Reimagining Appalachia
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For 10 days in early January, 15 UVA Students traveled through Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The students were there as part of an immersive January Term course, “Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia,” which was the result of a gift from Richard (McIntire ’78) and Donna Tadler (Curry ’79) to UVA's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s Social Entrepreneurship at UVA (SE@UVA) initiative. Impact investing aims to create positive social and environmental change along with financial returns. Richard Tadler, a private equity investor, had read about economic development projects that University students and graduates were supporting overseas. He recognized how the same combination of entrepreneurial leadership and investment could create opportunities closer to home, in a changing Appalachia.The course was co-designed by Christine Mahoney, professor of public policy and politics at the Batten School and director of SE@UVA. Learn More https://giving.virginia.edu/impact/re...
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