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Meeting Agenda:

• 6:00-6:10pm - Arrival and Light Refreshments

• 6:10-6:30pm - About Us: Panel Introductions & Opportunity to Ask Questions of the Community Organizers

• 6:30-7:00pm - About You: Getting to Know the MeetUp Community

• 7:00-7:30pm - Tour of the BRIC and Free Library Resources

Hey everyone,

We'd like to thank Sam for his efforts in keeping this group active. And for passing down the torch to us.

We'd love to hear from everyone who joined this MeetUp to learn what you're looking for. And specifically how we can help!

Please fill out the following survey to provide us with a little more about your objectives: https://goo.gl/forms/fFsPi6UDtHgre4NJ3

We can't ask you to tell us about you before telling you about ourselves. So below is a description about each of the three organizations coming together to channel the passion we all share for social impact in Philly :)

The Free Library: The mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning. In 2016, FLP launched the Business Resource and Innovation Center as an entrepreneurial hub that offers a unique environment where you can incubate new business ideas and bring them to fruition. Through the BRIC and the Regional Foundation Center, FLP is excited to host Socent meet-ups and share our resources with the community.

Social Innovations Partners/Journal: The Social Innovations Partners and their publication the Social Innovations Journal, have been training and telling the story of innovative people since 2008. Their mutual missions of solving societies toughest problems through the collaboration of the for-profit, non-profit and governmental sectors has help the Journal and Partners remain tenants of the Philadelphia Social Entrepreneurship community. Now, with a new expanded community of partners, the Journal and Partners are both going national, bringing new opportunity to tell the stories of social entrepreneurs and offer new intensive training and support to those turning ideas into action: http://www.socialinnovationsjournal.org/teline-v-videos/51-videos/2128-social-innovations-journal-video

Philadelphia Area Metropolitan Chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance: Social Enterprise Alliance defines social enterprise as “A social enterprise is an organization or initiative that marries the social mission of a non-profit with the market-driven approach of a business. It improves the quality of life and provides greater opportunity for people worldwide.” Our chapter’s mission is to cultivate the next generation of social impact leaders in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Region through mentoring and education. We hope to accomplish this by connecting the current and future generation of social impact leaders through a professional trade association. The Philadelphia Metropolitan SEA Chapter is founded by two current college students and a recent graduate. As an organization we are focusing on catalyzing the relationship between students at Philadelphia’s Universities and social enterprise professionals that are equally passionate about designing a more equitable ecosystem that results in a better and more democratic future Philadelphia.

Looking forward to meeting and hearing from everyone!

Sincerely,
The New Community Managers of SocentPhilly

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