Agora Partnerships Joins with UN Foundations’ Global Entrepreneurs Council at Impact Hub DC for a Global Entrepreneurship Week Launch Event
Press Release – Washington D.C. – Last Thursday, November 17, Agora Partnerships hosted the official launch event for their end-of-year campaign, DISRUPTORS. Agora Partnerships’ DISRUPTORS campaign is a seven-week, multi-media campaign designed to contribute to the organization’s 100K fundraising goal to support more DISRUPTORS.
DISRUPTORS are social entrepreneurs who are increasing underserved individuals’ access to basic services and necessities by replacing harmful industry practices with business models that respect people and the environment. Through the DISRUPTORS campaign, Agora Partnerships seeks to level the playing field for DISRUPTORS, increasing their impact with access to networks, knowledge, and capital. The campaign will highlight five focus areas- energy, education, fashion, health, and indigenous communities- examining current trends and lifting up the innovative, sustainable alternatives offered by DISRUPTORS.
“In the current climate, it is important to celebrate disruptive business models solving problems,” said Ben Powell, Founder and CEO of Agora Partnerships, “[Agora Partnerships] is trying to raise awareness of the role that entrepreneurs play in making our economy more sustainable and more inclusive. We want to support these DISRUPTORS who are solving key problems in the region. We need your support to shine the light on entrepreneurs’ work.”
“Entrepreneurs see a need and they go for it,” said Josh Slusher, of the UN Foundations’ Global Entrepreneurs Council, “Entrepreneurs are the ones creating change in the world.”
“We know that entrepreneurship is key to economic health and is changing this world,” added Jan Baker, of Impact Hub DC.
The DISRUPTORS campaign will run through the end of the end of the year. To learn more about the campaign click here or follow Agora Partnerships on Twitter and Facebook.
