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One of our goals in producing this podcast is to give social entrepreneurs resources, tools and tips on how to better run your organization - both in areas of impact, and in the day to day business operations. For many of us, the reason we work in social enterprise is that we are very passionate about helping others in a specific cause and mission. We’re good at what we do and we pour our heart into trying to have the most impact possible. Sometimes, one of the best ways we can support our own work and deepen our impact is to find others who can support us in the various needs for our companies.  This is why we invited Jamie Kleman of Breakwater Corp to join us in today’s episode. As a Relationship Manager for Breakwater, Jamie spends her days listening to the stories and needs of business owners and leaders of nonprofits so she can understand their pain points and connect them with a dedicated team to provide peace of mind. The Breakwater Workflow Consultants, Bookkeepers, Controllers, Accountants, and Payroll Specialists are committed to bringing clients unparalleled service and insight so they can focus on their goals and growth. **************www.breakwatercorp.com

Accounting to Support Social Enterprise with Jamie Kleman - Ep 14

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Dr. Amanda Kiessel is a cocreator of Good Market, a digital commons for social enterprises, cooperatives, responsible businesses, civic organizations, networks, and changemakers working to create a 21st-century economy that’s “good for people and good for the planet.” It currently includes more than 2,500 enterprises across 90 countries. Amanda spent the past 20 years in Asia working with local organizations on agroecology and sustainable food systems, organizational development, and social enterprise. She has a PhD in Environmental Studies, a Masters in Sustainable International Development, and a degree in Biology with a specialty in ecotoxicology. Amanda is an Ashoka Fellow and Catalyst 2030 member and serves on the board of the Social Enterprise World Forum and Buy Social USA. ****************<a href="https://www.goodmarket.global/info/" rel="nofollow">Good Market</a><a href="https://www.goodmarket.global/socialenterprisealliance/network" rel="nofollow">Good Market SEA Page</a>****************<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-kiessel-28b1b/" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodmarket.global" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/goodmarket.global/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a><a href="https://twitter.com/GoodMarket_" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>

Good Market with Amanda Kiessel - Ep 13

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Jennifer Norman is the Founder &amp; Chief Human Officer of The Human Beauty Movement, a Certified B Corporation on a mission to turn the face of beauty inside out. Jennifer is passionate about diversity appreciation, humanitarianism and inspiring others to be their most exceptional. Through The HBM, The Human Beauty Movement Community, her new skincare brand Humanist Beauty, and her podcast ROLE MODELS, she fosters radical inclusivity, beauty positivity, and a mindful journey toward self-love. Additionally, Jennifer is author and publisher of the award-winning children&#39;s picture book series, The Adventures of SuperCaptainBraveMan (www.supercaptainbraveman.com), which promotes early-age friendship, kindness and understanding of individuals presenting physical or neurological differences. the-hbm.comlinkedin.com/in/jennifernorman/**************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com

The Human Beauty Movement with Jennifer Norman - Ep 12

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Branden Harvey celebrates the good in the world. As the founder of Good Good Good — he hosts the podcast Sounds Good, he&#39;s the editor-in-chief of the Goodnewspaper, a printed newspaper full of good news, and has built an online community over more than 500,000 world changers. He&#39;s been written about in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Men&#39;s Health, and Forbes. goodgoodgood.co/goodnewspapertwitter.com/goodgoodgoodinstagram.com/goodgoodgoodco **************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com

Hear All About It: GOOD News! with Branden Harvey of GoodGoodGood - Ep 11

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Tamra Ryan is the CEO of Women&#39;s Bean Project, a social enterprise that provides transitional employment, while operating a food manufacturing business, to women attempting to break the cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty. Tamra is a former partner and board member for Social Venture Partners-Denver and the Social Enterprise Alliance and is on the Council of Advisors for the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO) recognized Tamra’s servant leadership and entered it into the Congressional Record of the 115th Congress, Second Session in May 2018. She was honored by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado and is part of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Leadership Network. She was a presenter at TEDxMilehigh and is a highly sought-after speaker for topics such as compassionate leadership and social enterprise. Tamra is the author of The Third Law, a book which highlights the societal obstacles and internal demons that must be overcome for marginalized women to change their lives. The Third Law has won numerous awards for women/minorities in business and social activism. She is currently working on her second book, Followship: How to be a leader worth following. This summer Women’s Bean Project will be moving to a new facility twice the size of its current location. This will allow the organization to expand its social enterprise and program offerings to serve more women better. womensbeanproject.comtwitter.com/tamraryan **************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com **************<h3>ACTION FOR IMPACT</h3>We all measure what we care about. The ultimate purpose of Social Enterprise is to have a positive effect in people’s lives. We elevate the measurable impact of social enterprises.

Empowering Women with Tamra Ryan of Women's Bean Project - Ep 10

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Gretchen Ki Steidle is the founder and President of Global Grassroots, a mindfulness-based social venture incubator for women in East Africa whose mission is to catalyze women and girls as leaders of Conscious Social Change in their communities.Conscious Social Change is a design methodology that employs mindfulness throughout the process of designing a social solution. Through their programs, women emerge as change agents who learn to leverage their own assets, gifts, and passions to benefit the common good. Their solutions are designed to be innovative, sustainable, and impactful at the systemic and root levels of a social issue.She is also founder of Circles for Conscious Change, LLC, which works with social entrepreneurs, non-profits, and corporations on the use of mindfulness as a design tool for social innovation. Gretchen is author of Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation (2017 MIT Press). Gretchen is also a producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary film, The Devil Came on Horseback, and co-author of the memoir of the same name (2007 PublicAffairs). **************Gretchen holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, where she attended as a Jefferson Scholar. She is a certified Integrative Breathwork Practitioner and Breath-Body-MindTM Practitioner, which she has utilized for trauma-healing in Haiti, Rwanda, US, and Uganda among natural disaster and violence survivors. In 2007, Gretchen was honored by World Business Magazine and Shell as one of the top International 35 Women Under 35. In 2010 she was chosen as a CNN Hero working in Haiti after the earthquake. In 2011 she was chosen one of seven Remarkable Women of the World by New Hampshire Magazine. In 2018 she was named to Inc.’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. She regularly lectures and offers workshops on mindfulness for social change at conferences, wellness institutions, universities, and organizations globally, including the Skoll World Forum, Omega Institute, Tuck School and AshokaU Exchange. IG: @themindfulchangeagent Twitter: @ConsciousChangeFacebook: www.facebook.com/global.grassroots globalgrassroots.orgconsciouschangestudy.org **************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com **************<h3>KINDNESS FOR COMPASSION</h3>Humans feel good when we are kind to one another. Feeling good is the basis for happiness, justice, and peace. Treating each other kindly unlocks our collective and individual success.

Conscious Social Change with Gretchen Steidle - Ep 9

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Addressing and healing trauma is hard work! But it&#39;s also so necessary. Change ultimately happens when people feel safe and realize that true safety lives within us, which is why Nkem developed the Resilience Toolkit. Nkem Ndefo is the founder and president of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit, a model that promotes embodied self-awareness and self-regulation in an ecologically sensitive framework and social justice context. Licensed as a nurse-midwife, Nkem also has extensive post-graduate training in complementary health modalities and emotional therapies. She brings an abundance of experience as a clinician, educator, consultant, and community strategist to innovative programs that address stress and trauma and build resilience for individuals, organizations, and communities across sectors, both in her home country (USA) and internationally. Nkem is particularly interested in working alongside people most impacted by violence and marginalization. **************IG: @lumos_transforms Twitter: @lumostransformsFacebook: @lumostransforms lumostransforms.com<a href="https://theresiliencetoolkit.co/" rel="nofollow">theresiliencetoolkit.co</a> The Resilience Toolkit Certification Program occurs twice each year with the next session beginning Sept 6, 2022. For more information, visit: https://theresiliencetoolkit.co/become-a-facilitator/ **************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com **************

Resiliency in the Workplace with Nkem Ndefo of Lumos Transforms - Ep 8

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Being a young mother, especially one with limited resources, can not only make it difficult to find work that provides a livable income, but also create space for growth opportunities, education, and support in a way that provides child care.Today, we invite one of our members, Carmen Dahlberg to talk about her work at Belle Detroit, about how her company empowers young mothers, and how she uses their workspace to create equitable opportunities for her team members. ************** With an honors English degree from the University of Michigan, Carmen holds over ten years of experience at the intersection of human resources and marketing management. She has managed creative teams from New York to the middle of the Huron National Forest. In 2017, she founded Belle Detroit Creative Solutions, a creative agency that provides design and marketing work for mission-driven businesses by training and hiring income-limited Detroit moms. An award-winning writer, she regularly contributes to national publications on marketing, career development, employee retention, and parenting. She lives in Detroit with her husband and three children. belledetroit.comFacebook: @belledetroitcreativeInstagram: @belle_detroit **************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com<h3> </h3><h3>EQUALITY FOR EQUITY</h3>Everyone deserves equal access and opportunity. We procure an adequate distribution of all resources for all members of all communities for social and economic prosperity. **************

Creating an Equitable Workspace with Carmen Dahlberg of Belle Detroit - Ep 7

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In today&#39;s episode, we talk about another of SEA&#39;s core values, Equality for Equity. We believe that everyone deserves equal access and opportunity, and as an organization, we strive to procure and empower an adequate distribution of all resources for all members of all communities for social and economic prosperity.Today, we welcome Eve Lyon and Paul Wright, founders of SEA&#39;s Recovery to Workforce Affinity Group. The Recovery to Workforce Affinity Group truly embraces this value and meets regularly to discuss how to better bridge the gaps in providing access to all people. Be sure to check out our next Recovery to Workforce Affinity Group meetingMay 18th, 4pm -5pm ET ************** Paul Wright is co-founder of Wright Venture Services and has been an SEA member since 2014. He had a 20 year career in community development finance, funding over $20M in impact projects. He is now sharing what he’s learned with social entrepreneurs as a business coach and online course trainer. His expertise is in lean startup practices, marketing strategy, leadership development, and raising capital.Paul earned his MBA from Eastern University and is an accredited certified coach by the International Coaching Federation. He lives in the beautiful foothills of Appalachia Kentucky and is an avid trail runner and hiker. You can learn more about Paul&#39;s work here:<a href="https://www.wvscourses.com/" rel="nofollow">Courses and coaching, B2C</a><a href="https://www.wrightventureservices.com/" rel="nofollow">Program development, B2B</a>Paul is also offering his free video and guidebook, <a href="downloads.wvscourses.com/perfectpitchwebinar" rel="nofollow">First Steps to the Perfect Pitch</a>************** Eve Lyon previously served as Senior Director of Social Enterprise for The Lords Place, a Palm Beach County, Florida nonprofit where she supervised Social Enterprise businesses offering an approach to employment that leverages the power of the public marketplace to provide real world job experience for individuals with barriers to employment. In her current role as Recovery Navigator for St. Lucie County in Florida, Eve utilizes this knowledge to enhance services and identify in-demand employment opportunities for St. Lucie County job seekers committed to their recovery as well as friends, family members, and caregivers impacted by substance use or addiction. The St. Lucie Recovery WORKS initiative, funded by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity supports employers who engage in helping individuals return to work to create meaningful, productive lives. ************** <h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com

Recovery to Workforce with Eve Lyon and Paul Wright - Ep 6

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One of SEA&#39;s core values is something we call &#34;Kindness for Compassion.&#34; Humans feel good when we are kind to one another. Feeling good is the basis for happiness, justice, and peace, and treating each other kindly unlocks our collective and individual success.One of the best ways to embody this value is by working to build better teams, which is why we&#39;re so happy to invite Kirsten Moorefield of Cloverleaf to today&#39;s episode to guide us through how better understanding the personalities of our coworkers can play a huge role in helping us to have amazing workplaces. ************** Kirsten Moorefield believes that work can actually be a good thing. She’s spent countless hours with hundreds of teams from startups to Fortune 100s, observing a clear pattern behind the happiest and most effective people. That&#39;s what led Kirsten and her co-founder, Darrin Murriner to start Cloverleaf.me -- a SaaS platform that provides automated team coaching, empowering teams to do their best work together. After it&#39;s launch in October 2018, Cloverleaf has quickly grown to over 1 million users, serving some of the world’s most valuable organizations to engage their teams and improve performance. While building this new venture, Kirsten has also been building her young family in Cincinnati, Ohio where she lives with her husband and two young kids. Invite your team to a free trial at cloverleaf.me to experience the transformation and growth that comes through automated coaching. ************** <h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com

Building Better Teams with Kirsten Moorefield of Cloverleaf - Ep 5

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Burn out can be a common feeling among many in the Social Enterprise sector. We can find ourselves so passionate about our work that we can easily overlook the self care needed to fully sustain the energy required for a healthy work life balance.Our guest today is Anna Sun Choi. Anna found early success as she began her career, but was also finding herself in burnout, caught in the hustle and grind of social entrepreneurship. From being unwilling to spare 5 minutes a day for self care to now meditating one hour a day with up to 4 hours of self care a day, she still wakes up boundless with energy at 4am living a very full life as an energy coach, homeschool mom, taekwondo martial artist, yoga instructor, certified Brain Power Wellness educator. As a member of the Social Enterprise Alliance, she exists to serve the next generation of conscious leaders in catalyzing the tipping point for elevating humanity&#39;s consciousness to a heappier, healthier, more peaceful world. ************** Anna is an Energy Coach and is committed to elevating humanity&#39;s consciousness through guiding high achieving, conscious coaches, consultants, and creatives to find peace in the chaos, master their energy habits, and embody their brilliance. Over the last two decades, she&#39;s coached hundreds of leaders from all walks of life, helping them to transform their lives. She’s been invited to speak alongside Deepak Chopra, is a Forbes Author, TEDx Speaker, and was on faculty for a multimillion dollar personal and professional growth, training and development global enterprise. annasunchoi.com ************** <h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com<h3> </h3> **************

Self Care and Protecting from Burn Out as a Social Entrepreneur with Anna Sun Choi - Ep 4

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In this episode, we talk about Social Procurement, which relates to our value of Action for Impact. A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact, and SEA&#39;s vision is to create a new equitable economic norm by catalyzing social enterprises in the U.S. to grow their revenue and their impact.Today, we are joined three guests… David Simnick from Soapbox, sharing with us a little of their story and how they have been able to sell to large corporations; Mike Arkes, who leads one of SEA’s first affinity groups - the corporate sellers collective; and from Rebecca Dray, one of our board members who also is one of the most passionate and well informed people I know about the topic of Social Procurement.<h3> </h3> **************Dave Simnick is the CEO and co-founder of Soapbox, a company whose mission is to empower customers with the ability to change the world through everyday, quality purchases. SoapBox products are currently shelved in tens of thousands of stores across the United States and beyond. He’s worked on various sides of the startup industry: helping companies expand, getting the ball rolling with funding and publicity, making connections, and putting ideas together from the ground up. soapboxsoaps.comuse the code: seapodcast to save 10% off your first order!**************Michael Arkes founded HHP (now HHPLIFT) in 2007, to combine his passion for helping others with his expertise in the incentive industry. For 42 years, he worked for his family’s incentive business, serving as the company leader for 26 of those years.Michael continues to work passionately and tirelessly at HHPLIFT to develop new business opportunities, fundraise, and offer guidance, mentorship, and expertise to all on the HHPLIFT team and to the social enterprise community at large. hhplift.com**************Originally from the United Kingdom, Rebecca started her career in the hospitality industry working for Marriott Hotels. She transitioned into the charitable sector, supporting mental health advocacy groups, then founded her first social enterprise business in 2006. She went on to run a group of 8 social enterprises in the UK, all engaged in social procurement contracting and supported employment. Rebecca sat on the boards of regional and national social enterprise membership organizations and travelled the country giving presentations, training and mentorship to the social enterprise sector.Rebecca moved to the US in 2014 and started two social enterprises – Society Profits which administers the USA Certified Social Enterprise accreditation and Buy Social USA – a social procurement intermediary network supporting corporate, anchor institution and government buyers to put social and environmental impact sellers into their supply chains. She also volunteers time as the Chapter Leader for the Michigan Social Enterprise Alliance Chapter and joined the national Social Enterprise Alliance Board in May 2020. www.societyprofitsus.com**************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com<h3>ACTION FOR IMPACT</h3>We all measure what we care about. The ultimate purpose of Social Enterprise is to have a positive effect in people’s lives. We elevate the measurable impact of social enterprises.**************

Social Procurement - Ep 3

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Each month&#39;s podcast theme will also highlight on one of SEA&#39;s core values. For October, our theme is Procurement, which relates to our value of Action for Impact. A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact, and SEA&#39;s vision is to create a new equitable economic norm by catalyzing social enterprises in the U.S. to grow their revenue and their impact.In this episode, we&#39;ll highlight two of our members, Melissa Sevy and Hal Cato. Their work and organizations are great examples of taking Action for Impact and they both give us great perspectives and learnings as they share the stories of their Social Enterprises!<h3> </h3> **************Melissa is the Founder and CEO of Ethik Collective, a first-of-its-kind social venture that connects global artisan groups with conscious companies. She has spent much of the last decade living and working in communities across Africa and Asia with the driving philosophy that when people have access to fair pay and consistent work, they thrive. Melissa is a founding member and former president of the Social Enterprise Alliance of Utah. She teaches International Development at Brigham Young University, is an avid fruit dehydrator, and an Ironman. ethikcollective.com**************Hal Cato has spent his entire career leading organizations in both the nonprofit and private sector. He is currently the CEO of Thistle Farms, a non-profit organization based in Nashville, TN that provides women escaping trafficking, prostitution and addiction with a second chance at life. As CEO, he has doubled the size of the organization, increased sales revenue by more than 70% in the past three years and helped provide more than 125,000 hours of employment to women survivors this past year. www.thistlefarms.org**************<h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com<h3>ACTION FOR IMPACT</h3>We all measure what we care about. The ultimate purpose of Social Enterprise is to have a positive effect in people’s lives. We elevate the measurable impact of social enterprises.**************

Action For Impact - Ep 2

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A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact, and our vision is to create a new equitable economic norm by catalyzing social enterprises in the U.S. to grow their revenue and their impact.In our first episode, we introduce our hosts, Lauren Dekleva and David Gaines. Lauren is our Community Engagement Manager and David serves as the Board Chairperson for SEA. They share their personal journeys of discovering Social Enterprise, as well as their passion for organizations with deep social engagement.Lauren and David also share some of what&#39;s been going on behind the scenes at SEA: looking to define what a social enterprise is, becoming clear on our organizational values, and learning how we can best support our members.We&#39;ve been looking forward to sharing this podcast with you and can&#39;t wait to share so many more interviews of amazing Social Entrepreneurs doing incredible things! **************socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com**************<h2> </h2><h2>What is a Social Enterprise?</h2>A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission. <h2>SEA Values</h2><h3>KINDNESS FOR COMPASSION</h3>Humans feel good when we are kind to one another. Feeling good is the basis for happiness, justice, and peace. Treating each other kindly unlocks our collective and individual success.<h3>ACTION FOR IMPACT</h3>We all measure what we care about. The ultimate purpose of Social Enterprise is to have a positive effect in people’s lives. We elevate the measurable impact of social enterprises.<h3>EQUALITY FOR EQUITY</h3>Everyone deserves equal access and opportunity. We procure an adequate distribution of all resources for all members of all communities for social and economic prosperity.<h3>INTEGRITY FOR TRUST</h3>We each have the opportunity to make decisions and take actions that are aligned with our values, to be whole and true to ourselves. Ethical behavior is essential to healthy communities.<h3>JUSTICE FOR INCLUSION</h3>Nothing about us without us. Those most affected by injustice must be at the front and center of decision-making, action-taking and benefit-sharing of social enterprises, and the social enterprise movement.<h3>DIVERSITY FOR COLLABORATION</h3>A broad spectrum of human experiences, voices and perspectives are needed to truly embrace the depth of our collective wisdom and support for social impact.

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