AD&A Museum and UCSB’s Theater and Dance Department’s, Professor Monique Meunier, hosted Still We Rise, an artistic accumulation of Professor Rick Benjamin’s poems, scenes from Professor Risa Brainin’s Staging the Daffy Dame, and Prof. Meunier’s own choreography and music selections.
Jody Turner interviews young entrepreneurs, Charlie Thelin and Ludvig Berggren, about their dynamic business solutions for a particularly salient issue: immigration employment and integration.
Tim Johnson went from a Defensive Lineman in the NFL, winning Super Bowl XXVI, to a pastor helping people get on a path back to self-sufficiency. He's bringing together 120-plus organizations serving thousands of people.
Originally competitors, Mikael (Micke) Bergström (founder of an advertising agency) and Jesper Johansson (startup advisor for the last 14 years), decided to collaborate to build Great Sp^ce of Sweden, a space to seed fertile grounds for startups.
Earlier this year, the fourth floor of 99 Bowery in Chinatown was taken over by B99. In a mere few months, the art space has hosted art shows, photo shoots, parties, and staged the short-play “An Upset”. Founder Ryan Foss-Skiftesvik believes investing in art is investing in humanity.
Chris Schembra, Broadway producer, member of the Philanthropic Board of Trustees, Easterseals Foundation, and founder of the 747 Club speaks to impactmania about keeping your day job and realizing your passions while being philanthropic. How finding yourself can happen in your own kitchen.
Nand Kishore Chaudhary started Jaipur Rugs Company with two looms and nine weavers. In less than four decades, Jaipur Rugs has grown the floor covering business to approx. $18 million annual revenue working with 40,000 artisans in 600 villages. The social enterprise has been featured in the book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by C.K. Prahalad. It is cited as an example of a social enterprise breaking the cycle of poverty.