 Join the Governor at “Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship in Virginia” Conference
On March 19, the Phoenix Project will host its second statewide conference about new strategies for tackling the Commonwealth’s toughest challenges through social enterprise. Join top public officials, including Governor Timothy M. Kaine and Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, as well as nonprofit directors, university leaders, and private sector entrepreneurs at this important event. For more information and to register: www.phoenixproject.org/accelerating.
Apply to the Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship Program: March 15
 Top undergraduate and graduate students from any Virginia college or university may apply to our six-week summer program to prepare for their role as Virginia’s next generation of social entrepreneurs while serving on the front lines of one of the nation’s most economically distressed communities. The application process is underway and students have until March 15 to complete their application online. To learn more, click here.
The Phoenix Project to Build Two New Partnerships
In 2008, our successful university-community partnership model will take flight in two additional economically-challenged communities: Southeast Newport News with partner Christopher Newport University and the Route 1 Corridor (Lorton and Woodbridge) in Northern Virginia with partner George Mason University. Tell me more.
 
New Professional Staff Join The Phoenix Project
David Carter, who formerly served on the Phoenix Project's Board of Directors as Secretary and Treasurer while practicing corporate litigation at the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Washington, DC, has joined our full-time staff as Director of Programs and General Counsel. Shanice Penn, formerly a paralegal at a top international law firm in Washington, DC, has also joined us as Operations Manager. Read the editorial published by The Progress-Index about our expanded capacity here.
Higher Education Advisory Team (“HEAT”) Launched
Seventy leading educators affiliated with forty Virginia universities comprise a new statewide advisory team working to build the Phoenix Project’s network of partnerships between Virginia universities and our most economically distressed communities and to make the Commonwealth a destination for social enterprise. Tell me more.
 Call for Newsletter Name Suggestions
Can you think of a good name for our newsletter? Please email your suggestions to info@phoenixproject.org by March 1, 2008. The person who submits the winning name will receive a free Phoenix Project T-shirt, now available with many other items through our online store, which is available at: http://www.phoenixproject.org/contribute/storefront/
Phoenix Project Fellow Spotlight: Purcella Smith
 Purcella Smith is a sophomore at George Mason University majoring in Government. She hails from Salem, Virginia. She is so excited about her admission to the summer 2008 Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship Program that she is getting a head-start by working in our Northern Virginia headquarters. Thanks, Purcella, for all you do.
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