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A joint social innovation program between Olin College and Babson College enabling students to become leaders that can address the well-being of people living in poverty through design and entrepreneurship

✨ Design Justice Studio Implementer’s Day is a Big Success! ✨On March 4, students, faculty, and staff from hashtag , Bab...
03/26/2025

✨ Design Justice Studio Implementer’s Day is a Big Success! ✨

On March 4, students, faculty, and staff from hashtag , Babson College, and Wellesley College came together for Implementer’s Day, an event where social impact practitioners shared their experiences working for change. The goal of this event is to bring social and environmental justice work to life for students in Design Justice Studio (DJS) (previously known as Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship) and our broader community.

By learning firsthand from practitioners who are driving real change, students gained valuable insights into the challenges, strategies, and impact of community-engaged work. We hope this experience inspires them to see themselves as changemakers and explore ways to apply their skills to meaningful, justice-driven initiatives.

A huge thank you goes out to the incredible speakers for their time, wisdom, and dedication to justice-driven work!

Featured Speakers:

🌿 Ashley Funk '17, Executive Director, Mountain Watershed Association
💡 Liani Lye, CSPO '17, Executive Director, Open Austin
📚 Dr. Shehla Arif – Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Mount Union
🎨 Timothy Prestero – CEO, Design that Matters

Thank you to everyone who participated and made this event a success! 💛

03/05/2022

TL;DR – Come to ADE Implementer's Day! We are showcasing change-making organizations on Tuesday, 3/8, at 5:00 PM through Zoom, including guests from Nava PBC, Love My Air, The Young People's Project (YPP), and Care 2 Communities (C2C).

Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College community members are invited to join the Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship program for ADE Implementer’s Day on Tuesday, 3/8, from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM through Zoom. Come hear stories from and talk one-on-one with guests about their experience implementing design for impact and social ventures making a difference. Guests will be presenting from Nava, Love My Air, The Young People’s Project (YPP), and Care 2 Communities (C2C).

Nava - A public benefit corporation working to make government services simple, effective, and accessible - www.navapbc.com

Love My Air - City of Denver’s program which aims to reduce air pollution and limit exposure through behavior change, advocacy, and community involvement - https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Public-Health-Environment/Environmental-Quality/Air-Quality/Love-My-Air

The Young People’s Project - Develops students aged 8-22 from traditionally marginalized populations as learners, teachers, leaders, and organizers through math (and STEM) literacy, community-building, and advocacy - www.typp.org

Care 2 Communities - Provides high-quality, patient-centered care through a social enterprise clinic model that begins to financially sustain itself over time, ensuring that people get the health care they need today and in perpetuity - care2communities.org

TL;DR – At ADE Implementer's Day we are showcasing social ventures and labs, including guests from CHES Inc., Gradian He...
10/14/2021

TL;DR – At ADE Implementer's Day we are showcasing social ventures and labs, including guests from CHES Inc., Gradian Health Systems, Sassafras Tech Collective, and Triangle Roasters.

Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College community members are invited to join the Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship program for ADE Implementer’s Day on Tuesday, 10/19, from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM through Zoom. Come hear stories from and talk one-on-one with guests about their experience implementing design for impact and social ventures making a difference. Guests will be presenting from companies including CHES, Inc, Gradian Health Systems, Sassafras Tech Collective, and Triangle Roasters.

CHES Inc. - Mission is to educate, mentor, and fund women entrepreneurs in rural Haiti - www.chesinternational.org

Gradian Health Systems - Access to safe surgery, anesthesia machine, and training/education program for anesthetists in Tanzania & beyond - www.gradianhealth.org

Sassafras Tech Collective - Crafting innovative, usable technology for social change - www.sassafras.coop

Triangle Roasters - Small batch coffee roaster and chocolate maker that uses transparent, sustainable, and just sourcing - www.triangleroasters.com

Come to the ADE Social Impact Showcase to engage Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College stu...
04/27/2021

Come to the ADE Social Impact Showcase to engage Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College students collaborating with communities on reducing air pollution in environmental justice communities, equitable access to learning opportunities, access to affordable hearing screening diagnostics, reducing gender inequality in agriculture, and confronting the deep inequalities produced by the U.S. criminal justice system.


Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:00-6:00 PM EDT
RSVP here. https://forms.gle/TpWCcdzVDawJRKq18
On Zoom here. https://olin.zoom.us/j/93242940240?pwd=MXRqZnZtU1U4bFUxemxUay8wTzJjdz09

After the teams give short summary presentations, you will be invited to small-group conversations around topics they want to hear from you about! This is a chance to support students grappling with pervasive social challenges like civil rights, environmental justice, economic mobility, food security, and structural inequality.

At ADE Implementer’s Day, students, faculty, and staff from Olin College, Babson College, and Wellesley College engaged ...
04/02/2021

At ADE Implementer’s Day, students, faculty, and staff from Olin College, Babson College, and Wellesley College engaged with social impact practitioners about their work in implementing community-engaged programs. Thank you to our wonderful presenters who took the time to share and talk with us! ADE students had the opportunity to learn from the implementers’ experience in social and environmental justice and compare strategies and theories of change.

TIMBY - This Is My Backyard - Anjali Nayar - We help connect local and global data for a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

InsightPact- Irene Laochaisri - We design & facilitate fruitful conversations online and in-person.

Evidence Action - Anna Konstantinova - We measurably reduce the burden of poverty for hundreds of millions of people.

Nava PBC - Sha Hwang - We believe that government services can be simple, effective, and accessible to all.

Last week at the ADE Tech Day, students, faculty, and staff from Olin College of Engineering, Babson College, and Welles...
10/08/2019

Last week at the ADE Tech Day, students, faculty, and staff from Olin College of Engineering, Babson College, and Wellesley College spoke with entrepreneurs about their experiences creating successful businesses to realize positive social impact.
Thank you to everyone who presented and took time out of their busy schedules to share!
Here was the line up:
Democracy Works - Kathryn Peters & Carmen Hicks, www.democracy.works
Global Minimum Inc. - Sunand Bhattacharya, gmin.org
Jozi's Nut Butters - Scott Oakley Hersey, Shelton Oakley Hersey, jozinutbutters.co.za
change:WATER Labs - Diana Yousef, www.change-water.com

Please save the date for the ADE Social Ventures Spring 2018 Expo! Everyone is invited and encouraged to come; the expo ...
04/10/2018

Please save the date for the ADE Social Ventures Spring 2018 Expo! Everyone is invited and encouraged to come; the expo is from 4:00 to 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 8, at Olin College in Room AC 213.

02/26/2018

We would like to invite students from Babson College, Olin College of Engineering, Wellesley College, and community members to join the Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship program for ADE Tech Day on Tuesday, 2/27, at 5:00 to 6:30 PM in Olin's Academic Center room 213.
Come hear stories from 7 social ventures working around the world and talk one-on-one with guests about their design for impact and social entrepreneurship experience. Products will be available for hands-on demonstrations and discussion.

Our amazing guests who will be presenting are from;
Lifebox – http://www.lifebox.org/
Little Sparrows Technologies – https://little-sparrows-tech.com/
Surgibox – https://www.surgibox.org/
Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR) – http://augmentedinfantresuscitator.com/wp/

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