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World Refugee Celebrates Assets of Refugees
Last week was filled with events in honor of World Refugee Day. The Georgia Coalition of Refugee Stakeholders created a planning committee that scheduled events to celebrate the contributions of refugees in Georgia.
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Join us for a free screening of The New Entrepreneur
In celebration of Georgia World Refugee Day, please join us for a film screening of Emmy-nominated: The New Entrepreneur: Odyssey for a Dream
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Clarkston Documentary Gets Emmy Nod
The New Entrepreneur: Odyssey for a Dream, was nominated in the Documentary,Topical category by Southeast Regional Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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Be a Part of the Transformation
Think about your first job, or first leap of faith. Your inner strength urged you ahead. But what else was there? Perhaps a friend introduced you to another friend, or gave you the nudge of encouragement you needed. Our lives are made up of connections . . . to people, to resources and to our…
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Hope and Collaboration Grow a Business
Flower business owner and longtime Clarkston landowner meet at VilCap Start and form partnership to grow a test plot Bikash Chhetri had the idea to start a flower business. He knew there was demand for his product, and he wanted to provide it. But he didn’t have a place to grow. Then he met Ben…
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Naima Abdullahi
“We are all able to do these things on a small scale by ourselves. But when we get together, we become that much more powerful,”
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Deepak Gajmer
As part of the VilCap-Start business accelerator, a collaboration with Social Enterprise @ Goizueta (at Emory University), Village Capital, Refugee Women’s Network, and the Clarkston Community Center, three business owners were selected by their peers to receive $10,000 loans for their business. CDF is sharing profiles of the winners. Himalaya Production LLC Deepak Gajmer was born in Bhutan, but grew up…
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Samia Erol
As part of theVilCap-Start business accelerator, a collaboration with Social Enterprise @ Goizueta (at Emory University), Village Capital, Refugee Women’s Network, and the Clarkston Community Center, three business owners were selected by their peers to receive $10,000 loans for their business. CDF is sharing profiles of the winners. International Languages and Cultural Service Samia Erol’s son ruptured an eardrum just before…
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Forget Teaching to Fish. We Need Access to the Pond.
A wise man who had suffered greatly for sacrifices made during the civil rights movement once remarked “You’ve heard that ‘if you teach a person to fish you feed him for a lifetime.’ That’s a damned lie. You’ve got to give that person access to the pond if you want to feed him for a…