“There was a real concern that the vast majority of the Lyndhurst wealth could leave town and I think it's worth celebrating that most of the money will stay in Chattanooga,” said Pete Cooper, executive director of the Community Foundation of Greater ... See all stories on this topic » | Chattanooga Times Free Press |
One of the most significant challenges to social entrepreneurship and innovation is ensuring a diversity of approaches and participants in the movement. To truly deliver meaningful social change the leaders of the effort must share perspectives of the challenges faced by communities across the U.S. that can most appropriately come from members of those communities. Ashoka, through its All America initiative seeks to increase the diversity of social entrepreneurship practitioners.