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Whole Planet Foundation is celebrating the power of women entrepreneurs during March 7-8 with a virtual event in honor of International Women’s Day. This online, two-day event aims to include 1,000 participants and raise $85,000 to support economic equality for 2,500 more people working hard to escape poverty.
Whole Planet Foundation’s mission is to empower the world’s poorest people – mostly women – with microcredit. Microcredit is small loans, requiring no formal contract or collateral, provided to low-income entrepreneurs for the chance to create or expand a business, often homebased. Whole Planet Foundation has been funding microbusinesses since 2006 and our portfolio currently consists of 89% women entrepreneurs who support families and communities with the profits generated by their own hard work. Thanks to our network of microfinance partners, Whole Planet Foundation is alleviating poverty in the United States and 76 other countries in Africa, Asi
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Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to be the Season 4 sponsor of the Middle Tech Podcast. Land Betterment is committed to support entrepreneurship and collaboration with forward thinkers within its region, and to encourage stakeholder engagement to help bring sustainable solutions to the markets in which it serves.
Episode 133 of the Middle Tech Podcast features an impressive conversation with Matt Jennings, Co- Founder and Executive Chairman of Kingdom Trust on how the fintech company in Murray, Kentucky has become a leading innovator and major qualified custodian for alternative asset classes such as digital currencies. Kingdom Trust’s customer-centric model provides a broad range of investors a transparent, c
Scott Turow on how the law inspires his novels Share:
Sandy Stern, the recurring protagonist in Scott Turowâs novels, including his latest, âThe Last Trial,â is âwithout question a member of the ABA,â the author told ABA President Patricia Lee Refo.
The acclaimed writer joined Refo for a discussion about the law and writing at the ABA Midyear Meeting on Feb. 21.
Turow, who is also a longstanding ABA member, is a former federal prosecutor who recently retired from commercial practice in the Chicago office of Dentons US, LLP, but retains his pro bono work. He is the author of 12 works of fiction, including âPresumed Innocentâ and âThe Burden of Proof,â and two nonfiction books, one of which is âOne L,â about his experience as a law student.
ABC-TVâs Deborah Roberts: Her 3 keys to reaching the top Share:
Award-winning broadcast journalist Deborah Roberts says she lives a privileged life on the Upper East Side of New York City with a successful network television career. But it wasnât always that way.
Roberts shared her road to success and the lessons she learned along the way during the program âKnow Your Worth. The Audacity to Believe in You!â which was part of the 2021 American Bar Association Virtual Midyear Meeting.
Growing up in the segregated Deep South, Roberts was raised in the small town of Perry, Georgia, one of nine children in her family.
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February 9, 2021, SAN FRANCISCO, /3BL Media/ – Suzanna Valdez Wolfe has joined Taproot Foundation as the organization’s first Chief Impact Officer, Taproot’s President & CEO, Lindsay Firestone Gruber announced today.
With over two decades of experience working with nonprofits, private companies, and elected officials, Wolfe is uniquely positioned to build upon Taproot’s rapid growth in developing meaningful pro bono service opportunities and advancing the pro bono movement across sectors. She comes to Taproot from the Adrienne Arsht Center of the Performing Arts in Miami where she held the role of Vice President of Advancement and was responsible for all private revenue generation and fundraising.