Author: Elaine Rasmussen

Presented by: Grant Henry, Connie Rutledge, Stephanie Malon-Rufi Ashleyn Przedwiecki, Jaime Chismar, Katie Kalkman, Elaine Rasmussen, Junita Flowers, Hayley Matthews-Jones, Michelle Maryns, Timothy Roman on 9.8.20

Are you trying to grow a social enterprise, or thinking about launching a new venture? Hear from leaders in the Twin Cities ecosystem of mission-driven businesses, discussing strategies for success. Also, meet social entrepreneurs and shop with purpose at the virtual Social Enterprise Showcase marketplace, featuring dozens of local vendors and changemakers.

Amidst the interrelated crises of ecological collapse, systemic racism and social injustices, there is a call to action for solidarity philanthropy. This sounds good but what does it mean in practice?

To show true solidarity as a foundation requires trust-based funding, alignment between grant making and investing and that leadership and governance come from lived experience of the issues at hand.

This is the story of one foundation going from a family board to a multicultural board with majority indigenous staff, committed to a 10% annual payout and actively aligning mission with endowment. A journey that started with acknowledging the need for changes, to making key changes, which have aligned internal organizational culture with mission and programs. This is a story of where we’ve come from and also where we are headed, as there remains much work to do.

Moderator: Sonja Swift, Program Advisor, Swift Foundation

Speakers: Suzanne Benally, Executive Director, Swift Foundation; Elaine Rasmussen, Board Member, Swift Foundation & CEO, Social Impact Strategies Group

Shifting capital means shifting power. Learn how community leaders are innovating to build resilience in marginalized communities.

What would it look like if an individual’s economic wellbeing was not determined by the wealth that they were born into or the color of their skin? Learning from economic and financial solutions that prioritize access and inclusion, we’ll discuss how capital can be reparative for historically marginalized communities and why community-leaders are best positioned to lead us forward. Four global leaders will showcase innovative best practices, such as leveraging character-based lending as an alternative to credit scores and utilizing tools like built-in grant conversions in their lending activities. To heal the wounds of historic atrocities, we must shift capital, control, and power back to marginalized communities.

This session was curated in partnership with Common Future.

Olufunke Adebola, Chief Data Officer, Hello Tractor

Heather Fleming, Co-founder and Executive Director, Change Labs

Brendan Martin, Executive Director, The Working World

Elaine Rasmussen, CEO, Social Impact Strategies Group (SISG)

Alfa Demmellash, CEO / Co-Founder, Rising Tide Capital

This video is about Remember Your Source with Elaine Rasmussen Part 1 – being a good relative. Elaine Rasmussen is the founder of Social Impact Strategies Group – https://socialimpactnow.com.

Elaine shares her expansive wisdom about how she stays inspired and grows as a human being, while engaging and understanding others. Please view our riveting, thought-provoking conversation that offers good advice. This is part 1 of two parts. For more information about Julie Delene and Move As One, go to https://move-as-one.com. For more shows, like and subscribe. Thank you!

Moderated by locally known Tuskegee University scholar, Dr. Jasmine Ratliff of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance, this discussion covers a lot of ground as the panelists focus in on sustainability and its social, economic and environmental impact on communities at large. Watch as panelists Niki Okuk, CALSTART, Inc. Program Manager, Elaine Rasmussen, Social Impact Now CEO, and Dr. Jalaal Hayes, Founder of Elyte Energy address what sustainability is and how it impacts the world around us.

Celebrating its 25th year, the BTW Summit has themed “Tools of the Titans: Envisioning the Future of Black Economics”. Tuskegee University is partnered with the Alabama Microenterprise Network to bring this annual event to the public. Corporate sponsors include Regions Bank, Renasant Bank, Truist, AT&T, National Business League, Inc., Made in America, Alabama SBDC, Community Enterprise Investments, Inc., University of West Alabama and the Black Belt Community Foundation.

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