We value the power of relationships and provide a space for collaboration and dialogue among all stakeholders in Miami.
in INNOVATE MIAMI as a Social Innovator for promoting the SDGs
Social Impact Movement was founded in 2016 as Florida Nonprofit Corporation and in 2017 registered as a 501(c)(3) Federal Tax Exempt with the mission to connect people to social-related topics. After a year of interacting and working, we understood we could play an important role by linking Miami to the global conversation. We decided to step up, taking the challenge – and the opportunity – to act for the social change movement.
The Agenda 2030 framework was incorporated in early 2018 at our core mission. Our programs raise awareness, educate, and inspire our community to be the actors of social change on topics affecting our economy, our society, and our environment. Social Impact Movement SDGs programs educate and bring awareness through CSR events, workshops, live activations, and social media.
Social Impact Movement builds partnerships to promote social change in Miami by highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Connecting business leaders, enterprises, organizations, and government, linking local social responsibility actions to the global goals.
We raise awareness on issues affecting our community and educate individuals about SDG themes related to: quality education, gender equality, climate action and life below water.
Social Impact Movement connects Miami to global topics, converging ideas, people, information...
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Our Vision is to elevate the conversation, inspire, integrate the stakeholders, while empowering our community to learn and take action at the global pressing issues affecting our Miami. Our mainstream program #SDGsInMiami focuses on integrating social and sustainable opportunities for improving the growth of the SDGs in Miami. In the past 2 years we have opened 25 SDG education spaces, including activations, events, and workshops, with more than 600 individuals served.
Social Impact Movement connects Miami to global topics, converging ideas, people, information, and resources related to the Sustainable Global Goals (SDGs). We foment environments to boost social change linking and highlighting SDGs’ initiatives taking place in Miami. Educating, creating events, workshops that facilitates an interactive dialogue among stakeholders from cross-sector industries.
Together the SIM team mobilizes individuals, businesses, and government to take action for the Sustainable Global Goals.
SDGs Advocate, Social Entrepreneur, Changemaker. As a #TeamHuman defender, she has dedicated her life to inspiring people and organizations, creating environments for individuals to dialogue, participate, learn, and take action on local initiatives.
Creator of the SDGsInMiami, a multi-stakeholder collaborative project gathering partners surrounding the UN Global Goals at local levels in Miami. Partner at the startup Match4Action, a purpose-driven Benefit Corporation based in San Francisco, CA, matching good people to good causes using machine learning and A.I. Born in Brazil, Claudia is a life-long learner.
She speaks fluently Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Italian.
CEO AND FOUNDER
Scarlett Lanzas is an impact entrepreneur, impact investor and nonprofit management executive with a demonstrated history of working with public/private sector agencies, nonprofits and international development and humanitarian assistance organizations. She is the founder of Accountable Impact, a social enterprise that prioritizes the need to collect data and provide policy solutions to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and works with corporations, cities and regional entities.
As Chief Community Officer at Emergent Global Investments, she focuses on Environmental, Social and Governance metrics research and the development of financial services specific to impact investing. In both roles, she combines her knowledge of government policy and passion for the SDGs. Scarlett is a Hispanic Star Ambassador. She holds an Executive Master of Public Administration degree from Florida International University.
CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD PRESIDENT
Erick Gavin is a recent graduate from the University of Miami School of Law and Ironhack Miami for User Experience Design.
Throughout his time in law school he invested a lot of time into the Miami Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem, expanding understanding of more modern professions that deal with problem solving in a unique way.
Design has allowed him to use multiple disciplines to address problems with a process that emphasizes iteration in approach and a strong principle of collaboration.
BOARD MEMBER
Claudia Duran is the Managing Director of Endeavor Miami, whose mission is to select, mentor and accelerate the growth of high-impact entrepreneurs in South Florida. Endeavor Miami currently supports 24 companies.
Duran is an experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of strategic business development in the for-profit and non-profit industries across the Americas.
She is a visionary professional with a wealth of experience in various financial, corporate, entrepreneurial, and non-profit organizations. She holds an MBA from the prestigious Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and a Bachelors degree in Finance from Penn State University.
She is also a multi-lingual and multi-cultural global citizen, who is part of the growing community of South Florida, making her home in metropolitan Miami.
BOARD MEMBER
Andrés was invited to join to our Advisory Board due to the potential of his high-impact technology mindtalks.ai to serve the Miami community. Mindstalk.ai provides relevant insights into the minds of targeted groups by posing a series of intentional questions.
This technology has already been used by major organizations to gather and group the inputs of millions of individuals around the world.
We firmly believe this technology would be a great asset to Miami social development issues by using its capabilities to listen and understand different problems facing the community.
By utilizing mindstalk.ai, we can find better solutions aligned with our sustainable development goals.
Andrés has filed two patents and is a passionate entrepreneur by excellence.
TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIAL GOOD
Julia Wilkinson is an impact investor and consultant, with over a decade experience living in Latin America. As founder and & CEO of Imvest she is committed to building a sustainable future through social entrepreneurship and impact investing.
Her clients include funds, family offices, and social entrepreneurs that aim to integrate impact into their models and investments.
Creative and empathetic, she thinks outside the box. Julia also brings to the table a decade of experience in capital markets.
For 6 years she worked in private wealth management at Goldman Sachs on a team with $1.5B in AUM, and 4 years in venture capital & private equity investing in emerging markets. Julia is board chair of Finance for Good Brazil, a nonprofit that supports Brazil’s social finance ecosystem, and is a partner of Social Venture Partners Miami.
MPA Columbia SIPA BA University of Pennsylvania. Trilingual in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
BOARD MEMBER
Arzu Tekir is a business strategist working with the leaders of the cities and organizations to create a positive change.
She has eighteen years of work experience in strategic planning, business development, strategic partnership development, and a record of raising millions of funding dollars for large-scale public and private sector projects.
She is the Founder & CEO of URBANITE VENTURE helping urban tech companies transform cities.
To companies solving urban problems, Urbanite Venture is the independent advisor and business partner that brings new market opportunities, better relations with the city administrations, effective communication plan and capital.
BOARD MEMBER
Victoria is an educational advocate and aspiring policy analyst. Experienced in experimental educational programs as she graduated Highschool with her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from FAU, knowing the value of education, she decided to participate in Teach for America. As the youngest member of the Miami-Dade 2018 Corp. Ms. Ferrari has continuously advocated for increased mental health resources and implemented a green curriculum and mentoring program in her school.
Most recently, Victoria has utilized her organizing experience to help elect a new generation of school board leadership in Miami-Dade and plans to continue expanding resources for those in marginalized communities.
SDG AMBASSADOR MANAGER
Madeline Ley (She/Hers) is a Freshman at George Washington University majoring in Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In 2017, Madeline started an initiative called Shrink the Gap to empower high school girls to fight the pervasive gender wage gap in Miami-Dade County through salary negotiation and interview workshops, and public advocacy. She is also the Freshman Representative of GW Leading Women of Tomorrow, a student organization that works to bridge the gender gap in public representation. Additionally, Madeline serves as a board member and secretary of the North Bay Village Sustainability and Resiliency Task Force.
SIM SDG 5 AMBASSADOR
Scarlett is a social innovator and entrepreneur with specialized experience in Geospatial Technology such as GIS, LIDAR, Remote Sensing, and Drone surveying.
Scarlett has worked as a research contractor for NOAA and is also a Divemaster passionate about solutions restoration and preservation of Life Below Water – SDG 14.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from FIU and a Master Degree in Geographical Information Sciences from University of Florida.
SIM SDG14 AMBASSADOR
Liuba Abreu is a Venezuelan lawyer focused on the defense and promotion of human rights, especially the rights of migrant and refugee people.
She has worked and been a volunteer and spokesperson in various Non-Governmental Organizations dedicated to the protection of human rights, humanitarian assistance and access to justice, such as Amnesty International, HIAS, and UNHCR.
She is the Founder and Director of Across Humanity, an online initiative dedicated to the promotion of the human rights of migrants and refugees in the world.
For this project, Liuba focuses on communicating and connecting through social networks, organizations, and people working in the area of human rights and sustainable development to promote activities that have a social impact.
SIM SDG 16 AMBASSADOR & COMMUNITY MANAGER
Cindy Makita was born and raised in South Africa, with a Congolese heritage, and moved to Miami, Florida in 2014 to attend Florida International University.
In 2018 she graduated Magna Cum Laude, as a Worlds Ahead Graduate and as an Honors student.
She focuses her talent on creating key strategic relationships between Miami leaders, enterprises, citizens, and government to advance Miami’s progress towards achieving the 5th Sustainable DevelopmentGoal for Gender Equality: Empowering Women and Girls.
SIM SDG 5 AMBASSADOR
Kaici Aloupis is a senior at the University of Miami studying Human and Social Development.
She is completing her practicum experience with Social Impact Movement.
She is engaging in a practical application of classroom learning, knowledge, and acquired skills into the real-world setting to address and meet the needs of the Miami community.
Her involvement with SIM provides the opportunity to define and refine her professional interests and goals, which center promotion of gender equality, positive well-being and access to quality education.
INTERN
My name is Stephanie Rolon, currently living in Miami, Florida.
I am Social Media Marketing Specialist with a Master’s in Entertainment Business and a Bachelor’s in Public Relations.
Bilingual in both Spanish and English with expertise in Cross Platform Strategies, Email and Social Media Campaigns, Branding, Product / Talent Management, Event Coordination / Planning and Content Creation.
Additional background in Facebook/Twitter/ Instagram Analytics, Google Analytics, Reports, Budgets, Projections and Forecasting.
Recognized and received Course Director Award for Business Plan Development and Advanced Entertainment Law. Finally, Change is the only constant and meet your fears with courage. 🙂
VOLUNTEER
Stephanie Wong is a South Florida native and graduate of Florida International University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and minor in Business.
Stephanie has worked in a grassroots activist movement and higher education sector collectively for nine years.
Through her work, she has developed a passion for social impact and specifically a fascination for social enterprises that work with double or triple bottom lines focused on a combination of: people, planet, and profit.
With “Educate. Engage. Empower.” as the motto, Stephanie is focused on using her social media platform to transform social awareness into action for positive social change. Join Stephanie as she journeys through the stories of social entrepreneurs and their organization’s impact in communities locally and globally, one vlog at a time.
To learn more about Stephanie’s work, visit her LinkedIn page and be sure to follow her on all social media channels @SocialImpactwithStephanie.
FOUNDER AND HOST OF SOCIAL IMPACT WITH STEPHANIE
Yulia is a tenacious, passionate communications professional with over 15 years of experience in journalism, business communications, public relations, brand marketing, and content development.
Her extensive work in the field of corporate social responsibility, sustainable business development and civic engagement has resulted in the launch of IMPACT.EDITION, a digital media hub about ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
IMPACT.EDITION delivers inspiring stories about local and global changemakers and also provides meaningful content marketing support to nonprofits, high-impactful businesses, impact investing firms.
Yulia holds an MBA degree from Florida International University and a Ph.D. in journalism from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
FOUNDER AND CREATIVE LEAD OF IMPACT EDITION