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In 2001, she created Boaz & Ruth to help some of the 200 people
released from prison each week in the Richmond area, spur commercial
rehabilitation in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and form healing cross-
cultural bridges in the racially divided city.
• A high crime, predatory
RICHMOND district
• Available labor to
Martha revitalize the
neighborhood.
42 had prior
substance Computer training courses
abuse GED Coaching
problems
50 who entered Period of study: 1 year, 50 hours
per week (classes, work and
48 no driving counseling)
license
Highland Park is in the center with the most number of returning folks from prison and jail.
Challenges to develop a formal re-entry program to help individuals rebalance their
lives.
Men and women doing hard work of personal change the community around them.
Generating ideas is predicated on having a proper background.
Education
Work experience
Education
• E.g., this textbook
Work experience
• Industry- and job-specific skills
• Life experience
• Informal learning and personal history
• Social networks
• Friends, community, family
Utilization of information
Knowledge stocks
• Assembling what you know from different sources
Continuum of SE concepts
Invention Synthesis Extension
A completely Combining Adapting
new service new and existing
or product existing resources
IDEAS
There are techniques for idea generation that most successful social
entrepreneurs regularly use.
Focus groups – find out what actual potential consumers might actually
want
Changes in tastes
• E.g., higher education adapts to student interests