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2. Empowerment Plan - Wikipedia

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   The Empowerment Plan was established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation in 2011, by Veronika Scott, who was a student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. . Beginning as a school project, Scott initially designed the sleeping bag coat, called "Element S(urvival)" from the Tyvek home insulation and wool army blankets to help the homeless population of Detroit [2] in two ways: By ...

3. Veronika Scott - Wikipedia

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   Veronika Scott is an American social entrepreneur and CEO and founder of The Empowerment Plan, a Detroit-based humanitarian organization. Personal life and education [ edit ] Scott was born on June 27, 1989, in Orange, California , but was raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan , a town just outside of Detroit.

4. Shinola (retail company) - Wikipedia

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   Website. shinola.com. Shinola is an American lifestyle brand based in Detroit, Michigan. It produces and sells watches, bicycles, leather goods, clocks, home goods, and jewelry. [1] Founded in 2011, Shinola takes its name from a common saying that harkens back to the defunct Shinola shoe polish company.

5. Louisiana man makes sleeping mats for the homeless out of ...

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   This weekend is Change the World Day through the Methodist Church. He's asking the public to come out and make mats on Saturday at 4 p.m. at New Life Community Church, 134 Lakewood Drive in Luling ...

6. SocialWorks - Wikipedia

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   The initiative was created through a partnership with The Empowerment Plan to help raise $100,000 U.S. dollars for winter coats through donations. These donations would be used to fund the employment of homeless people from Detroit, who would create coats that were capable of being turned into sleeping bags for homeless people in Chicago.

7. Chance the Rapper - Wikipedia

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   In December 2015, Bennett joined with Detroit-based nonprofit group Empowerment Plan to start an initiative called Warmest Winter 2016. The initiative raised money to give 1,000 specially manufactured coats, which doubled as sleeping bags and shoulder bags, and were manufactured by homeless citizens of Detroit, to homeless citizens of Chicago ...