In the new year, Miami Dade College will launch a new Social Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA), which aims to teach people about how to start a B Corporation, how to market a “green” business or how to embrace a lifestyle that values sustainability and social responsibility, among other offerings.
The academy will offer a series of non-credit courses, through the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development, at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) InterAmerican Campus at a cost of $235 per class. MDC says SEA will offer networking opportunities, mentorship, complimentary admission to a speaker series, internship opportunities and online profiles of graduates and their projects on a website created by SEA partners.
Instructors at the academy include Corinna Moebius of People Place Connect and co-founder of the Little Havana Merchant Alliance; Karja Hansen, founder of the co-working/co-trade/co-educational space {Barrio} Workshop; Sonia Succar Ferre, principal at Sustain Ventures and former environmental liaison for Miami’s Office of Sustainable Initiatives; and Julia Onnie-Hay, a certified holistic health educator at Earth ‘N Us Farm (a sustainable farm in Little Haiti).
Members of the community can find out more about the academy at an Open House. Here are the details:
WHAT: Social Entrepreneurship Academy Open House
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m.
WHERE: MDC InterAmerican Campus, 627 SW 27Ave., Rm 401
For more information about classes, contact Karina Johnson at 305-237-6587 or kjohnso6@mdc.edu. For information regarding all other aspects of SEA beyond the classes themselves, contact Corinna Moebius at 786-564-2662.