December 6, 2009 - 7:23am
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, Medical Director, New York State Office of Mental Health, recently published an article reflecting on the social enterpreneurs, such as Al Etmanski, he met while on a trip to Bellagio, Italy to explore belonging, inclusion and homelessness. Here's how he begins:
Last week I took a few days of leave from my job to join a group gathered with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation to problem solve on how to bring marginalized people into mainstream lives of value to them and their communities... - including those with physical disabilities, mental retardation, mental illness, immigrants, migrant workers, the elderly and the extremely poor. The conference group was a small international collection, from India, South Africa, Poland, Mexico, Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. But what defined the group was that they were principally social entrepreneurs. What is a social entrepreneur?
The full article is at The Huffington Post.
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