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Feeling Uncomfortable: First Reflections on our DEI Journey

At CASE, we believe in the power of individuals and organizations to create positive social change.  And there has been much progress (I often revisit the 2017 Gates Foundation annual letter when I need some reminding about all the progress …

Announcing CASE’s Senior Fellow for DEI  

When we announced in March that we were hiring a Senior Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI) at CASE, we were not sure what to expect. In the weeks that followed we were humbled by the number of applications …

Returning to Skoll World Forum

Last time I was at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford was in 2019 – I was 8 months pregnant and had no idea that a global pandemic would soon put the world on lockdown. This year, after 3 years …

The Work Continues: CASE’s Ongoing Racial Justice Journey

One year ago, we shared with you A Message from CASE on Racial Justice in America as part of our journey toward becoming anti-racist, particularly using three levers: our thought leadership platform, training the next generation of business leaders, and …

The Inaugural Kirby Impact Prize: What We Learned

When the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business launched the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact in July 2020, we knew that we would learn a lot during this …

A Message from CASE on Racial Justice in America

Dear CASE Community, Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. Whiteness weaponized against Christian Cooper. Disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on people of color. A global health pandemic layered on top of the pandemic of racism that has scourged our country for …