Flourish Through Work
Expanding social efforts allows us to offer employment, dignity and opportunity to our neighbors.
OUR GOAL:
Give opportunity, dignity and employment to our neighbors by expanding social enterprise ventures; equip small business entrepreneurs with coaching, learning and support to help them succeed.
INVESTMENT NEEDED:
$1,200,000
CAMPAIGN RESULTS:
Common Threads opens its third store in Clark-Fulton and Stockyards and includes a workforce development program for young adults and neighborhood youth.
Community and Business Incubation Lab at the new Common Threads provides support to residents starting small businesses.
Expansion support for Peripeti Home to become an employer of refugee women.
A new social enterprise opens through The Hope Center, creating employment for refugees as talented and motivated workplace leaders.
Abdalla
“Common Threads is great experience for self-growth and teamwork. I love the open sharing of ideas,” says Abdalla Khatir, originally from Sudan, who is employed at Common Threads and attends classes at The Hope Center. “Whether our roles are small or big, we work together and help each other for the better. They have a vision and a good message,” he adds.
He recently became a U.S. citizen with support from The Hope Center, where he is pursing his GED. He was also the first student enrolled in The Hope Center’s Adult Basic Education class, which he knows will serve as the bridge to more employment opportunities in the future. “My dreams include starting a business and providing support to my home country through clean and renewable energy,” says Abdalla. “The Hope Center is a fascinating idea, and they are doing a great job giving people a chance to discover themselves,” he adds.
