Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesHow Emergency Funding Enabled My Business to Thrive Amid The PandemicWhen the world first started discussing Covid-19, it was mostly speculation because very little information was known about what was…Nov 2, 2021Nov 2, 2021
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesHow Lived Experiences Fuel Social ChangeEvodius Gervas is the Co-Founder and Director of Hakizetu Organization, a nonprofit based in Mwanza, Tanzania which promotes the…Sep 1, 2021Sep 1, 2021
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesOvercoming Fear to Create Change Across Social Sectors in UgandaMartha Osiro is a social innovator who lives and works in Kampala, Uganda. She is a connector who believes in the power of networks to…Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesHow Trust Enabled A Community to Provide Crucial Support Across the Globe in Just Two WeeksWhile ‘building community’ has finally hit mainstream, community has been core to our impact hypothesis since the start.Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2021
Acumen AcademyInjustice Anywhere, A Threat EverywhereThis past week, we have watched in horror, outraged at the violence against Black lives unfolding in America. George Floyd’s brutal death…Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesVolunteering, Belonging, and a Career in Social ChangeMarica Rizzo is Acumen Academy Community Animator. She had been one of Acumen Academy’s longest-contributing volunteers. Marica started…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesHow Y-Combinator Grad New Story Quantifies Impact Measurement as a StartupBy the winter of 2016, the founding team behind New Story Charity had accomplished a lot. In their first two years of operation, they had…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesBuilding a Social Enterprise as a Side Project“We’re not doing school in the usual way,” says Marc Mailhot, a teacher at Montgomery Village Public School in Ontario, Canada, “We’re…Apr 30, 2018Apr 30, 2018
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesHow Systems Practice is Impacting Colombia’s Peace AgreementWhen the Colombia peace agreement was announced on August 24, 2016, it marked a major turning point in ending the country’s 52-year armed…Feb 3, 2018Feb 3, 2018
Acumen AcademyinAcumen Academy VoicesDefying Destiny: Giving Indonesia’s Farmers a Fighting Chance to SucceedBy birthright, Irvan Kolonos was assured an almost certain glide path to prosperity.Apr 16, 2017Apr 16, 2017
