We officially launched our programming for social entrepreneurs in Pawtucket and Central Falls on September 12, and a festive crowd of business owners, city officials and community leaders gathered at … Read More
Social Enterprise Greenhouse and the Swearer Center at Brown University Partner on Social Innovation Fellowship
Students participating in a three-year Social Innovation Fellowship offered by Social Enterprise Greenhouse and the Swearer Center are (from left) Elvia Perez, Kimberly Collins, Francesca Raoelison, Priya Mittal, Olivia Tulkoff, … Read More
Social Enterprise Greenhouse Seeks Social Entrepreneurs for Its 2020 Food Accelerator Program – Applications Are Due October 1, 2019
Providence, R.I. (August 27, 2019) – Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) is accepting applications for its 2020 Food Accelerator program. Motivated and coachable social entrepreneurs who have a feasible food venture … Read More
Q&A with Karen Mejias of Mindful Maia
For the past two years Karen Mejias has been the creative director of Mindful Maia, an organically sourced juice & tea truck based out of RI. Having graduated from art … Read More
Social Enterprise Greenhouse Will Host a Welcome Launch at Still on Main on September 12, Announces Jessica Vega as Pawtucket/Central Falls Program Director
Providence, R.I. (August 20, 2019) – Social Enterprise Greenhouse will host a Welcome Launch to celebrate the official start of its programs for social entrepreneurs in Pawtucket and Central Falls. The … Read More
Hope’s Harvest RI: Gleaning Fields for Hunger Relief
Eva Agudelo knows farms and farmers. From her early work in Bellingham, Washington, administering a program that paid farmers to grow food for hunger relief agencies, to her current position … Read More
Reentry Campus Program: Committed to Education
Twenty years ago, when Rhode Island native James Monteiro was incarcerated in Baltimore, he read a news article that set him on the path to a changed life. The story … Read More
AS220 Industries: Increasing Creativity
AS220 has been a resource for creativity in Providence since 1985 and has continued to grow ever since. Starting with an operating budget of $800 in a one-room space, AS220 … Read More
NaloxBox: Saving Lives One Box at a Time
A specialist in pediatric emergency medicine, Dr. Geoff Capraro has been teaching medical students, residents, and fellows at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University since 2010. About three years … Read More
Empower Spinal Cord Injury: Enabling More-Independent Lives
Occupational therapist Elizabeth Lima Remillard and physical therapists Carinne Callahan and Jessica Goodine founded Empower Spinal Cord Injury in 2010 to help individuals who have experienced a spinal cord injury … Read More