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Be the Change: A Celebration of Social Entrepreneurs!

Monday, March 21, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (CT)

New Orleans, LA

Be the Change: A Celebration of Social Entrepreneurs!

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Please join SENO (Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans) and Tulane’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives for an evening of facilitated convening, networking, and idea sharing with fellow urban innovators, veteran social entrepreneurs, foundation officials, resource providers, elected officials, and policymakers. 

Date: Monday, March 21st, 2011

Time: 6:30- 8:30pm

Location: Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
RSVP:
Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, March 16th, 2011.  Space is limited.
Dinner and beverages will be served.

Our goal is to convene all those with great ideas for making New Orleans an amazing city and to connect you to potential mentors, supporters, funders, partners, experts, and collaborators.  Indeed, the last time we had this convening, social entrepreneurs in our network walked away with resources to start new programs and lifelong mentors.  By bringing together those working to tackle similar challenges from the grassroots level to policy, we hope to connect you with those who can help move your ideas forward. 

We will provide a platform for you to share your ideas, challenges, and potential next steps.  We will also be connecting social innovators to "connectors" (policy makers, funders, veteran social entrepreneurs, experts, etc.) who are also working to solve similar challenges in the following areas:

Opening Remarks: Flozell Daniels, CEO, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
  • Alternative Energy (Connectors: Steven Ceulemans, New Orleans BioInnovation Center & D'juan Hernandez/Sun Energy Group)
  • Healthy Food Systems (Connectors: Ashley Graham, Share Our Strength; Kate Parker, Tulane Prevention Research Center, and Alison Heston, Edible Schoolyard NOLA)
  • Blight/Housing (Connector: Reuben Teague, Green Coast Enterprises and Oliver Wise, City of New Orleans)
  • K-12 Education (Connectors: Naressa Cofield, Deputy Chief of Innovation, Louisiana Department of Educationn & Matt Candler and Beth Heaton, 4.0 Schools)
  • Job Training (Connector: Nadiyah Coleman, Summer Youth Development Programs, City of New Orleans)
  • Afterschool Programs (Connector: Lauren Bierbaum, GNO Afterschool Partnership & Rickie Nutick & Tammy Kom, Young Audiences)
  • Arts and Culture (Connectors: Scott Hutcheson, Advisor to the Mayor for Cultural Economy; Allison Gavrell, City of New Orleans; Gene Meneray, Arts Council of New Orleans; Blake Haney, Founder, Dirty Coast, Humid Beings & Canary Collective; and Lisa Picone, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation)
  • City Infrastructure (Connector:  Kara Mattini Renne, Director of Economic Development, Regional Planning Commission)
  • Economic Development (Connector: Lina Alfieri-Stern, Levy Rosenblum Institute of Entrepreneurship, Tulane Freeman School of Business)
  • Green/Environmental (Thomas Rush, GNO Inc.)
  • Other New Orleans-Specific Issue (Jessica White, 504ward)
You will also have the opportunity to learn about other unique programs and services that can help you launch your social venture.  As a reminder, SENO's New Ventures Accelerator deadline is April 1, 2011.  Apply at www.seno-nola.org.
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Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113

Monday, March 21, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (CT)


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SENO: Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans' mission is to systematically cultivate bold and coordinated solutions to our city’s most pressing social challenges and to help social entrepreneurs who tackle these high-priority challenges take their ideas from vision to reality. (www.seno-nola.org)

 

Tulane Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives: Building upon our strengths in civic engagement and service learning, Tulane is developing a university-wide, interdisciplinary program in social entrepreneurship to better understand and create new models for social change.  Through a variety of initiatives, the program nurtures and inspires social innovation across campus and beyond.