by Julie Fahnestock
SOURCE:Justmeans
DESCRIPTION:
Frederick Hutson, Co-Founder of Pigeonly; Britnie Turner, Founder and CEO of Aerial Development Group; and April De Simone, Co-Founder of Designing the WE, sit side by side—unlikely people to be sharing a panel together. At the Social Venture Network Fall 2015 Conference, Laura Flanders, successful media guru and host of The Laura Flanders Show, interviewed these three “champions,” showcasing the power of overcoming tragedy through the power of social enterprise.
Meet Frederick Hutson, Co-Founder of Pigeonly
Indicted for the possession of marijuana, Hutson served five years in federal prison. Inside, he was exposed to a world he had no idea existed. While in a halfway house, he called his now co-founder of Pigeonly and described the fundamental inequalities he saw around communication in prison with its link to recidivism.
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KEYWORDS: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, April De Simone, Britnie Turner, Fred Hutson, Pigeonly, Designing the We, Aerial Development Group, B Corp, benefit corporation, Undesign the Red Line, Social Venture Network, Social Venture Network Conference, Net Impact, Stonyfield Farm, Justmeans
