{"630329":{"#nid":"630329","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Impact Presents: What is Civic Innovation? Stories from Atlantans Who Are Making a Difference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Leadership and Social Impact and the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain presents an engaging conversation with a group of Atlanta\u0026#39;s finest civic entrepreneurs. The panel includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.civicatlanta.org\/sagdrina-jalal\u0022\u003ESagdrina Jalal\u003C\/a\u003E (Senior Director of Programs at CCI), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.civicatlanta.org\/fellow-akissi-stokes\u0022\u003EAkissi Stokes\u003C\/a\u003E (Founder, WunderGrubs), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.elevatingequity.org\/about\u0022\u003ERachel Willis\u003C\/a\u003E (Elevating Equity), and Mamie Harper (Carrie\u0026#39;s Closet).\u0026nbsp;The\u0026nbsp;entrepreneurs are Center for Civic Innovation (CCI)\u0026nbsp;Fellows, working on local issues to create a more just and equitable Atlanta for all.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its inception in 2014, CCI has built a community dedicated to reimaging policy solutions to address inequality in Atlanta through investing in civic entrepreneurs, advocating for community voices and better data to be used in policymaking, and informing\/engaging people about city\u0026rsquo;s social and economic inequity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECCI\u0026rsquo;s Civic Innovation Fellowship has empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs and a select number of ideas are now being tested to quantify how their work contributes to systems change in Atlanta. Building off the recent success of their collaboration with InvestAtlanta and\u0026nbsp;Sara Blakely Foundation, CCI is preparing for the next stage of growth by raising additional capital to directly fund scalable ventures that emerge out of its residency program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECCI has partnered with SLS and ILSI\u0026nbsp;in the past to offer the Social Innovation for Sustainable Communities Buzzcourse as part of SLS\u0026#39; Innovating for Social Impact Program. This short course introduced participants to the basics of innovation as a tool for social impact and exposed them to some of Atlanta\u0026#39;s experienced and burgeoning civic entrepreneurs - problem solvers working locally to tackle large-scale challenges in new and creative ways. Students, community members, and CCI fellows teamed up to deep-dive into specific aspects of the fellow\u0026rsquo;s projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EImpact is a weekly series of meaningful\u0026nbsp;conversations, free and open to all. The talks provide students, and the larger community on and off-campus, the opportunity to network with and learn from, successful leaders and entrepreneurs from the corporate and social sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe 2020\/21 series will feature conversations on race, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panel will be moderated by Dr. Ruthie Yow, Service Learning and\u0026nbsp; Partnerships Specialist, \u0026nbsp;Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Leadership and Social Impact\u0026nbsp;and the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain invites you to a Collaborative Impact session featuring a conversation with Center for Civic Innovation Fellows on their hopes and struggles to create a more just and equitable Atlanta for all. The Center for Civic Innovation seeks to transform Atlanta\u0026#39;s legacy of large income inequality gaps and low upward mobility rates by elevating more effective solutions that improve equality and build trust in the public sector.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join us for a virtual conversation with a panel of local female civic entrepreneurs."}],"uid":"35131","created_gmt":"2019-12-22 03:46:01","changed_gmt":"2020-09-09 16:58:00","author":"nanilnath3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-09-23T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-09-23T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-09-23T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-09-23 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-09-23 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-09-23 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["freebies"],"hg_media":{"638518":{"id":"638518","type":"image","title":"Impact Presents: CCI panel","body":null,"created":"1598564591","gmt_created":"2020-08-27 21:43:11","changed":"1598564591","gmt_changed":"2020-08-27 21:43:11","alt":"CCI panelist head shots montage","file":{"fid":"242808","name":"CCI_Panel.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CCI_Panel.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CCI_Panel.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1510023,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CCI_Panel.png?itok=0K_OmCoO"}}},"media_ids":["638518"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html","title":"ILE Home"},{"url":"http:\/\/sls.gatech.edu\/","title":"SLS Home"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.civicatlanta.org\/","title":"CCI Home"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news-events\/events\/event.html?event_id=a0b1K00000jZ62rQAC","title":"Event Registration Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"477091","name":"Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166919","name":"SLS"},{"id":"4050","name":"ILE"},{"id":"183383","name":"CCI"},{"id":"10662","name":"IMPACT Series"},{"id":"183384","name":"Civic Innovation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrittany Beisner (brittany.beisner@gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}