From our friends at Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan:
Jason Sorens on Federalism and Secession
The first of four lectures in the Centralization and Decentralization series, hosted by the Allbritton Collaborative Course Cluster Initiative:
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…
Work and Play with Local Youth
The following programs are looking for Wesleyan students to serve as tutors, mentors, and pals to children in Middletown during the spring semester. Register with OCS and email the group coordinators to get involved. Work-Study positions are available! Andre’s All Stars The Middlesex YMCA — thanks to a grant from NBA player Andre Drummond — has created an…
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…
Maria Sendra: Building Teams to Scale New Tech Globally
From our friends at Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan:
Social Venture Institute / Hudson Valley
The Patricelli Center has partnered with Social Venture Institute / Hudson Valley to support a weekend retreat for world-changing social entrepreneurs at the renowned Omega Institute of Rhinebeck, NY. From May 15 through 17, nonprofit builders, business leaders, and other innovators will put their heads together to develop creative solutions to their most vexing problems. Participants…
“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…