Skill-Life Invited to President Obama’s Talk on Social Innovation
Skill-Life was recently invited to the White House to attend an event with President Obama to highlight the extraordinary efforts in communities to solve some of our country’s toughest problems. The event will be in the East Room on Tuesday, June 30th.
The Office of Social Innovation is set up under the Domestic Policy Council, the body that coordinates domestic policy making in the White House. It has been established to promote creative and effective ways to tackle social problems. The president is proposing $50-million in his 2010 budget for a social-innovation fund.
Felix Lloyd was invited to Tuesday’s event as one of a select group of Echoing Green fellows. To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green, was recently appointed to the position of vice-chair on the Commission of White House Fellowships.
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