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  • Training Youths in the Ways of the Workplace

    David Bornstein

    January 24, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The non-profit program Year Up is getting low-income young people into jobs by training them in the culture of work. The organization pairs companies—which help fund the training period—with interns from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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  • Removing the Roadblocks to Rehabilitation

    Tina Rosenberg

    January 21, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The prison system is designed to fail - and it does. On the positive side, there are programs all over the country that recognize that helping prisoners remake their lives is both humane and cost-effective.

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  • Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?

    Lee Middleton

    June 19, 2010 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Butare

    The opening of an ice cream shop in Butare, Rwanda is a small part of a larger effort to bring joy and personal health and happiness to communities who otherwise "ceased to believe they deserved it." A nonprofit based in Brooklyn -- and founded by owners of the popular ice cream shop Blue Marble -- pays for English classes and business training for the women running the shop as an effort to help the managers stay in the business of giving their neighbors joy.

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  • From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter

    May 01, 1999 |

    Harvard Business Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Union City, New Jersey

    The corporate sector has a unique skill set that can be leveraged to bring innovative ideas and practices to the social sector. Companies are going beyond traditional short-term corporate social responsibility models, from IBM bringing a computer program to Florida schools or Marriott’s long-lasting job training program. The business world has particularly influenced public education, work programs, and inner city development, all of which show the power and responsibility that big businesses have.

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