Kennedy Odede ’12 is one of Africa’s best- known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. Kennedy lived for twenty- three of his thirty years in the Kibera Slum, the largest slum in Africa, where he experienced the devastating realities of life in extreme poverty first hand. Still, he dreamed about changing his community. He saved 20…
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WESU 2015 Spring Pledge Drive
It’s that time of year again — the Annual WESU Spring Pledge Drive is back in an effort to support another community driven radio season! This spring, WESU will close out a capital campaign that started at the beginning of 2014, when the station kicked of its landmark 75th anniversary year. Meeting their pledge goal this spring will enable…
Eat Frozen Yogurt and Support Green Street
The Green Street Teaching and Learning Center is celebrating its 10th birthday this year! Green Street has been a fantastic addition to the Middletown community, and local families and businesses are eager to help make the next decade even better than the last. Between 5:00 and 8:00 PM on Friday, April 17, FroyoWorld on Main…
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…
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…
Learn about Fundraising Prospect Research at Wesleyan on September 20
We just learned that the New England Development Research Association (NEDRA) will be hosting a day long bootcamp at Wesleyan on Friday, September 20. The concepts introduced will be instrumental for any non-profit that relies on individual donors. Attendees will get a crash course in the sophisticated prospect research that is the foundation of a…