Apply now for TransFormation Alliance's Transform Finance Atlanta Institute for Social Justice Leaders at https://mailchi.mp/d23bd150fe9f/tfa-2355105. Deadline is 5 pm EST on December 21st. #SocialJustice #Finance ... See more

This week’s #DefinetheJargon explores “Community Development Financial Institutions.” CDFIs provide capital to strengthen communities that are experiencing economic distress or are underserved by mainstream lenders. An example of an impactful CDFI in Georgia is Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs. Learn more here: vimeo.com/257130797 ... See more

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Atlanta, Georgia is booming in the field of tech. It's the sixth fastest growing start-up city in the US, generating 20,000 programming jobs with an average salary of about $85K. An Atlanta charter public school teacher by day, Jeffrey Martín sees the obvious opportunity for his students, if they're given the chance. He wants Atlanta's next generation to be educated as coders, so they can compete for lucrative jobs offered in their hometown. Read more about Jeffrey's work through honorCode here: https://gasocialimpact.com/jeffrey-martin-of-honorcode/ ... See more

Two Emory University Goizueta Business School students wrote about their experience at #SOCAP18. Learn more about how they learned to leverage impact investing firsthand through their blog for the #VoiceofGoizueta. Read here: https://gasocialimpact.com/learninghowtoleverageimpactinvesting/ ... See more

Opportunity Zones (OZs) could lead to greater infusions of capital into historically underinvested neighborhoods. And with over 250 OZs in Georgia, only 27 of which are in Atlanta, much of our state is eligible for investment.

But use this as a warning sign: The legislation provides investors with the ability to invest without regard to the social impacts of their investments.

Read more about OZs here: https://gasocialimpact.com/be-wary-of-opportunity-zones-in-georgia/ ... See more

Today is the last day to apply for the Global Social Venture Competition, which is in its 20th year of turning ideas into impact! If you are a young start-up aiming to make a difference in the world using technology for good, apply to compete in #GSVC2019 to win up to $80,000 in prizes! Learn more at www.gsvc.org. ... See more

Empowering the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing mentoring, exposure, and over $80,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into ventures.

As a guest of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta's GoATL Fund, Rutu Chaudhari of The Dharma Project ventured to the Social Capital Markets #SOCAP Conference in San Francisco last month. Her reaction to the world's largest convening of impact investors and social entrepreneurs can be found here: https://gasocialimpact.com/rutu-chaudhari-of-the-dharma-project-on-socap/ ... See more

The 2018 Social Enterprise Ecosystem survey is live! If you work in the social enterprise space, please take the time to complete this survey. As a token of our appreciation, you can be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card or a ticket to SOCAP 2019. We look forward to sharing the new SEER report with you in May 2019! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SEER2019 ... See more

Our new series #DefinetheJargon, which seeks to demystify the terms that surround the world of impact investing, continues this week with "impact investor." Watch this video to see who they are, what they invest in, how they engage in this emergent $77B industry and how they achieve double bottom line returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=132&v=rGmxOFYaC2Q ... See more

Our new series #DefinetheJargon, which seeks to demystify the terms that surround the world of impact investing, continues this week with "social enterprise." A group of words that you have likely heard tossed around a lot is defined here in these three slides. How are they differentiated from traditional charities and businesses? How do you compare their impact? Read more at https://gasocialimpact.com/. ... See more