Impact to Last: Lessons from the front lines of social enterprise
Bri was on the wrong path, in and out of jail for arson and three felony charges prior to learning she was pregnant at 22, at which point she resolved to make a better life for herself and her daughter. She began taking advantage of social services but still felt...
3 Ways A Changemaker Can Transition From “I am a Martyr” to “I am Enough”
I knew something was terribly wrong when I could barely summon the strength to get out of bed to use the bathroom. For the next two days I remained in bed hoping that I had a bad case of the flu and that my illness would pass. Unfortunately, it didn’t. Shortly...
Lancaster Bike Shop Gets Community Engaged, Educated and Active
The community bike shop concept was what spurred Chris Caldwell to action about two years ago. He had no bike mechanic experience, so opening a conventional bike shop was never on his mind. “Basically I had read about community bike shops as a model, and was...
Celebrating Indigenous History at Saskatchewan’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park
We arrived in the pouring rain on a cool and breezy July afternoon. But it didn’t take long for Wanuskewin Heritage Park to envelop us in its warm embrace. A 20 minute-drive from the downtown core of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanuskewin —situated above Opimihaw...
The Cost of Social Change: Solar plant project in India questions price of progress
“Do you mind if I roll up the window?” New Delhi was one of the most polluted cities on earth and I was happy to limit my first hand experience to the fifteen minutes I spent waiting outside the airport. I was to begin my new position with an NGO in the southern...
See Them Rise: How Alfa Demmellash & Rising Tide Capital Are Transforming Lives Through Entrepreneurship
The year is 2002 and 22-year-old Alfa Demmellash, a Harvard junior, stands atop a hill in Kibuye, Rwanda, eight years after the 1994 genocide of almost a million people, to witness a memorial — and to observe how the Tutsi and Hutu are trying to live together...
Why We Spent a Year Documenting Social Change & What It Taught Us About Changemakers
I believe that a country is largely defined by the rights, freedoms and social circumstances of the people who live within its borders. It’s defined as much by the achievements as the struggles, by the dark times as by the light and as much by the activists who...
Social Enterprise in Manitoba’s North Tackles Food Security
The food security landscape in Canada’s north is troubling. One quarter of northern indigenous children are considered severely food insecure. Nationally, indigenous Canadians face food insecurity at a rate four times that of the national average and 62% of...
From Accountant to Social Entrepreneur: Thomas Raffa redefines what it means to do business well
In this series, readers of SEE Change profile social entrepreneurs in their community More than 30 years ago, Thomas Raffa established the first of what would become many businesses. Since that time, his accounting and consulting firm, Raffa, P.C., not only...
In the Business of Change written by SEE Change publisher & editor Elisa Birnbaum highlights social entrepreneurs around the world. Get your print or audiobook where you normally buy or download books Learn More
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