An opportunity from Mitch Fehr ’16 and Aly Raboff ’16, the Green Corps On-Campus Interns: Green Corps is coming back to campus! Please join us on Thursday, March 26 from 6-8 PM in 45 Wyllys room 114 for an on-campus activist training workshop led by Isabel Stern ’14, a Green Corps-trained activist organizer and Wes alum. The workshop will…
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Structure Lab (3/3, 6-9 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents STRUCTURE LAB Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6-9 p.m. Allbritton 311 Joy Anderson ’89, President of Criterion Institute and instructor of Wesleyan’s “Money and Social Change” course, is a prominent national leader at the intersection of business and social change. She will bring her patented program — Structure Lab…
Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Philanthropy: Stories From the Field (Lunch, Talk, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 on 2/26)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY: STORIES FROM THE FIELD A Talk, Lunch, and Q&A with Anne Lebleu ’00 Thursday, February 26 12-1 p.m. Allbritton 311 Lunch will be provided for those who register by February 25. During this conversation-style workshop, College of Letters alumna and philanthropy cross-trainer Anne…
Drive Change Seeks Admin Guru
A fantastic opportunity from Jordyn Lexton ’08, Executive Director of Drive Change: US Drive Change is a food truck social enterprise – we build food trucks that hire, teach and empower formerly incarcerated youth. We aim to connect with the public and create a community of people who are hungry to reconsider the current criminal…
Open Textbooks, Antibiotics, and Bottle Bills: An Interview with Zach Burns ’14 of U.S. PIRG
One challenging aspect of post-grad life is that there often isn’t as much time for the extra- and co-curricular activities that make ours lives at Wesleyan so rich and rewarding. Fortunately for our dedicated student activists, there are in fact jobs where grads can continue to work on the causes they care about, even to…
“The Pamoja Project”: Nonprofit Documentary Film Launches Indiegogo Campaign
Kallan Benjamin ’14 is the associate producer of The Pamoja Project, a documentary film that will be shot this summer in Tanzania. The filmmaking team has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund their flights, baggage fees, and equipment purchase and rental. Donations to the campaign go directly to production via the fiscal sponsor From the Heart Productions, a non-profit organization. Every…
PCSE Mentors on Campus This Month
Are you designing an innovative summer project, honing a pitch for your startup, running a social or traditional enterprise, or doing other entrepreneurial work? The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering individual and team advising appointments for students who are working on projects or ventures of all kinds. Please note: these sessions are for undergraduates looking…
Working for Social Change: Corps Round-Up (Updated 2/10)
The school year has only just begun, but graduating students are already feeling the pressure to plan for the future. Although some organizations won’t start to pick from our fine stock of seniors until the spring or summer, it can be tough to shake off that gray cloud of post-grad uncertainty in the meantime. On…
Fundraising Bootcamp: Grant Writing 101 (2/17 at 6 p.m.)
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents FUNDRAISING BOOTCAMP: GRANTWRITING 101 A dinner, talk, and workshop with Sonya Behnke ’03, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Mass General Hospital, (previously Manager of Institutional Giving for the Greater Boston Food Bank) Tuesday, February 17 6-7:30 p.m. Allbritton 311 Dinner will be provided for those who…
Seeking alumni to speak at International Development Conference (2/21 at Wesleyan)
We are pleased to share this announcement from Sitar Terrass-Shah ’17: Wesleyan’s Development Conference Committee is seeking alumni to speak at our first bi annual conference titled “Creating a Better World: Perspectives on Global and Local Development” on Saturday, February 21st 2015. Our goal is to have speakers share insights and critiques of both the theory and practice of…