Pitch Perfect: Lessons Learned from Social Innovation Fast Pitch
December 4, 2013
By Yana Simone At New Earth, we like to think we do good things. After all, our arts and education based mentorship programs that are designed to support teens transitioning from incarceration to life at home have yielded compelling results: Our recidivism rate is a mere 15% among 13-18 year olds while L.A. County has […]
Read MoreAt the Intersection of a Social Mission and a For Profit Model: A Social Enterprise Called Isidore Electronics Recycling
April 10, 2013
by Kabira Stokes How many cell phones do you think you have owned? 5? 12? If we take the adult population of California (roughly 28 million) and apply the statistics that 87% own a cell phone (as per the Pew Research Center) and that the average person replaces their phone every 18 months (US EPA) […]
Read MoreDemolishing Roads to Failure for Black Male Youth
November 28, 2012
By Terri Dixon It was a sobering scene at the California Rehabilitation Center (CDC) for Men in Norco, located right outside of Ontario. What used to be a hotel, then a Naval Base, is now as correctional facility for men destined to be released into a society that has and will reject them time and […]
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