Social entrepreneurs and innovators are great at coming up with solutions to social problems, but they're "not good at lobbying" because they see it as an example of corporate influence and corruption, an expert told a conference in Italy yesterday.
"And they can start by talking to the new breed of 'political entrepreneurs', often young and focused on social impact, who are looking for solutions," he said, according to the Guardian.
"Often new to the political landscape, young and focused on social impact, they were looking for solutions and social innovators had them," he said.
"We have to make sure we do not look only through the eyes of those who are in positions of policymaking and power.
Who do we partner with to make sure we hear the voices of disadvantaged groups and minorities that we don't typically hear in the political discourse?"
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