Thursday, August 16th is the 5th annual Social Good Summit. The Summit is a showcase of Madison's change-makers where you get to listen, learn, touch, engage, share and work with.
Join us for this energetic and engaging focus on the people and ventures of the 2018 Social Good Accelerator (SGA)— Madison's innovative social good community. They are changing the way entrepreneurship will touch our lives and you can be a part of it.
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Working with African-American" at risk"( girls of hope) high school teen girls to train them in leadership development using evidence based Peer to Peer model to then go out and train middle school girls to become leaders using this same model. This is done through building and enhancing their leadership skills through best practices focusing on self- esteem, team building, social emotional intelligence, leadership develop, coding (STEM), financial literacy and cultural activities. The academy has partnered with other African- American community partners who are willing to share their expertise in these areas with the girls.
Revive financing is a developing micro-finance institution. Revive is geared specifically towards helping individuals with substance abuse and mental health problems pay for their out-of-pocket medical and insurance costs by providing them with low interest loans. Revive also provides more loan options by using an alternative risk assessment beyond credit score alone. These loans can be paid back in manageable amounts over time and are backed by a peer-to-peer lending platform.
GreenPath is a national non-profit agency that serves over 200,000 people each year with financial counseling and education. In 2016, we began a strategic pivot, focusing on ways that we could begin to work with financial technology providers to help accelerate our ability to impact the well-being of financially vulnerable individuals. This has resulted in a radical change in our organization, embracing design thinking and behavioral science as tools to help us bridge the gap between the needs of our clients and effective tools to help solve their challenges.
A unique wellness yoga studio specifically designed for accessibility. Through group classes, we will accommodate for the needs of adults with physical and mental health challenges and cultural and economic disparity. YAFA works with people with varying physical or health related challenges— this could be for wheel chair bound individuals, brain injured adults, people with Parkinson's, etc.
Our mission is to reduce sexual and domestic violence against people with disabilities through education, advocacy and outreach. We provide 1:1 and group education around safe relationships to people with disabilities, counseling and support groups to survivors with disabilities, and training to family, caregivers, and community members to open up dialogue around sexual and domestic violence in the disability community.
We are a nonprofit on a mission to make each birthday happy and every child celebrated. We provide birthday parties to children in need by partnering with community agencies such as school districts, homeless shelters, domestic abuse shelters and the foster care system. We started here in Dane County but have a vision of being in every single state so children across the country can be celebrated, empowered and confident on their special day.
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Guiding underrepresented young adults between the ages of 18 to 29 to achieve their goals by building their social capital and connecting them with the community. We provide mentoring opportunities with professionals that have expertise in the young adults’ career interests, networking opportunities, and workshops on personal and professional development.
We are three women entrepreneurs who came together to create a momentum for change in our community. We have real conversations about real issues that affect our diverse lives by sharing news, information, and blogs about businesses and services that strengthen our diverse community. Building from our range of skills and experiences, we offer culturally attuned event planning, coordination and delivery for minority-owned businesses and businesses that strive for greater inclusivity. Like talking to the people you know, we get at what’s real and relevant in diverse lives.
QB's Magnetic Creations – A place where beautiful magnetic badge holders, eyeglass holders, and brooches are created. The ultimate goal is to work with and employee disadvantaged people and give them the tools to succeed. QB's will be part of the Madison Public Market where space will be provided to sell and educate. The space will also include artwork from local disadvantaged student artists.
Sidekick connects real-world, project-based learning to high school classrooms enabling students to learn core content while solving problems they care about. We partner directly with teachers to identify and coordinate fully customizable projects aligned to learning standards and student interests.
VisuaLeverage makes great ideas visible, specializing in real-time information design and evidence-based visual strategy. We help clients make complex information more accessible and useful using hand-drawn, visually unique video and real-time illustration. As a result, diverse audiences accelerate understanding, recall, and action.
Unequal access to capital means many women-led ventures can't afford to invest in design and advertising. This makes their marketing efforts less successful, their businesses less profitable, and their requests for funding less appealing. We're taking decades of design experience with major national brands and creating affordable tools to help women build their brands. We elevate women—with professionally guided DIY branding.