Social and Cultural - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/social-and-cultural/ people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:16:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-impactmania-favicon-32x32.jpg Social and Cultural - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/social-and-cultural/ 32 32 Still We Rise event at UC Santa Barbara https://www.impactmania.com/im/still-rise-event-uc-santa-barbara/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:03:28 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/still-rise-event-uc-santa-barbara/ 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.

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]]> Living in the Creative Zone: Young Entrepreneurs Help Refugees with Work Placement https://www.impactmania.com/im/living-creative-zone-young-entrepreneurs-help-refugees-work-placement/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:01:34 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/living-creative-zone-young-entrepreneurs-help-refugees-work-placement/ Jody Turner interviews young entrepreneurs, Charlie Thelin and Ludvig Berggren, about their dynamic business solutions for a particularly salient issue: immigration employment and integration.

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]]> Tim Johnson: From Super Bowl Champ to Senior Pastor https://www.impactmania.com/im/tim-johnson-from-super-bowl-champ-to-senior-pastor/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:59:25 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/tim-johnson-from-super-bowl-champ-to-senior-pastor/ 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.

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]]> Great Sp^ce: Intellectual Value Versus Property Value https://www.impactmania.com/im/great-spce-intellectual-value-versus-property-value/ Sat, 03 Dec 2016 13:57:46 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/great-spce-intellectual-value-versus-property-value/ 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.

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]]> Bowery 99: Your Daily Dose of Art https://www.impactmania.com/im/b99-your-daily-dose-of-art/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:57:46 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/b99-your-daily-dose-of-art/ 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.

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]]> Chris Schembra: 747 Club — Feeding Your Soul by Feeding Your People https://www.impactmania.com/im/chris-schembra-747-club-feeding-your-soul-by-feeding-your-people/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:56:02 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/chris-schembra-747-club-feeding-your-soul-by-feeding-your-people/ 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.

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