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Stories of Your Social Venture:

We look forward to receiving submissions of your stories and interviews while providing you and your peers with progressive, insightful and educational reading. The study of disability as it relates to employment and entrepreneurship is an ongoing phenomenon and we want you to be an active part of its growth!

Story Criteria:

Are you a person with a disability that is either starting or has started a business that is:

• Realistic- Offering a plausible, viable opportunity?
• Affordable-The product and/or service can be produced and purchased at a reasonable cost.
• Profitable- The product/service is revenue generating.
• Above All, Good for Society- Will or does the business promise to assist and empower people and communities to grow and prosper?

If so, we want to hear about it- and we want others to know about your business too. We are primarily interested in the following ten fields of social entrepreneurship:

1. Corporate Social Responsibility
2. Diversity & Multiculturalism
3. Education and Literacy
4. Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
5. Health and Medical Ethics
6. Information Technology
7. Innovation and Disability
8. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Social Welfare
9. Poverty Alleviation
10. Sustainable Business Practices

Send us a story of approximately 500 words telling us:

• The mission statement of your organization.
• Why your business either will be or is successful.
• Why investors and/or consumers should take note of your company.
• Most importantly, what specific contribution your product and/or service will either provide and/or already provides to individuals, the community, and/or society-at-large.

Also, if you are a worker who has a story of how you overcame adversity in the workplace we would also like to hear from you. Send us a story telling us:

• What adversity you faced in the workplace.
• How you overcame these challenges.
• How you are an example to other prospective workers with disabilities.

If you represent an organization that advocates on behalf of individuals with disabilities we would also like to hear from you and/or your members. Together we can make this vision a collective one!