The world is changing, and there are too many crises to count.
Mental health. Addiction. Drug overdose. Foster care. Housing. Unemployment. Climate change. In their groundbreaking book, Deaths of Despair & the Future of Capitalism, economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton pin rising rates of suicide, drug overdose, depression, and anxiety on runaway socioeconomic challenges facing America’s working class.
Appalachians have been hit especially hard, and we are struggling to get back on our feet.
From the decline of steel and coal industries in the 1980s through the rise and fall of “pill mills” in the 1990s to the proliferation of fentanyl and continued job loss due to automation and globalization, many of our friends and family have been forced to cope in ways that have fostered devastating mental health issues and substance use disorders throughout the region. As we struggle to recover all that has been lost over the generations, many barriers still stand in our way.
The Problem
People in recovery and re-entry face significant barriers to that are difficult to overcome through conventional workforce development pathways.
Our Solution
We equip them to sidestep those barriers and create their own opportunities through the cultivation of an entrepreneurial mindset.
Imagine a world…
Where returning citizens are empowered to succeed.
Vision & Mission
We envision a world where a person’s future is not bound by their past, where their chance at success is not determined by their answer to the question, “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” This is the world we are striving to create.
Our mission is to empower rural communities with an entrepreneurial mindset by equipping their returning citizens with the skills and resources they need to overcome barriers to economic and social mobility.
How We Accomplish It
Coaching
Personalized assessment and 1-on-1 coaching to help identify and cultivate entrepreneurial skills that empower individuals to succeed.
Training
A dynamic, cohort-based learning experience that catalyzes personal transformations and jumpstarts entrepreneurial journeys.
Networking
Connection to human and financial resources that provide ongoing support and opportunities for growth and service in the local community.
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”
- Niels Bohr
Dynamic outcomes await.
Let’s work together. Contact us to learn more.