Social Venture Network Philadelphia Gathering – Oct 9-11
Posted by Social Venture Network on September 29, 2026
Are you a business owner or social enterprise leader who wants to help build a more just and restorative world?
We are gathering values-led entrepreneurs in Philadelphia, October 9 to 11 for a regional gathering of the Social Venture Network (SVN) with members of BLocal Philly and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia.
If you are contemplating you and your business’s role in helping your community during challenging times, come to talk, listen, and discover what we might do together.
Speakers:
- Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab and White Men for Racial Justice
- Heidi Barr, founder and CEO of PA Flax Project, a worker-owned cooperative of farmers and textile producers, on regionalizing the textile supply chain
- Micah Gold-Markel, founder of Solar States, a rooftop solar installer expanding the green-collar economy
- Sanjay Kharod, the Common Market, a nonprofit food distributor connecting family farms to institutional markets, based in Philadelphia with work in 19 states
- Gabriel Mandujano, CEO of WashCycle Laundry, a second-chance employer operating in Philadelphia and Boston
Location: In the Chestnut Hill community of Philadelphia, address available upon registration.
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