Impact Investing: How to Earn while Lifting Communities Out of Poverty
What is Impact Investing? Impact investment aims to address social and environmental challenges while generating financial profit. Imagine that you are Jane, an aspiring social entrepreneur. Jane h ...
12 Days of Fair Trade Holiday Shopping!
I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the world of fair trade as a high school student. An ethics teacher of mine required us to complete a social justice project and for mine, I chose to invest ...
Redefining Education
What do you think of when you hear the word education? A few ideas that come to mind are college, mundane lectures, and a considerable amount of homework. Growing up, I was given the opportunity to ...
Remembering the Third Billion
Women empowerment - those two words are indispensable to the vocabulary of a student of a women’s college. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words being used in both daily (yes, ...
Social Media for Social Change
As a young twenty-something, social media is something I utilize on a daily basis. I post photos to Facebook, hashtag topics on Twitter, and Pin inspirational quotes to Pintrest. Social media is ...