Poverty and Hunger

this photo shows a group of collectors at a Plastic Bank collection center

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February 12, 2020

Collectors make money or earn credit for essential services when they bring in plastic waste, which is then recycled for high-end Social Plastic products.

Empowerment Plan

Empowerment Plan Employs the Homeless to Make Coats for the Homeless

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February 10, 2020

To help the homeless during cold winter months, social entrepreneur Veronika Scott invented a high-tech coat that transforms into a sleeping bag and tote.

This photo shows Campbell University students taking part in the Collegiate Hunger Challenge

Campbell University Joins Collegiate Hunger Challenge to Combat Food Insecurity

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February 3, 2020

Students Morgan Pajak and Alex Gooding will serve as MVP Student Hunger Ambassadors leading the campaign for Campbell.

this photo depicts two men holding up a copy of the Memphis street newspaper, The Bridge

Editor of Rhodes College's Street Newspaper Hopes to Drive Social Change through Economics

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January 6, 2020

Campus leader Jacob Fontaine knew he had a passion for Memphis…

this is a photo of Jasmine Crowe, a social entrepreneur who works to feed the hungry

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This "DoGoodr" Uses Technology to Feed the Hungry and Reduce Food Waste

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January 3, 2020

Jasmine Crowe's social enterprise is essentially a food waste management company that redirects surplus food to nonprofits that feed the hungry and the homeless.