Categories for Multimedia

Poor U.S.: Reimagining a Path to Prosperity

A series of videos recasts the narrative around what it is to be poor in the United States and suggests ways to reinvent the economy to provide paths to prosperity.

Multimedia: From Social Program to Social Enterprise

Heron’s Clara Miller joins Sal Giambanco of Omidyar at the Vatican’s 2016 Impact Investing Conference to discuss support for enterprises as the vehicle of impact.

Multimedia: ‘A Big Leap of Faith’ Hiring Organized Farm Labor

After learning to make a living growing organic strawberries, one farmer decided to invest in the economic conditions of his own workers by using a union.

Multimedia: Heron’s Investment Approach

This interactive presentation outlines the four basic principles that inform how Heron deploys capital.

Multimedia: Impacting a Community Ecosystem

In this video, impact investor Bobby Turner addresses what he calls a “legacy of dependency” that’s established when society’s greatest problems are treated with band-aids rather than an impactful cure.

Multimedia: No Real Saints and Sinners in America, Inc.

How good do investees need to be to get included in Heron's portfolio? Clara Miller explains in an interview with NextBillion why this is the wrong question.

Multimedia: The Real Experts on Poverty

Canerow’s Mia Birdsong asks us to take a deeper look at people living in poverty in her TED talk and argues we are listening to the wrong narrative.

Multimedia: Philanthropy in the New Economy

On a TalkPoverty radio interview, Clara Miller discusses why “business as usual” is no longer an option.

Multimedia: A Fork in the Road for Fossil Fuel Investment

Jenna Nicholas discusses how movements start and change happens, and says that fossil fuel divestment is the choice that will define our generation.

Multimedia: ‘Give More, But Also Take Less’

Henry Crown fellow Anand Giridharadas explains why the generosity to the poor shown by the wealthy is the not the same as justice.