 | | SEI March 2018 Newsletter | March has been a busy month for SEI! Since our last issue, we hosted Jon Schull of e-NABLE as part of our Spring 2018 Speaker Series, and a group of students traveled to the Dominican Republic over spring break to work with Project Esperanza on community and education programs that empower stateless, Haitian refugees. In this edition, Professor Shaughnessy comments on the recent tragedy in Florida, and how some business leaders are taking the gun control issue into their own hands. Students write about their international and co-op experiences with social enterprise, and give us an in-depth look at innovative social enterprises like World Remit & Remitly, Afriflora, and Homeboy Industries. As the semester is quickly coming to an end, make sure to stay up to date on all that SEI has planned in the coming weeks! | | From the Founder & Executive Director | The Scope of Social Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong
By Natascha Elbech
Globalization may have opened up social, political and economic ties between the Asia-Pacific and the West, however, this economic prosperity has been poorly translated to Hong Kong’s locals, as rapid globalization has subsequently produced uneven development and wide margins of wealth disparities. Read more here. | Salesforce & (RED): Powe(RED) Innovation
By Kasey Lakin
The partnership between Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM company, and (RED) began on the 2015 U2 Innocence and Experience Tour when Salesforce joined Live Nation to sponsor the tour. At the World Economic Forum in 2016, Salesforce and (RED) announced a 5 year $5M partnership. Salesforce has a 1-1-1 model, which dedicates 1% of their technology, people, and resources to social impact organizations like (RED). Read more here. | To Understand How People Live Around the World, Take a Walk Down Dollar Street
By Joanna Moore
The politically, religiously, and economically neutral foundation built the platform Dollar Street as a tool to understand what different income levels and means of living look like all over the world. Visualizing the world as one street, with the poorest on the left, the richest on the right, and everyone else in between, Dollar Street aims to tackle the complexities and nuances of poverty and income with simplicity. Read more here. | From Roses to Riches, Afriflora Empowers an Ethiopian Community
By Georgia Horton
Located near Lake Ziway in Ethiopia, this social enterprise grows over 65 species of roses and processes 3 to 4 million each day. The sheer number of roses is astonishing, but what is even more impressive is the way that Afriflora operates as a successful business while remaining focused on its impact to the community and its people. Read more here. | Vanu: Connecting the Unconnected
By Anastacia Villis
In a rapidly progressing technological world, it is becoming increasingly important to have access to some type of cellular network or internet connection if there is any of hope of being a functioning and contributing member of society. Vanu, Inc. is creating a potential solution for this problem of developing countries being both physically and socially isolated in this way. Read more here. | Jobs & Internships ▪ Impact Guru, Content Writer (Mumbai, India)
▪ Imajine That, After School Teacher (Boston, MA)
▪ Kiva.org, Portfolio Manager, South & Southeast Asia (Portland, OR)
▪ 70MillionJobs, Marketing Intern (San Francisco, CA)
▪ Boston Cares, Corporate Volunteer Project Manager (Boston, MA)
▪ Burro, Product Design Fellowship (Ghana)
▪ Committee Encouraging Corporate Philantrhopy, John C. Whitehead Internship (New York, NY)
| ▪ | Kiva.org, Portfolio Manager, South & Southeast Asia (Portland, OR) | | ▪ | Boston Cares, Corporate Volunteer Project Manager (Boston, MA) | | ▪ | Burro, Product Design Fellowship (Ghana) | | Do you want to write for SEI? Do you have news to share? We are always looking for newsletter contributors! Contact Katie at powers.kat@husky.neu.edu for more information. Contact Us For all inquires, please contact the Social Enterprise Institute Student Association at sei@neu.edu. For more information, check out the SEI Website. 360 Huntington Ave
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