Date:
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 8:30am to 10:00am
Location:
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF), 386 Western Ave., Allston
Join the Harvard Ed Portal for breakfast, networking and the chance to learn more about LEAF and their exciting mission to support, train and promote economic development and empower communities.
LEAF is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution that strives to empower communities and workers through the financing of democratically-owned enterprises (cooperatives), the provision of technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs, and the expansion of access to healthy food in underserved areas. At the core of this work are the issues of equity and inclusion in health and economics. They strongly believe in the right of every person to a quality job, access to affordable healthy food, and adequate, stable housing.