Building an Equitable Civil Society Through Creativity and Resourcefulness: A Social Entrepreneurship Conference

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This message has been approved by Dr. Jim Clark, Dean and Professor, FSU College of Social Work, for distribution to students, faculty and staff.

How can we utilize creativity, resourcefulness and entrepreneurship to build an equitable civil society? Social entrepreneurship is an approach used to develop, fund, and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues.

Through a collaboration between the College of Social Work and the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University, this conference brings together experts in academia, business, private foundations and the community to discuss how and why it’s important to implement and enhance social entrepreneurship in our communities.

The event will consist of expert presenters, a panel of experts and their interactive dialogue with conference participants.

Location: Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, 111 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301
The event, which is free and open to the public. 
Register at http://bit.ly/SEConference2020.

Featured speakers include:

  • Susan Fiorito, Dean, FSU Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship
  • Rick Kearney, Chairman, Mainline Information, Inc.
  • Liz Joiner, Founder and CEO, Village Square
  • Carrie Pettus-Davis, Founder and Director, FSU Institute for Justice Research and Development and Associate Professor, FSU College of Social Work
  • Samuel Staley, Director, DeVoe Moore Center, FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
  • James Clark, Dean and Professor, FSU College of Social Work
Article Date
February 27, 2020