On October 30th, 2024, Employ to Empower (ETE) will be striving to raise $75,000 to help empower 15 more low-income entrepreneurs to receive skills training, mentorship, and mental health support. This event will consist of:
- A delicious buffet dinner catered by Top Notch Catering
- A film feature created by CBC about ETE’s Impact and the Entrepreneurs of ETE like Sonya B
- A speech by ETE Entrepreneur and Founder of Gheelicious – Sonya B, who overcame addictions and mental health challenges to start her own business
- A live auction to help reach their fundraising goal!
ETE is proud to share their impact partners who make this possible: BC Housing, BC Rentals, Houston Landscapes, SFU External, Vancity, Container Brewing, Fuggles Beer, and CBC Vancouver.
>Why is “Dream Big” the Theme?
Employ to Empower (ETE) Entrepreneurs are individuals who are overcoming the work and social barriers that they face on a daily – whether it be mental/physical health challenges, disability, or recovering from addictions.
Too often, stigma paints a biased picture of someone’s experience – the human experience cannot be boiled down to statistics. Statistics have a really ugly way of telling us who can, and cannot be an entrepreneur.
This event is inspired by the ETE Entrepreneurs entrepreneurs – like Sonya, who beat the odds, examples who will shift the narrative. The theme of this evening is Dream Big, as each entrepreneur in our program has shown us the importance of dreaming bigger, brighter and beyond what we have imagined for ourselves.
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About Employ to Empower
Employ to Empower is a Vancouver charity that empowers low-income communities to overcome barriers to employment using entrepreneurship. Barriers can include mental or physical health challenges, disability, and recovery from addiction. Currently, lots of amazing charities help with short term survival needs like clothing, food and housing, we at ETE are the next step , we empower people to thrive through building capacity with entrepreneurship skills training.
Since 2018, 402 people have taken our program, with an average completion rate of 87%. Our community has taught us that when people receive resources to overcome barriers, it inspires them to dream big for themselves and to empower others to unlock their potential.
Event Details
When: October 30th from 6-9pm
Where: Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7
Cost: $75. You can get tickets online here.
