Twice in my professional life I have been asked if I was the real deal. The first time was over lunch with a theatrical colleague who I pitched a social justice theater project to, back in my theater directing and...
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Social entrepreneur, author, current chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance board, and long time friend and colleague of Vicki’s, David Gaines visits the Impact Out Loud podcast this month for a lively talk about all things social enterprise. In part...
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We know this time of year is one that is full of lists, and ... well ... we're giving you one more! Here's a short and sweet gift guide featuring a few small and social enterprise businesses we've worked with...
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Tudor Montague's small business journey is a social impact success story. Montague had been working for tribes in the environmental field, and while it was a rewarding career, he had always dreamed of starting his own business. In 2015, after...
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The other day we were scrolling through one of our social media feeds and saw this: “What if I told you there is a secret club working on changing the New Mexico economy for the better through encouraging social enterprise?”…
This is a humble brag blog. $6,210,000. That’s how much we’ve helped our clients access in capital for their social enterprises and nonprofit organizations. It sounds easy. Sometimes it is, most of the time it’s not. This funding has allowed…
To change a system is to continue to tend to that system, and to constantly be asking what it needs and how you might serve to support its change. Let’s use the local food economy as a prime example. Here...
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Right now we are all feeling the squeeze of global supply chain constraints and uncertainty. However, we also know that through purchasing awareness and ethical consumption, we can be less affected by these external forces (and more prepared to deal…
This time of year is full of lists for things to buy and people to buy for: the co-worker party, the relatives, the kids, the neighbors, the wife, the boyfriend, the girlfriend, the dog… And all of this while trying to…
At the turning of the light between the days of 2011 and 2012 I sat perched on the edge of the world, very literally, nestled on the lava rock cliffs of the Hilo coast of Hawaii. I was deep in…
So this is happening . . . https://makingchangeatwalmart.org/ I was going to write a long blog post about supporting locally-owned indie businesses on Black Friday and why that’s important for community and the economy but it seems more important right…
This article appeared in the Sustainable Santa Fe Guide 2011 Everything old is new again, so the saying goes. In a recent conversation with a friend the subject of purchasing some rather useful but not entirely necessary items came up. …
