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How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru 

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario. Her fibromyalgia diagnosis after university gave her even more drive to launch CAPAZ in 2018. Déborah’s entrepreneurship journey had officially begun.

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Finding your brand identity in 4 steps

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Many YLAI Network members have found creative ways to make their businesses and organizations stand out from the rest and have used their branding to create a strong following. Understand your audience and educate your community. Taking on bigger (and better funded) competitors is not easy,” says Professor Goldberg.

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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

a Suriano, 2018 YLAI Fellow. “It Inspired by her inclusive mission, the YLAI Network team asked her a few questions about how she advocates for and empowers members of her community and how she recommends you become an agent of change. I gained a solid business background to support my creative side. By Jewelle Saunders.

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How a Fashion Brand in Honduras Is Preserving the Country’s Traditional Culture

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My The Malengu name, an amalgamation of Maya, Lenca and Garífuna, harkens back to some of the country’s largest indigenous communities. She was a single mother struggling to make ends meet.

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Inspiring energy efficiency in Bolivia and avoiding corruption

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Hernann’s advice to network members is to “believe in what you are doing and be creative.”

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Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans

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Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M

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How EO Philippines Members are Helping an Entire Community Displaced by Typhoon Ondoy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO Philippines members are determined to help one particular community that was devastated by the natural disaster. The Ayala Foundation , which works to build productive, creative and self-reliant Filipino communities, works with the cobblers-turned-farmers to provide skills and opportunities. How Cobblers Became Farmers.