Coexistence Collaborative is a Social Enterprise and a model of Social Entrepreneurship. 70% of our net profits are dedicated to supporting initiatives that foster social responsibility and benefit people with disabilities locally and in developing countries.
A Social Enterprise is one which aims to be financially self-sufficient in its pursuit of a social goal with most of the profit dedicated to the community it serves.
Social Entrepreneurship is a way of doing business that incorporates a dedication to large scale social change with sustainable, replicable and smart business practices.
Social Responsibility involves dedicating time and resources to activities, that, in alignment with corporate values, benefit the larger community.
We are a consulting and training organization with a three-fold purpose:
- To bridge difference by creating trainings and public forums that invite participants to embrace the complexity of diversity and look at themselves and others with compassion.
- To promote the social entrepreneurial initiatives of people with disabilities locally and in developing countries.
- To be a model of social responsibility.
SUCCESSES: 2009-2011
To bridge difference by creating trainings and public forums that invite participants to embrace the complexity of diversity and look at themselves and others with compassion.
Achievements:
- Jeanne Farr and Lou Radja presented “Applying Emotional Intelligence and Diversity to Leadership” at the 2011 PGE Diversity Summit to 150 people
- Created and delivered compelling trainings to over 300 people (in groupings of 6-30) in Oregon, North Carolina and Massachusetts.
- Received many testimonials affirming the educational and long reaching and life-changing nature of the training (some of which are on our website) we provide.
- Published a case study reflecting the outcomes of our training in Diversity Executive in May of 2010.
To be a model of social responsibility
Achievements:
- Provided guidance to a local organzization in creating a model to use in compensating their staff for individual contributions toward corporate social responsibility.
- Created a series of courses teaching people how to become social entrepreneurs.
- Worked with the State Employment Division to train and secure employment (working with people with disabilities) for unemployed Oregonians.
- Gave over 14 scholarships (worth $15,000) to women who could not afford to pay for trainings.
To promote the social entrepreneurial initiatives of people with disabilities locally and in developing countries.
Achievements:
- Purchased the domain name, email addresses and rights for 10 years for a website for an organization in Africa that supports people with disabilities.
- Designed and created and maintain the website for that organization
- Wrote a grant and received laptops for that organization
2011-2012 Projects supporting the Social Entrepreneurial goals of Coexistence Collaborative
- Establish local partnerships
- Work with the World Flag organization and others to raise funds to partner with the National Association of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Rwanda (NOUSPR) in their establishment of an outreach organization serving people with disabilities in Rwanda.
- Secure funding for a learning partnership with leaders from the Down Syndrome Health, Education and Welfare Project (DOSHEWPU) in Uganda in which representatives from the organization spend 2 weeks in Oregon in dialogue with leaders from the Northwest disability services community.