond read a Washington Post story about two children who had suffocated in a car because they had nowhere else to play, he knew he had reached the point of no return. Hammond had worked as a community organizer in ...
Several years ago, I was at my mother-in-law’s home for a social gathering and I got into a conversation with one of her guests, a woman in her 70s. She asked what I did for work. I told her I had just completed ...
And we're back! Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Last week, National restaurant chain Panera Bread (@panerabread) opened a community café with a ...
There is no shortage today of people using technology to advance social change. Check out the AshokaTECH blog to get a sense of some amazing ideas bubbling up. Mobile apps help people volunteer with their handheld devices. Others assemble data from crowds to ...
Adam Bucko helps homeless youth channel their passion into creative careers. His organization, the Reciprocity Foundation, connects youths living on the streets in New York City with college scholarships and jobs in field such as media, fashion, music and social entrepreneurship. Within a ...