Training Ourselves for Our Future
"It took me like ten years to graduate. I was working on my consulting business at the same time, and University only began to prepare me after I got all this work experience," Munira Ravji, the founder of a socially conscious event-planning company calledBene-Fete, told us. Like Munira, a lot of young entrepreneurs are finding that their education is simply not enough to prepare them for the work they want to do, and are looking for other ways to get the training and experience they need.
A week from today over one hundred and twenty-five young people will gather in New York City for the StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation, one of the longest-standing organizations addressing the need for additional training in the social enterprise space. "StartingBloc was founded in partnership with business and graduate schools to provide an education and global community of young leaders who seek to integerate the principles of social enterprise into their lives" says Taryn Miller-Stevens the director of programming and partnerships for the organization. "StartingBloc Fellows seek and create jobs where they don't have to sacrifice their salary to make a social impact."
