While the politicians debate pathways to peace in the West Bank, a group of investors and entrepreneurs are advancing shared prosperity among the Israelis and Palestinians living there.This year, the Integrated Business Roundtable (IBR) will host their first “Shark Tank” style pitch competition as part of this prosperity effort. More details to come regarding event date, etc.
Commonwealth is dedicated to advancing minority-owned businesses through its partnership with the Minority Entrepreneurship Institute (MEI). On July 10th, 2020 Commonwealth will host the second annual MEI Showcase in Dallas, Texas. NFL star and founder of MEI Jaylon Smith hopes to use the MEI Showcase to unite and galvanize the Dallas community in the wake of COVID-19 and racial injustices.
On November 201th, 2019, The Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) hosted the “Barbed Wire to Business Accelerator–Fueling Growth through Impact Investing” event at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The event showcased three Prison Entrepreneurship Program graduate-owned companies. Sharks included Mark Holden (Koch Industries), Biggs Burke (record executive and film producer), Doug Deason (Dallas investor), and Joe Horford (PEP Pennsylvania founder).
Commonwealth has developed this set of resources to help our impact investing community rethink wealth and excel in stewardship: To Make the World Rejoice, Citizens as Better Economic Actors, and Churches as better Economic Actors. Listen as Commonwealth managing director Jay Hein introduces these themes in his 2019 Rethinking Wealth address.