The inaugural classes for the new SISE Minor began in August of 2012.
This is an introductory class that gives students an appreciation for the field of social entrepreneurship, and prepares students with numerous and helpful "frameworks" which can be applied to the subsequent core and elective classes in the social innovation social entrepreneurship (SISE) major. Key concepts include social justice, collective impact, blended value, history and current trajectory of the field, and the definition of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, among other terms. The class introduces students to the theories and debates about social change, and addresses select skills involved with making change. Further we look at cases of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries who are coming up with methods to address a variety of social issues utilizing different organizational forms, operating in different national and local contexts. This course is not a lecture course. It is highly interactive, experiential, and dynamic.
Guests social innovators include Ashoka Fellows Darrell Hammond, Founder and CEO of Kaboom, Martin Fisher, Co-Founder of Kick Start, Stephanie Barksdale, Tulane's Social Innovation Program, Laura White, Ashoka Empathy Initiative.
The SISE students are working with the following Community Partners: For the Children, Grow Dat Youth Farm, The Green Project, Habitat for Humanity, Fund 17, and AVODAH.
