Each month's podcast theme will also highlight on one of SEA's core values. For October, our theme is Procurement, which relates to our value of Action for Impact. A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact, and SEA's vision is to create a new equitable economic norm by catalyzing social enterprises in the U.S. to grow their revenue and their impact.
In this episode, we'll highlight two of our members, Melissa Sevy and Hal Cato. Their work and organizations are great examples of taking Action for Impact and they both give us great perspectives and learnings as they share the stories of their Social Enterprises!
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Melissa is the Founder and CEO of Ethik Collective, a first-of-its-kind social venture that connects global artisan groups with conscious companies. She has spent much of the last decade living and working in communities across Africa and Asia with the driving philosophy that when people have access to fair pay and consistent work, they thrive. Melissa is a founding member and former president of the Social Enterprise Alliance of Utah. She teaches International Development at Brigham Young University, is an avid fruit dehydrator, and an Ironman.
ethikcollective.com
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Hal Cato has spent his entire career leading organizations in both the nonprofit and private sector. He is currently the CEO of Thistle Farms, a non-profit organization based in Nashville, TN that provides women escaping trafficking, prostitution and addiction with a second chance at life. As CEO, he has doubled the size of the organization, increased sales revenue by more than 70% in the past three years and helped provide more than 125,000 hours of employment to women survivors this past year.
www.thistlefarms.org
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A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.
socialenterprise.us
info@socialenterprise.us
toastinggood.com
We all measure what we care about. The ultimate purpose of Social Enterprise is to have a positive effect in people’s lives. We elevate the measurable impact of social enterprises.
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