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50K Coalition supports Diversity in Engineering, Report shows Progress and Challenges

American Entrepreneurship

produced approximately 97,000 engineers per year at the bachelor’s degree level in 2015, roughly 34% were minorities and women. Concern was also expressed about the impact of these changes on students, such as raising the barriers to STEM degree attainment, specifically for underrepresented students from low-income communities.

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A Few Surefire Ways to Support the UN SDGs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2015, inspired by Elon Musk and the story of Tesla, Steve was searching for a way to shore up his personal and professional commitment to being the change he wanted to see in the world. This will ensure that your work around SDGs is positively publicized and inspires others to support SDGs. For EO Global, that person is Steve. “My

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Empreendedorismo 5.0: supporting seniors entrepreneurship in Portugal

Impact Hub

For that end, thematic Communities of Practice (CoP) were developed as a means for participants to exchange their knowledge and share their experiences on how to best support entrepreneurs from under-represented groups. How are they supporting seniors’ entrepreneurship? Empreendedorismo 5.0 Empreendedorismo 5.0

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Moving trans advocacy forward in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

As the Co-Founder and Executive Director of TransWave Jamaica , Neish is succeeding in his mission to increase the visibility of transgender Jamaicans, provide resources to change the narrative towards a positive reflection of the community, and emphasize the need for improved healthcare and safe spaces that meet the needs of the community.

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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community? At the beginning of 2015, I started a “figure-it-out fund” and used a percentage of Accessories & Essentials’ sales over the next few months to finance it. Create community. Entrepreneurship can be isolating and lonely, especially when you work mostly solo.

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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. By Jewelle Saunders. She was just focused on doing the work. government.

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2nd Pangyo Techno Valley Prepares to Become Korea’s Largest Innovative Startup Cluster

AsiaTechDaily

The 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley was constructed by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) on the sites of Siheung-dong and Geumto-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, with the industrial complex plan approved in November 2015.