New Orleans has become a laboratory for social innovation. The following social entrepreneurs are testing untried and unconventional solutions to pressing social problems. Their exciting new ideas are helping to fuel the social entrepreneurship movement currently underway in New Orleans. Read all about the people and their ideas here:
Complete List Coming Soon...
Eileen Beall Roxie Recycling
Providing sustainable and affordable feedstock options for biodiesel plants through the recovery of locally-available used cooking oils.Profile coming soon.
Frank Johnson Courtesy Grows
Our solution to poor customer service was a training program that would captivate the interest of mostly blue-collar workers who often lacked basic literacy skills, who lived at or below the poverty line.Read Profile.
Mario Luna The Houdini Project
We are here to transform the bail bond industry. We use our profits to fund preschool programs for low-income, at-risk children.Read Profile.
John Thompson and Tracy Pratt Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE)
We are building an exoneree-run transitional home and enterprise for men recently released from prison, providing them with services to help break the cycle of dependence and poverty with medical, financial
Mandy Thompson Furnishing Our Neighbors
Working to help New Orleans return home in "four star" style. Profile coming soon.