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As Local As It Gets: Meet Our Hillbrook Entrepreneurs

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by Annie Makela, Founding Direct of the Scott Center for Social EntrepreneurshipOver the past several weeks, I’ve seen so many examples of the ways that the spirit of social entrepreneurship is both deeply rooted and ever-growing in the Hillbrook…

On Campus and Beyond: Celebrating Student Entrepreneurs

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We get to see Hillbrook students using their social entrepreneurial skillset every day. In classrooms all over campus, they exercise and strengthen their communication skills by articulating what matters to them and what they’re doing about it. In Scott Center…

These Are a Few of Ms. Mak’s Favorite Things

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by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social EntrepreneurshipIt has never been more critical to be mindful of how our holiday shopping and eating can be a powerful tool for social change. For many small businesses…

Action and Agency

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by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Hillbrook SchoolFrom pediatric cancer to climate change, from racial justice to homelessness and foster care, from small business support to pandemic recovery response, young people care…

Creativity in the Age of COVID

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by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Hillbrook SchoolI’ve always been a lover of school supplies, from perfectly packaged felt tip pens to colorful Post-Its to new paper notebooks. I’m also a person…

A Summer of Distance Learning

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Hillbrook Alum Edis Mesic ’20 writes the first post in our Student Voice series, looking back at his time volunteering with the Scott Center this summer.The summer this year brought with it a smorgasbord of challenges and opportunities, and…