Wharton Alumni Social Impact Club, WASIC
Past Programs
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Future of Food (March 24, 2021)
Be An Everyday Activist: How One Person Can Start a Movement and Ignite Change (January 28, 2021)
Climate - What’s Gender Got To Do With It? (December 3, 2020)
Paths to Impact Investing - in Partnership with the Wharton Club of Chicago (November 12, 2020, Registration through the Wharton Club of Chicago)
WASIC and the James Brister Society present: The COVID 19 Crisis Response in Education: Confronting Widening Disparities (October 6, 2020)
WASIC and the Wharton Club of Africa - Gender Inclusion present a conversation about Women in Africa: The Impact of Covid-19, An Initial Exploration of the Pandemic’s Impact (September 29, 2020 - photo credit Hu Chen)
WASIC Celebrates National Voters Registration Day Why Voting is More Important Now Than Ever: Learn how to help the Anti-Defamation League and the Urban League fight anti-Semitism and racism to ensure fair access to voting for all. (September 22, 2020)
Join Natural Capital Partners for a virtual tour of WASIC Ambassador Philip Wilson's Ecofiltro and meet the social entrepreneur on a mission to bring purified water to rural Guatemala. (September 22, 2020 )
A Solution to Rural Poverty in West Africa? - The Impact of Value Chain Services to Smallholder Growers. Adventura Investment Partners (Photo courtesy of Aventura Investment Partners - November 20, 2019)
Philadelphia and Climate Change – Visions for a More Sustainable Future. PECO and the Wharton Club of Philadelphia (Photo courtesy of Jay Dantinne on Unsplash -September 26, 2019)
What Makes A Company A Good Employer For Women? Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Tri-State HRMA (Photo courtesy of Wharton Social Impact Initiative - September 5, 2019)
Women Investing & Investing in Women: We’ve Come ALong Way, But there’s More to Go … PNC, iNTENT Manifesto, CARE, and Wharton Social Impact Initiative (Photo courtesy of CARE - April 17, 2019)
“On the Cusp: The Women of Penn’64.” by Author Anne Sceia Klein (Photo courtesy of Anne Sceia Klein - April 17, 2019)
Channeling digital engagement...MiLKCRATE (Photo courtesy of MiLKCRATE - April 4, 2019)
Reduced Agricultural Spoilage Program (RASP): A Food Loss and Waste Solution (Photo courtesy of RASP - February 27, 2019)
Horticulture & Social Impact: Plants Helping Society. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, PHS (Photo courtesy of PHS - December 20, 2018)
Driving Gender Equality Through Gender Lens Investing and Female Empowerment. Becoming Sustainable and Cornerstone Capital (Photo courtesy of Kristina Kohl - November 14, 2018)
Shareholder Engagement as a Corporate Accountability Tool. Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, ICCR (Photo courtesy of ICCR - October 17, 2018)
Why Treating the Poor as Customers Works Better than Charity. Ecofiltro (Photo courtesy of Ecofiltro - September 13, 2018)
Opportunities and the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of the Seafood Sector. LovetheWild, Fish 2.0, Fishpeople Seafood (Photo courtesy of Fish 2.0 - May 14, 2018)
Impact, Social Impact Investing, and Philanthropy. CARE Enterprises, Impact Marketplace, and Wharton Social Impact Initiative (Photo courtesy of Marshall Foster - April 19, 2018)
ESG Investing, Direct Impact Investing, Impact Portfolio Construction (Photo courtesy of Cornerstone - April 18, 2018)
Gender Lens Investing. Catalyst at Large, Rethink Impact and Wharton Social Impact Initiative (Photo courtesy of ICCR - November 20, 2017)
Social Impact Versus Nonprofit. National Philanthropic Trust, The Barra Foundation and New Day Chester (Photo courtesy of New Day Chester - November 9, 2017)
How has business become a force for good in development? Or has it? (November 4, 2017)
Risks and Opportunities From Climate Change. CO2logic (Photo courtesy of CO2logic - September 13, 2017)
Middle Class Movement. FDU Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Photo courtesy of FDU Rothman Institute - August 16, 2017)