Examples of Social & Cultural Entrepreneurship:
1) Gender Equality: Part of the Millennium Goals are focused on improving the gender inequality among females versus males. According to the world bank "many women still lack basic freedoms and opportunities and face huge inequalities in the world of work." The strategy of the World Bank Group is to:
Some of the results from World Bank Group include: 2 countries recently achieving gender equality in education, 40% of jobs in the non-agricultural field were held by women in 2011 & 1% of global agriculture is accredited to African women.
This is an example of social and cultural entrepreneurship because the movement is motivated by sustainable development and cultural value creation to equalize the gap between males and females. Not only is this project focused on changing the behaviors of others, but it also focuses on the conscience of choices (as posed by Kathia Laszlo).
You can read more about this specific Millennium Development Goal here: http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/gender.html
Picture below are representative of one of the goals of the WHO. The graphic specifically points on what the WHO has completed since starting this project. It is still a work in progress.
The gender equality is from a Hercampus article about gender equality. Retrieved from: http://www.hercampus.com/school/waseda/food-thought-gender-equality-and-agriculture
1) Gender Equality: Part of the Millennium Goals are focused on improving the gender inequality among females versus males. According to the world bank "many women still lack basic freedoms and opportunities and face huge inequalities in the world of work." The strategy of the World Bank Group is to:
- Strengthen nutrition, disease prevention, and maternal health programs
- Improve women’s and girls’ education and life skills
- Expand women’s access to credit and economic opportunity
Some of the results from World Bank Group include: 2 countries recently achieving gender equality in education, 40% of jobs in the non-agricultural field were held by women in 2011 & 1% of global agriculture is accredited to African women.
This is an example of social and cultural entrepreneurship because the movement is motivated by sustainable development and cultural value creation to equalize the gap between males and females. Not only is this project focused on changing the behaviors of others, but it also focuses on the conscience of choices (as posed by Kathia Laszlo).
You can read more about this specific Millennium Development Goal here: http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/gender.html
Picture below are representative of one of the goals of the WHO. The graphic specifically points on what the WHO has completed since starting this project. It is still a work in progress.
The gender equality is from a Hercampus article about gender equality. Retrieved from: http://www.hercampus.com/school/waseda/food-thought-gender-equality-and-agriculture
2) Socks for Lansing is an organization that teams up with local lansing businesses to collect socks for the less fortunate for the harsh winters in Michigan. Donations from the local companies are given to City Rescue Mission of Lansing. The City Rescue Mission of Lansing is a shelter that houses men, women and children around the Lansing area.
The organization has been very successful in its early stages of creation. In 2013 the organization collected 962 pairs of socks from businesses around the Lansing area.
Rochelle Rizzi, the CEO of Socks for Lansing, had this to say about her organization. "I could clearly see how important it was – not only to Sarah, but to the community. We’re told that nearly all the City Rescue Mission’s shelters are at capacity – and it’s staggering to think about the number of people in need".
This is an example of cultural entrepreneurship because the organization is has a foundation in the moral beliefs that everyone should at least have items of clothing protecting them during the harsh winter months. The organization is also fundamentally supported by sustainable practices that will continue to support the community and attempts to add a more charitable aspect to the community.
You can find more about this project on: http://socksforlansing.com/#home
The above picture was retrieved from Rochelle's personal website and it highlights some of the socks that were collected this past year for the sock drive: http://rizzidesigns.com/socks-for-lansing.php
The below picture was retrieved from the website's main homepage: http://socksforlansing.com/#home
3) Cell Phones for Soldiers is an organization that collects old phones from the community and gifts them to the veterans and in-service soldiers for free communication.
According to the website the company has:
"Since 2004, Cell Phones for Soldiers...
- Have provided more than 213 million minutes of free talk time
- Mails approximately 3,000 calling cards each week
- Recycled more than 11.6 million cell phones, reducing the impact on landfills
- July 2012 launched Helping Heroes Home, to provide emergency funds for returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships.
- Since July 2012, Helping Heroes Home has assisted more than 2,700 veterans and their families with emergency funding.
- Has remained a family-run, nonprofit organization operated almost exclusively by Bob, Gail, Brittany, Robbie and Courtney Bergquist."
You can find more information about the project here: http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com
The below picture is from the home page of the website that shows the soldiers with their phones and pre-paid talking minutes. Accessed from: http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/about.php
The above picture is the logo for the website.