Activism, Meet Impact.

Activism, Meet Impact.

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Activism, Meet Impact. episodes

  • [Part One] Empowerment for Inner City Women: Porscha Scott of InHer City Chic

    This week on the Novel Hand Podcast, I talked with Porscha Scott, founder of InHer City Chic. This nonprofit gives women in inner city communities access to high quality fashion for free. 

    Porscha is passionate about empowering inner city women and providing them with community and clothes. Originally from Brownsville, Brooklyn, she calls New York City home and is excited to be leading a nonprofit that seeks to create change in her community. 

    Through pop-up style shops, InHer City Chic empowers young women through fashion and community. 

    In today's episode, Porscha shares how she got the idea for the organization, the process of founding a nonprofit, and her dreams for InHer City Chic. 

    23 min
  • Credit as a Human Right

    Water, education, and loans - is credit a human right? | Read why Muhammad Yunus believes that credit is a human right. | Read why Gerschman and Morduch don't think that credit is a human right. | Learn more at  novelhand.com/muhammad-yunus-microfinance/

    4 min
  • The Father of Microfinance

    Through Grameen Bank, 9.6 million people have access to credit. | Learn more about Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank.  | Impact of Grameen Bank. | Learn more at novelhand.com/muhammad-yunus-microfinance/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at NovelHand.com 

    3 min
  • On the Pacific Coast of Colombia...

    “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. | Read more about sustainable development: https://novelhand.com/sustainable-development/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at NovelHand.com

    4 min
  • Achievement Gaps

    In 2011, the National Association of Educational Progress recorded a 25 to 26-percent gap between white and Black achievement in grade 8 math. | Read more about achievement gaps: https://novelhand.com/about-achievement-gaps/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at NovelHand.com 

    5 min
  • The Path of Least Resistance

    Companies have found cheap land and labor in the South due to poverty pockets, minimal labor unions, low community involvement, and a lack of economic development. | Read more about the path of least resistance in environmental justice: https://novelhand.com/path-of-least-resistance/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at novelhand.com

    4 min
  • Fighting Fire with Fire

     In 2020 , 3 million acres have burned across California, nearly doubling 2018’s record. | Read more about California's wildfires and native burning practices: https://novelhand.com/fighting-fire-with-fire/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at novelhand.com

    7 min
  • Ecopreneurship & Sustainable Brands with Erika Rodriguez of Nadi Marketing

    What's an ecopreneur? This week, I'm talking with Erika Rodriguez, Founder of Nadi Marketing. After leaving her full-time job earlier this year, Erika was eager to start something new. As a marketing professional passionate about conscious consumerism, founding a marketing company for sustainable and eco-conscious companies was a no-brainer.In today's episode, Erika and I discussed her entrepreneurship journey, some of the sustainable brands that she works with, and how to define "ecopreneur".
    22 min
  • What's on Your Plate?

    America wastes roughly 72 billion pounds of safe food every year. To put this into perspective, an alarming 40 percent of food from the supply chain goes uneaten, equal to nearly $218 billion dollars worth of food. | Read more about food waste and innovative solutions: https://novelhand.com/food-waste-in-a-land-of-hunger/ | Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. Learn more at NovelHand.com 

    5 min

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If you're passionate about people + planet, you're in the right place. Novel Hand is where activism meets impact. We believe that you can make an impact- in your career, in your relationships, and…