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Join Net Impact before TAPS for the opportunity to hear from social business entrepreneur David Robinson (son of Jackie Robinson) and Sweet Unity Coffee! Driven Coffee will be at the event to brew Sweet Unity Coffee for us to taste as well! (Thanks to Danielle's husband Nick Schmitz!)

Theme of the talk:
Advice for business students wanting to create social change through profitable enterprise, and overcoming challenges when those things come in conflict.

Preview Video (directed by Spike Lee): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76tdinojjao

Bio:
David Robinson has spent the last 40 years involved in the development of racial and human opportunity. David serves on the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation — an organization that his mother, Rachel Robinson, founded in 1973 as a vehicle to perpetuate the memory of Jackie Robinson and his achievements.​
Since 1983, David has been involved in the economic development of Africa through sustainable agriculture. David is the founder and managing director of Higher Ground Development, an organization that works directly with coffee cooperatives. In 1998, David also founded Up-Country International Products Inc., the sole distributor and marketer of Sweet Unity Farms Coffee.