Subscribe: SpotifySince 1991, Chicago-based organization, Cara, has been helping people experiencing poverty and homelessness move toward self-sufficiency by assisting them in finding jobs and opportunity. Thanks to Cara and its two social enterprises, over 10,000...
The United States houses 25 percent of the world’s prison population and, according to reports, spends $80 billion a year on incarceration. That means each American resident is paying around $260 annually to maintain the prison system. In California alone, $9 billion...
Subscribe: SpotifySince 1997, one organization has been providing invaluable funding and advisory services to social enterprises focused on employment. Celebrating 20 years investing in jobs and hope, we take a look today at REDF (Roberts Enterprise Development Fund)....
It’s 8:25 AM on a Thursday and the daily Morning Motivation is underway. A group of 30 or so have formed a circle and are singing and clapping to popular, upbeat songs that quickly work their magic on this grey and rainy Chicago day. As they break into “Movin On Up”,...
