Legislative fellowship Report for Russell Hicks

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Partners of the Americas Legislative Fellowship Report for Russell Hicks April 6, 2013 to April 23, 2013 Professional Background: Russell Hicks is a social entrepreneur, and teaches social entrepreneurship to youth in order to deliver 21st Century skill-sets, business planning and the triple bottom –line for values-driven business models. Mr. Hicks serves as owner and C.E.O. of Ebony Suns Enterprises, LLC, a sustainable consulting business that provides program development for schools and non-profit organizations and project management for private-sector companies in the green economy. Russell Hicks graduated with a B.B.A. in Business Management from Howard University in Washington DC, and has over 12 years of career experience in economic development and education through business consulting, strategic planning, program development, training and mentoring youth, community organizing and connecting students and entrepreneurs to professional resources. He currently mentors over 30 youth entrepreneurs on a rotating basis through various green industry sectors that include organic apparel design and merchandising, sustainable real estate, and eco-tourism. Russell Hicks recently was named one of Philadelphia’s Most Innovative Entrepreneurs by the Philadelphia Daily News/Inquirer and one of Philadelphia’s Most Influential 10 People to Watch Under the Age of 40 by the Philadelphia Tribune. His business, Ebony Suns Enterprises, LLC was awarded a $20,500 grant from the Knight Foundation for Black Male Engagement in 2012. Mr. Hicks is proud to serve as Partners of the America Legislative Fellow and an active member of the Partners of the Americas, Pennsylvania-Bahia Chapter. Overview of the Legislative Fellowship in Bahia, Brazil: Russell Hicks served his Partners of the Americas Legislative Fellowship in Bahia, Brazil with the Office of the Mayor of Filadelfia, Bahia and the Tourism Department of Bahia in Salvador, Bahia between April 6th through April 23, 2013. The goal of the fellowship with Tourism Department of Bahia was to explore how the state government of Bahia works with American business owners to promote tourism in Bahia. The opportunity to work more closely with the local government of Filadelfia, Bahia aimed to develop social entrepreneurship projects that would impact youth and adult population s through economic development, access to education, and tourism.


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