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.
Gilbert Curtessi on Crisis Driven Innovation BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG SUGU develops and manufactures products and services for new markets to accelerate the transition to the next economy. Housed in a former gas and coal building, along with eight other companies, SUGU [...]
Alyse Lo Bianco's Morning Meditations and Angel Lunch BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Originally from California, Alyse Best Muldoon, now Alyse Lo Bianco, moved to the East Coast to be the White House Liaison for Mrs. Nancy Reagan. In March of 2008, [...]
José Montero, Jr. — Trekking For Kids BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG José Montero, Jr. is part of the Montero Group that launched the first-ever television reality show about social entrepreneurship and innovation in Colombia, in which social entrepreneurs compete for capital [...]
Topher Wilkins: Un-conference Yourself BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Opportunity Collaboration (OC) connects and supports global leaders building sustainable solutions to poverty. Each year, 400-plus leaders attend the Opportunity Collaboration. A conference unlike others. These leaders spend close to a week in [...]
A Los Angeles nonprofit started by a Jesuit priest, Homeboy Industries, provides this pathway to help former gang members rehabilitate by bringing a positive change to the lives of people of all ages with hope, support and training.