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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. Creating change for your community Déborah is the manager, producer and director of various cultural products on disability and inclusion.

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SourceLink + National League of Cities – Impacting Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities

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Both communities recently participated in NLC’s City Innovation Ecosystems (CIE) program, offered in partnership with and support from the Kauffman Foundation. Our team’s experience in entrepreneurial data analysis and asset mapping helped both communities to organize and visualize their ecosystem of resources. “We

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Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI Network team spoke with Kavelle on her role as a woman in STEM, overcoming hardships, and her experiences during her YLAI Fellowship. She began to notice a variety of challenges when it came to STEM education, both in her community and globally. She continued to network to get the support that she needed. government.

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Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia  

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Jonathan’s curiosity has incited his globe-trotting entrepreneurial journey, impacting his own community in Colombia and beyond. After graduating from the University of Antioquia, witnessing the innovations in science, technology, and strategy in this community only increased Jonathan’s curiosity.

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Accessibility as an Advantage in Venture Capital: Why Creating Value for Everyone in the Community Wins

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Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that. That means, to start out, no need for warm intros, since everyone’s network looks too much like themselves—but that’s just table stakes.

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The New Economy Starts with Support to Underserved Communities

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Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich. Impressions & Outcomes.

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. Our goal is to protect and retain the EO community of trust and respect so we can enjoy our “EO instimacy” at the event. What is the Needs and Leads Speed Networking event? Who can attend DX22?