"Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change." - Ashoka
MGMT 4000, Social Entrepreneurship, is a class of 16 business students who chose to give up a week in Cancun to enjoy an Alternative Spring Break in the Crescent City. While there, we will partner with SENO, Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans, to learn from residents of New Orleans who have stepped up to innovate and solve the problems around them. Our job is to tell their stories as inspiring tales of regular people who had the courage to push the envelope and develop solutions that others had not yet envisioned.
We have six days before we depart. Several students have no power thanks to an ice storm. Others have endured skidding off roads and trees uprooted. There are still plans to make, exams to take, and clothes to pack. "Laissez les bon temps rouler!"
Safe Travels! I look forward to following this while I stay home and plan Urban Plunge Chicago!
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will have a great time and will be excellent ambassadors, passing on the message of UCM and WMU! Make us proud!