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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life. Living in food and resource deserts makes it hard for underserved communities to access health care supplies and food.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While organizations like the China Disabled Persons’ Federation aim to support the rights and interests of disabled individuals through assistance obtaining welfare subsidies and other services, only the most severely disabled individuals qualify for government financial aid.

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Scaling Deep, Not Up: Lessons from Detroit

NonProfit Quarterly

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable.

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It was in this context that the authors began working together: Michelle as initiative director of the BHC Collaborative in Del Norte County and Tribal Lands and Geneva as TCE’s program officer. Of primary importance was the collaborative relationship Wild Rivers Community Foundation formed with The California Endowment.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Either we rely on grant and donor funding, or must continually justify to investors and the public that our entrepreneurship is relevant to solving some of the most pressing issues of our time. Some governments are paving the way in terms of accountability and procurement. The Investment Mirage.

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What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

They also continue to face discrimination, and exclusion from government programs, loans, and subsidies. This involves deep collaboration between movement leaders, creatives, and community, as well as with investors, funders, and wealth holders. We must collaborate on ways to work together and co-conspire to build collective power.