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Welcome to the Social Edge update! “Can market-style economic development produce the culture of peace and democracy that the poor need to feel empowered?” asks Theresa Fay-Bustillos, President of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. Our host wonders whether political freedom is possible without economic independence, and what role religious groups should play in the current human rights discourse. Theresa Fay-Bustillos will be hosting a colloquium on Poverty, Human Rights, and the Global Society at the Opportunity Collaboration conference in Mexico, along with Carola Barton who is currently looking at the competing visions of poverty on Social Edge. Opportunity Collaboration CEO Jonathan C. Lewis discusses whether innovation creates social injustice. He writes: “Innovation and labor-saving devices are prerequisites for progress. But social entrepreneurs respond with Pavlovian mindlessness to “innovation” as an unadulterated societal good.” Speaking of innovation: Magogodi Makhene was surprised to hear Pamela Hartigan challenge a CGI panel to “kill the term social entrepreneurship,” while Rod Schwartz was compelled to applaud the UK Cabinet Secretary who said that “Third Sector” should be replaced by “Social Sector.” And Acumen Fund’s Jacqueline Novogratz shares with our Fair Street bloggers the role of patient capital and the challenges of measuring social return, while SVT Group revisits SROI, the Social Return on Investment. Dr. O meets Abby Falik, a social innovator who is bridging the US and the rest of the world, while Kjerstin Erickson and Dhaval Chadha, who both grew up digital, tell us how technology innovation can impact social change (Twitter anyone?). But Kiva Fellow Agnes Chu, who landed in Samoa just hours after the tsunami hit the island, thinks it all comes from the heart: “My mind is numbed by wondering how these families will cope, but the response to the tsunami has been a huge outpouring of love.”
Join this Week's Live Discussions  Poverty, Human Rights, and the Global Society
Can market-style economic development produce the culture of peace and democracy that the poor need to feel empowered? Is political freedom possible without economic independence? Join Theresa Fay-Bustillos in the conversation.
How Many Ways of Looking at Poverty?
Poverty has served over the ages to measure the success or failure of cultures. What forces shape our solutions to poverty and dependency? Join Opportunity Collaboration Carola Barton in the conversation. What is Wrong with the Investment Industry?
Many endowments are invested in conventional financial assets, as are most pension funds. Rod Schwartz, CEO of ClearlySo, wonders what we should do about the lack of imagination in the investment industry. Social Entrepreneur: An Insane Job Description?
Emerging social entrepreneurs try to address internal organizational challenges while directing the expanding mission of their social ventures. Curtis Chang wonders if there are ways to share expertise to be more efficient. Who will build a more efficient marketplace?
Help Charles “hipbone” Cameron identify who will be stepping up to make the sector more efficient, rather than just trying to solve part of the problem for a few organizations at a time.
Do you have suggestions for Social Edge or for this newsletter? Send us feedback. Hope to see you on The Edge and on Twitter @socialedge! Victor d’Allant
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