Employ to Empower
Website: employtoempower.com/
Instagram: @employtoempower
Facebook: employtoempower
Employ to Empower is a registered charity that supports residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community by providing access to development and entrepreneurial resources. Our resources include affordable microloans and business mentorship, with the goal of having a long-term impact on our members’ personal and economic well being. We also actively advocate for creating positive social change in the Downtown Eastside.
Achievements
- 2018 - Spend the evening with business leaders helping to change the DTES
- 2018 - Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Top Idea Prize
- 2019 - Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Top Small Business Award
- 2021 - Globe & Mail Report on Business Changemaker
In the News:
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February 26, 2021
This article was originally published in SFU News. By Lynn Warburton The Globe and Mail’s Report...
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February 26, 2021
This article was originally published in the Globe & Mail. Report on Business Magazine selected...
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October 27, 2020
Do you have clothes, accessories, or blankets that you don't use anymore? Organizers of an...
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May 14, 2020
Imagine not having a single person to connect with during this coronavirus pandemic. No one to...
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January 22, 2019
Downtown Eastside homelessness reaching crisis levels: Carnegie report; City on drugs: the...
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August 09, 2018
Venture Connection client, Employ to Empower (ETE) is giving Vancouverites a chance to...