The non-profit Pencils of Promise (PoP) asks a simple question, “Can you imagine not being able to read this sentence?” And then points to the fact that 250 million children cannot. In other words, 250 million children of primary school age lack basic reading, writing and math skills. The organization was founded by Adam Braun. He recalls that …
Pillars Fund was founded in 2010 with a mission of amplifying the leadership, narratives, and talents of Muslims in the United States in order to advance opportunity and justice for all. The organizational vision is of a society where Muslims have access to every opportunity, are free to fully embody all of their identities, and …
Pillars Fund-Bridge To Muslim-led Organizations Driving Social Change Read More »
Room to Read believes that world change starts with children’s education. According to CEO Geetha Murali, “We are not giving up on educating the world’s most vulnerable children.” And Room to Read’s commitment to this mission is demonstrated by their accomplishments. · Globally 32 million children have benefited from their literacy programs · 36 million books have …
Room to Read – World Change Begins With Children Read More »
The Hidden Genius Project, founded in Oakland, California in 2012 is changing the paradigm of high black male unemployment coexisting in a job market with a plethora of available high paying, high tech jobs. The founders, five black male entrepreneurs and technologists, made this their mission. And in the years since the organization’s founding the …
Hidden Genius – Paving The Way for Black Male Technologists Read More »
The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) helps communities speak out for clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet. Public interest lawyers from 10 countries launched the Environmental Law Alliance (ELaw) in 1991 These lawyers were working together at a public interest law conference at the University of Oregon School of Law. They realized that …
ELaw Helps Communities Around The Globe Speak Out For A Healthy Planet Read More »
Better Basics Birmingham Alabama – In 2019-2020, Better Basics served 21,987 students in 35 Central Alabama schools. And, for 2021 – 2022 the organization had 757 volunteers, served 22,000 children and gave away 70,000 books. According to the organization 16% of Alabamians are illiterate, 79% of the state’s kindergartners enter school not knowing all the letters …
Better Basics Gets Children’s Books Into Low Income Homes Read More »
A social enterprise is a cause-driven business that sells products or services. The entity’s goal is to maximize profits while improving a set of social objectives and serving the common good. For Seattle-based social enterprise The Pastry Project their intent is to address barriers to education and employment in the world of baking. Founded in 2019 …
The importance of ethics in social media marketing is a conversation swirling around all of us whether you are aware of it or not. Layering social media marketing platforms on top of traditional marketing distribution channels means as marketers we are “changing the tire while driving at 90 miles an hour.” It also means we …
In 2013, watching the documentary Urban Fruit by Roman Zenz. I was fascinated by the story of Rishi Kumar a highly educated engineer by training who gave up a promising career in information technology to choose a different path. Along with his mother they had transformed their once wasteful and nonproductive meticulously landscaped yard into …
Sarvodaya Institute – Urban Farming And Environmental Responsibility Read More »
