Each year, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards $5,000 seed grants to fund the launch or early-stage growth of a project, program, or venture. Outspoken is an online interactive communication and skill-building program preparing women with essential skills to enter the workforce. Founders Akansha Singh ’23 and team are building a platform to enhance foundational…
Each year, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards $5,000 seed grants to fund the launch or early-stage growth of a project, program, or venture. Nebula is an educational platform for creators and entrepreneurs. Founders Kya Lloyd ’22 and Jahmir Duran-Abreu ’20 are providing resources to empower creators to make profit and take charge in their…
Each year, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards $5,000 seed grants to fund the launch or early-stage growth of a project, program, or venture. Handom is an educational project being piloted in the Philippines. Founders Aldrean Alogon ’23 and Leonard Vincent Majaducon ’25 are using online platforms to connect students with potential volunteers and mentors.…
Tuesday, May 3 6-8PM Shanklin 107 & Zoom Details and RSVP at https://themewsplus.com/etn/wesleyan-demo-day-pitch-2022/
Featuring Wesleyan alumna and co-founder Alicia Strong ’18, find out about the work the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition is doing with incarcerated folks and New Britain residents affected by mass incarceration. The NBRJC seeks to empower people in the New Britain area to challenge racism through political education, coalition-building, electoral engagement, policy advocacy, mutual…
The Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services zealously promotes and protects the rights, liberty, and dignity of all clients. Join us in a discussion about fostering trust and ensuring equity in public representation amid the negative public perceptions/experiences that have led to the moniker “Public Pretender”. April 26, 4:30 pm Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/98114458278
Join the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship for a panel with Wesleyan alumni entrepreneurs! Sunday, May 1 2:00-3:30 pm Zoom RSVP by emailing ivaldez@wesleyan.edu
Felony disenfranchisement laws, a legacy of the Jim Crow era, disproportionally exclude members of our Black and Latinx communities from the democratic process. Find out how the Full Citizen’s Coalition is working to give people on parole and in prisons, access to the ballot. Wednesday 4/20, 4:30 pm, virtual Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96836077266
Come to the Q&A and chat session with climate justice activist Mikaela Loach! Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist, co-host of The Yikes Podcast, writer and 5th year medical student. In 2020, Forbes, Global Citizen and BBC Woman’s Hour named Mikaela one of the most influential women in the UK climate movement. She…
The Wesleyan chapter of the John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS) will again be hosting Jesse Young, a member of the Wesleyan class of ’06 and a senior advisor to John Kerry–the Biden Administration’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, for the fourth event in its speaker series! He will be participating in a discussion with students…
