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Make It Happen: Women Designing and Achieving Wealth, Entrepreneurship, Success

Fundraising Leadership

Learn more from Gloria Feldt on Loretta McCarthy Discussing the challenges and strategies of women and wealth, Anu Bhardwaj, founder of Women Investing in Women, The State of Women, and SHEQONOMI, was also a member of Take The Lead’s 50 Women in Entrepreneurship cohort. Read more in Take The Lead on women in finance Also based in D.C.,

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Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

In short, Memphis developed a culturally rich Black middle-class neighborhood. In Memphis today—and indeed throughout the South—Black Americans are organizing to rebuild cultural institutions and restore Black economies. A Culture of Abundance So, who was Church, and what was his vision? People like writer Ida B.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For example, a solution to help Elisa manage her diabetes might not work in her community because of the cultural or economic barriers that are present. A Call for Entrepreneurship Many entrepreneurs choose health care as a venue for innovation because it is one of the sectors where one can do well by doing good.

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What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

We must invest in the Southern Black creatives, innovators, and leaders who are the biggest exporters of culture around the world and on the frontlines of change and community power building. It takes long-term, non-extractive, reparative investments. to undo the systemic design of racial hierarchy and imagine new possibilities.

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Pursue Your Big Idea: 7 Best Tips For Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur

Fundraising Leadership

Ahead of the Power Up Conference, Take The Lead shares the most effective insights from leading entrepreneurs today who identify as female and why this is critical just not for individuals, but for the business and cultural landscapes. “ So we hire rockstar talent. We provide executive assistance and we customize HR solutions.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. Here are a few vignettes of how this works: Supporting Entrepreneurship : Back in 2018, a nurse practitioner with over a decade’s experience opened an urgent care facility in her hometown of Clarksdale, MS.

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Billion Dollar CEO, Founder: Liz Elting on Dreaming, Mentoring, Giving and Winning

Fundraising Leadership

Graduating with her MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1992, Elting has won several prestigious awards for her entrepreneurship and philanthropy, including the Distinguished Alumnae Award from NYU Stern's Women in Business, as well as the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service.