by Grace Rodriguez | Jul 14, 2020
Take action! How to centre inclusion & anti-racism in your businesses & business support programs.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or developing programs to support them, designing for inclusion will invite more people in, and help them to feel welcome once they’re there. It can’t be achieved overnight, and it won’t happen without commitment and some discomfort, but there are steps you can take – straight away.
Join us to hear from inclusion leaders about actionable strategies for building anti-racism and inclusivity into your business and programs.
Speakers
Who should come?
- Whether you’re a nonprofit professional, program designer, entrepreneur, self-employed or just looking to take a leap into entrepreneurship, you are welcome to join.
- This event is welcoming of everyone, including BIPoC, transgender, two-spirit and non-binary individuals. We aim to create a ‘brave space‘ to voice and discuss the inclusion challenges your business or organization is facing.
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This event is being hosted in partnership with the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), of which Impact Hub Ottawa is one of ten Regional Hubs.
Led by Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute, the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship and the Ted Rogers School of Management with over 50 partner organizations, WEKH is a nation-wide network of researchers, business support organizations, and key stakeholders aiming to reduce barriers and grow women’s entrepreneurship in Canada.
Learn more about WEKH here.
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Dirigé par le Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute, le Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship et la Ted Rogers School of Management (ces trois sites sont en anglais seulement) et en partenariat avec plus de 50 organisations, le Portail de connaissances pour les femmes en entrepreneuriat (PCFE) est un réseau national de chercheurs, d’organisations de soutien aux entreprises et d’intervenants clés dont le but est de réduire les barrières et de faire croître l’entrepreneuriat féminin au Canada.
En savoir plus ici.
by Grace Rodriguez | Jun 16, 2020
Join us for this Core Conversation on how individuals and communities can work towards social and economic justice in America, today.
Join a virtual discussion with Phillip Yates, Founder/CEO of Equiliberty, on the impact of race on our current virus + violence crises; followed by best practices from the Impact Hub community’s work on AIDE – Access, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity – to support and empower change-makers of color in the United States.
We will discuss:
1. How COVID-19 threatens African-American communities and community-based businesses; and how social enterprises like Equiliberty can help expand access for underinvested communities to asset-building opportunities through shared ownership.
2. How persistent police violence has inspired a generation of new civil rights leaders that has America re-thinking power structures, long-standing institutions, and governance.
3. How this new movement to end racism and violence against Black Americans and people of color has influenced so many people across the country and around the world to action, that 2020 may turn out to be a pivotal moment in human history.
4. How we can collaboratively envision what our world can look and work like under new systems that offer economic growth and justice for all, and co-create what might be.
Helping spark and lead discussion:
Phillip J. Yates – Attorney (Yates & Associates, PLLC); CEO/Founder of Equiliberty, Inc.; Board Chair of Impact Hub Houston.
Phillip founded Equiliberty to end poverty by helping people learn how to use their existing resources and talents to grow thriving businesses, create jobs, and develop strong local economies that contribute to global prosperity. It leverages technology to democratize access to credit and provides the tools for creators to build infrastructure and self-sustainable revenue models that ultimately promote economic growth and justice for all.
Phillip Yates is also a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Diversity Fund Houston. The Diversity Fund Houston is a micro venture fund created to invest in black and brown tech founders during the “friends and family” round. Prior to founding Diversity Fund Houston, Phillip helped establish a pre-venture business incubator for minorities at the Houston Area Urban League (HAUL). In this role, he focused on identifying key resources to assist startups and early-stage founders with opportunities to scale . Since its inception, this program has helped over 5,000 minority entrepreneurs join the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Phillip is a licensed attorney in the State of Texas and the Southern District of the United States where he practices Bankruptcy and Corporate law. He also sits on the board for Lone Star Justice Alliance, League of Women Voters Houston, 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston, and serves as General Counsel for the Business Angel Minority Association (baMa) and Chairman of Impact Hub Houston, which connects and empowers people working to solve social problems in our city and around the world.
Grace Rodriguez – CEO/Executive Director of Impact Hub Houston
Grace has helped spread ideas, create experiences, and spur action as a speaker, facilitator, producer and community developer for diverse companies and organizations, directly reaching over 296,000 people in the past decade. During Hurricane Harvey, she helped disseminate information to a quarter of a million people throughout Houston, and helped Sketch City’s tech volunteers connect with resources to effectively inform, rescue, shelter and feed people across the region. Grace has promoted Houston;s creative and startup communities to over 17,000 people over seven years of leading “Houston at SXSW;” and was responsible for engaging and energizing 800+ high-profile participants as TED’s “TEDActive” Creative Director.
Grace mentors startups and entrepreneurs at MassChallenge TX, Rice University’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LILIE), Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at UH Bauer College, Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute (TMCx), and Capital Factory. She serves on the boards of Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH) and Writers in the Schools (WITS), and is the lead organizer of Women In Tech: Houston (WIT:H) and TEDxHouston.
Grace is also as an active member of the: Nationswell Council; Kauffman ESHIP Ecosystem Developers community; Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE); City of Houston Women and Minority Business Task Force; Houston Exponential Startup Development Organizations Roundtable; and the Page 30 Coalition.
by Grace Rodriguez | May 29, 2020
The FEMseries consists of online lectures and workshops to inspire women and to equip them with the tools & skills to kickstart their idea.
About this Event
Join our 3-part module to get a glimpse into the world of entrepreneurship, learn how to get from idea to business concept and bring your idea to the next level.
We get you started with:
- Why + Ideation (What is your motivation for your idea or start-up? How can we develop this idea? 25.05.20)
- Business Model (What is your business model and why is it important? 05.06.20)
- Pitching workshop (Theoretical input & practicing a pitch. 11.06.20)
Each session is about 2,5h long, will be held virtually and is led by industry experts.
Register to participate!
You can select each date separately.
FEMtrepreneurs is an initiative by the University of Basel in cooperation with HBA, ImpactHub Basel, WomenMatters and WeHub India.
by Grace Rodriguez | May 29, 2020
Jutta Jerlich, digital strategist and educator teaching Collaboration & Co-Creation at TU Wien, offers her expertise to our IHBasel members!
About this Event
We at Impact Hub Basel believe that the world’s greatest challenges will never be solved by one person or organization alone.
We need to work together.
With this course, we want to support you to thrive in and co-shape our collaborative ecosystem of purpose-driven changemakers that want to make a positive impact in the world.
We are very happy that Jutta Jerlich, digital strategist and educator teaching Collaboration and Co-Creation at the Vienna University of Technology, offers her expertise to our Impact Hub Basel members.
This course is for people who want to understand the most common pitfalls that happen in a team while growing their ideas into products and services for the market. Even if you don’t have a team yet, this course prepares you for it by learning about your own values and motivations as a basis for effective and efficient communication in your future self-organized project team. There is no prior knowledge or skill set needed.
This course features 6 online sessions, weekly on Friday 15.00-16.00 from 01.05.2020 until 05.06.2020.
In addition to that, Jutta offers mentoring sessions to the first three teams that register!
Course Dates:
- 01 May 2020, 15.00-16.00
- 08 May 2020, 15.00-16.00
- 15 May 2020, 15.00-16.00
- 22 May 2020, 15.00-16.00
- 29 May 2020, 15.00-16.00
- 05 June 2020, 15.00-16.00
Sign up for the course on Nexudus now! Registration is open until 29 April 2020.
Any questions? Shoot a message to [email protected]
You will get the videoconferencing link to the online course via Nexudus after the registration closes.
Happy learning!
PS: Not a member yet? Check the Membership Packages out here and email us at [email protected]
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Please note that by registering and participating in this event, you agree to the recording of your appearance and/or your voice, which Verein Impact Hub Basel and Jutta Jerlich can publish in photos, videos and accompanying sound recordings via online and offline media and for marketing purposes.
by Grace Rodriguez | May 8, 2020
Join us to learn how to edit Wikipedia and work together to improve and create Wikipedia articles for Houston women artists!
by Grace Rodriguez | May 7, 2020
Understand, adapt and co-create the future
by Grace Rodriguez | Apr 30, 2020
This virtual panel will bring young social innovators together to talk about digital divide from global perspectives and their actions addressing this issue, and to reimagine education in the post-COVID-19 world.
Digital education divide refers to inequalities in access to technology as well as the imbalances in resources and skills needed to effectively participate as a digital citizen. It’s a problem in many regions for many years. COVID-19 is indeed exposing the digital education divide. The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools across the world to close, impacting more than 1.5 billion children and youth learners, according The United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). School had switched to online teaching, and a lack of digital devices left millions of poor children out of school.
Various immediate actions are being taken at different levels to address the digital education divide. This time, we will bring 4 young people from different countries together to share their thoughts about education in COVID-19 and their actions to bridge education divide. As Professor Klaus Schwab once said during a Global Shapers Town Hall Meeting “Young people and better use of technology are the two main drivers to help us reimagine, redesign and rebuild a new system”, this virtual roundtable will offer an oppotunity to help us reimagine education in a post-COVID-19 world.
Speakers:
- Miguel Solera Martín (Global Sharper, Madrid Hub)
- Sinmisola Nojimu-Yusuf (Global Sharper, LagosHub)
- Liu HE (Co-Founder of Project Guangyuan)
- Wan ZUO (Co-Founder of Project Guangyuan)
Moderater: Luona Cai (Global Shaper, Shanghai I Hub)
by Grace Rodriguez | Apr 30, 2020
Analysing supply chain developments and mitigation strategies, risks & responsible business conduct
With COVID-19 disrupting international production and trade, organisations with international supply chains are facing major challenges. These challenges grow in complexity when sustainable and responsible business conduct is top priority within the organisation.
In this online event on May 12, a group of peer professionals will unite to analyse current and expected supply chain developments and mitigation strategies building upon their own experiences. What challenges are these organisations facing and what ideas are out there to overcome these? How can we ensure responsible business in these challenging times? Together, we aim to identify and exchange strategies to strengthen our supply and value chains and thereby safeguard the continuity of business.
| CONTRIBUTORS
➜ Helena Posthumus | Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Economic Development & Gender unit at KIT
Helena’s current work focuses on sustainable and inclusive food systems, agri-food value chains, rural development and responsible business conduct. She obtained an MSc and PhD at Wageningen University, combining Development Economics and Sustainable Land Management with a particular focus on agriculture in developing countries. She worked in the United Kingdom for eight years as a research fellow at two universities before joining KIT in 2013. Her passion is to bridge the areas of academia, policy and practice on sustainable economic development and food systems.
➜ Jan-Marcel Schubert | Conservation Cacao Leader at Original Beans.
Jan-Marcel Schubert is leading Original Beans Sourcing work and is in charge of project development in Latin America. Starting with his own chocolate company in 2006, when he was only 16 years old he joined Original Beans as a volunteer in 2010 in Ecuador. After studying food technology and researching on origin analysis on cacao he moved to Ecuador, where he lives now for several years and set up Original Beans conservation & cacao projects in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. His strength is networking between conservation- , development- and farmers- organisations, always keeping the focus on his favourite subject: selection of native cacaos. Watch the video to learn more about Original Beans here.
➜ You! | The event will continue with an interactive process facilitated by Community Developer Impact Hub Amsterdam. In this part of the event, we will generate insights for overcoming challenges and accelerating solutions for supply chains during the coronacrisis.
