Social entrepreneurship is a truly powerful, revolutionary idea. It’s quite literally changing the way the world works. Social entrepreneurship (aka social enterprise or social business) is essentially business with social objectives in mind. A social business doesn’t focus on profit, while a regular for-profit business wants to maximize profits in order to benefit its shareholders….
I recently ran across the University of California Berkeley Human Rights Center, which held a Mobile Challenge to invite projects and innovations utilizing cutting-edge mobile technology to aid human rights work. I immediately fell in love with this project because it’s something I strongly believe in: law and human rights working together can benefit so…
In my previous post, I emphasized the need for a focus on rule of law and human rights, rather than simply ‘democracy promotion.’ Well, there is an amazing organization striving to do just that. One of my favorite organizations is International Bridges to Justice, a highly innovative, efficient, and effective organization that has a clear…