We were contacted by a social entrepreneur in NYC named Javier Aceituno who is looking to build his team. He writes: Our mission is to do our part in changing the world by creating a company that walks the people talk, i.e., that people are its greatest asset, where all (employees, customers, community) are respected. We will address the…
SOCAP Health (6/24-25 in NYC)
SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is a multi-platform organization dedicated to the flow of capital towards social good. Their event series connects innovators worldwide – investors, foundations, institutions and social entrepreneurs – to build a market at the intersection of money and meaning. SOCAP Health — a cross-sector view into what creates health in our society,…
Summer Office Space and $20K from Progression Labs and VegasTechFund (applications due 5/25)
Back in the fall, we told you about this great resource for startups and promised we’d tell you when summer applications were open. Well, Jake Eichengreen ’13 just sent us the details, and we’re pleased to pass them along. Jake has his eyes out for Wes-connected applications, so spread the word to fellow students and alumni!…
Raising Social Impact Capital (webinar with Cafe Impact founder Jonathan Lewis, available until 5/12/15)
Fundraising mystifies, if not terrifies, most social enterprise leaders. In truth, both for-profit and nonprofit fundraising is a simple, learnable skill. If you can talk, you can raise social impact money. Empower yourself! The Patricelli Center is offering access to this webinar with serial social entrepreneur Jonathan C. Lewis—host of the Café Impact social entrepreneurship…
Vote for Alumni-Elected Trustee (deadline 5/25)
Each year, three Wesleyan alumni are elected to serve on the University’s Board of trustees for three-year terms. Wesleyan is unique among its peers on this front: nine alumni-elected trustees serve at any given time, and nearly a third of the Board is elected by the alumni body. All alumni and graduating seniors are eligible…
Benefit Corporations Coming to Connecticut
An announcement from Kate Emery, the Founder and CEO of reSET: It is with tremendous pride and pleasure that I’m able to announce that at (very) long last Connecticut has legislation enabling businesses to register as a social enterprise!!! The language in our bill is the most comprehensive in the United States in that it…
Entrepreneurship Studies 101 pitch session (5/7 at 7pm)
You are invited to see the final pitches for this semester’s student forum, Out of Theory, Into Practice: Entrepreneurship Studies 101. When: Wednesday, May 7, 7-8:30 p.m. Where: Albritton 113 What: Students will present their ideas to a panel of judges and will receive feedback shark-tank style. Let them awe you with their creativity and ambition,…
Restorative Justice Conversation with Evan Okun ’13 and Circles & Ciphers staff (5/9)
This week, Evan Okun ’13 and his colleagues from Circles & Ciphers will come to Wesleyan for a series of events and workshops about restorative justice and issues faced by young men of color. They will visit the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (Allbritton 022) on Friday, May 9, 11:30-12:30 p.m. We invite all interested students to stop…
Long Lane Farm 10th Anniversary (May 23-24)
Long Lane Farm is TEN YEARS OLD this spring! This calls for a CELEBRATION! Please come from far and wide to help us celebrate the first ten years, Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24th, 2014! On Friday evening there will be a Long Lane 10 Year Anniversary Dinner under a tall white tent on the North College Lawn.…
Kaya Collaborative: an appeal from Mikaela Reyes ’17
Mikaela Reyes ’17 wrote in to tell us about her crowdfunding campaign. Read on for details, and please consider supporting Mika’s project and her efforts to work for inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development in the Philippines. Kaya Collaborative is a non-profit organization whose vision is a redefinition of “balikbayan” and the transformation of Filipino diaspora networks into engines…