The Kenneth Cole Foundation and Compass Partners Announce the Recipients of the AWEARNESS Grants
On April 13th during Shift Series, the annual conference of The Compass Fellowship in Washington, DC, AWEARNESS, The Kenneth Cole Foundation and Compass Partners announced the three university students selected for the AWEARNESS Grants. Winners included:
The Dynamic Speaking Label, from Adrian Rodriguez of Stanford University
Clothes Connection, from Rachel Acree of Georgetown University
The Smart Girls Group, from Emily Raleigh of Fordham University
The Grants were given to support these student-led social enterprises. Shift Series brings together nearly 150 students from across the United States to share their social venture ideas and network with mentors who will help accelerate their entrepreneurial work.
ABOUT AWEARNESS:
AWEARNESS, The Kenneth Cole Foundation, promotes, encourages and inspires positive and meaningful social change, and supports like-mined individuals to make a difference. As part of each partnership, we create products and host events in support of their important causes, and select a “Change Agent” to share their story of social activism to help educate and inspire others to get involved. Interviews and products can be seen on the AWEARNESS website awearness.com <http://awearness.com/> .
