Radical Collaboration
April 2nd, 2020
Online event
1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST
About the Event
Join us for the first conversation in our Radical Collaboration series. This series will elevate stories of partners coming together in unconventional ways to solve for critical issues and drive impact. We’ll highlight examples that inspire and offer insights, tools, and ideas where market-based solutions are busting open silos and working across sectors in new ways. Our first conversation comes as a rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic out of Baltimore, Maryland. We will hear about a collective filling the void of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals by 3D printing masks. Join a conversation with makers, social enterprises, a workforce development program, an ecosystem builder and funder about how one community is rapidly re-designing to meet the needs of PPE shortage and re-create jobs. We will hear about the process the group used to get started and how it has evolved. The conversation will highlight the importance of makers and artists, and the urgent role of funding at this critical time.
Our Collaborators
Andy Cook - Made in Baltimore
Erika Seth Davies - Baltimore Small Business Support Fund
Jay Nwachu - Innovation Works
Jeremiah Jones - SewLab USA
Maggie Villegas - BCAN (Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network)
Michelle Geiss - Impact Hub Baltimore
Will Holman - Open Works
Cari Hanson - Moderator