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Three VilCap Start Loan Recipients Announced
At the final meeting of the inaugural VilCap Start Business Accelerator program on Friday, April 19, Clarkston area entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate. Together they have experienced fourteen weeks of professional development and business training classes.
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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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Sumaya Karimi awarded Outstanding Adjunct award by Rollins School of Public Health
CDF is proud to announce that Sumaya Karimi has been awarded the Outstanding Adjunct award by the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Her achievements will be recognized tonight at the annual Public Health in Action reception. Sumaya has organized and facilitated her Community Transformation Course in collaboration with Rollins School of Public Health for several years.…
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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…
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VilCap Accelerator Enters Final Week
The VilCap Start Business Accelerator is entering its final week, and the business owners have developed their business plans, built new contacts, and worked to develop the structure for their businesses. Together, they are learning what it takes to establish and sustain a successful business, and to make a name for themselves here in Clarkston.…
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Reflections on the Clarkston Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program
As a CDF Board member, I am very proud of the role CDF played in launching and supporting the VilCap Start Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program in Clarkston.
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Community Transformation: 25 Takeaways
After 5 days of intense wrestling with social change, the methodologies of Paulo Freire, and group dynamics, picking one take away can be difficult. We knew that participants in the Community Transformation Course would be up for the challenge. They gathered on the last day of the course and shared two sentences describing what they would take…
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The International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps families uprooted by crisis survive and rebuild their lives. The IRC relies on volunteers to support their work helping families adjust to a new life in the U.S. Volunteers form the very backbone of our US Programs. IRC in Atlanta offers a wide variety of volunteer and internship opportunities…
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CDF and partners seek Clarkston youth nominees for full-ride Posse Foundation college scholarships
For young people to successfully pursue higher education, they need support. Whether it is financial support, social support, or a mentor to encourage them, help for our aspiring youth may mean the difference between receiving a college degree, or never getting the chance. Zunera Mirza, who had attended a Community Transformation Course as an Emory…
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5k Success Walk will benefit Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
Students, family and supporters of the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston will gather on April 27th for a 5k run/walk called the PIP-Pah Success Walk. The 5k will run start at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf campus on Indian Creek Road and end at Milam Park in Clarkston. There, local…