​Against a backdrop of persistent inequality, the new generation includes a growing number of people demanding more of companies, looking for them to play an active and constructive role in creating societies that are more just and inclusive. How can business balance its immediate duty to shareholders with long-term contributions to equity of opportunity?

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, CEO Amy Goldman joined Niels B. Christiansen of the LEGO Group, Stanley Bergman of Henry Schein, Joseph Ucuzoglu of Deloitte and Steph Flanders of Bloomberg in conversation.

Business, government, civil society leaders and community participants recognize the mutual responsibilities required for cooperation among stakeholders, inclusive of nature and the environment. Ongoing crises and our global response offer a glimpse of what’s possible when the world comes together on pressing issues of universal concern. How might we build solidarity across sectors and stakeholders to animate equitable futures for all people?

​At the 2023 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, GHR CEO Amy Goldman hosted Azza Karam of Religions for Peace International, Stientje van Veldhoven of World Resources Institute, and Shelley Stewart III of McKinsey & Company in conversation on building solidarity in an interdependent world.

From The Opus College of Business and Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Newsroom:

"Brianna Edwards has a big, bold and flavorful dream.

The creator behind a line of low-sodium spice mixes, LOV3 IT S3ASONING, Edwards wants to see her bottles on store shelves across the country. To get there, she’s turned to the University of St. Thomas and the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship.

Edwards is part of the very first cohort of the Community Entrepreneurship Program. The 10-month, hands-on program, offered in conjunction with the Small Business Development Center, supports aspiring Twin Cities entrepreneurs as they develop big ideas and prepare for life as small business owners. 

'I’m a really big dreamer,” Edwards said. 'I’ve had to learn to take it step by step. This program helped me figure out that this is a marathon not a sprint.'"

Through our Twin Cities Racial Equity (TCRE) initiative, GHR works to be of service to and in partnership with Black, Indigenous, and people of color, (BI-POC) businesses and communities in the development and acquisition of assets that advance and provide access to economic opportunity and community development. Learn more about our work here and read more about the University of St. Thomas Community Entrepreneurship Program here. 

Twin Cities Racial Equity partner The Legal Revolution’s Prison to Law Pipeline has been making tremendous strides since its public launch last summer. An initiative of All Square, The Legal Revolution (TLR) is a movement to structurally transform the legal discipline through a series of initiatives that center racial equity, wellness, and the expertise of those most impacted by the law.

Though paralegal programs and law libraries are prevalent in most prisons across America, ABA-approved paralegal degrees are not. The Legal Revolution aims to address this deficit, along with the lack of ABA-accredited law degrees offered to incarcerated people in the United States.
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Through the Prison to Law Pipeline Maureen Onyelobi and Jeff Young, the country’s first two incarcerated juris doctorate scholars, have commenced their JDs and completed the first round of midterm exams and are halfway through their first semester.

The first cohort of five incarcerated paralegal scholars are currently in their fourth semester, with only one more semester to complete until their graduation in Spring 2023.
Other exciting updates include the official launch of The Legal Revolution law firm, which is focused entirely on providing civil legal services to pipeline scholars and All Square fellows. The firm will look to develop internships for incarcerated scholars in the paralegal cohort, in addition to establishing pro bono partnerships with private law firms and solo practitioners. 
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Watch a PBS feature on The Legal Revolution here.
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GHR partner Catholic Care for Children International (CCCI) has launched a new website that will enable sisters and religious institutes to easily share resources with each other, the public, and the variety of organizations involved in the global care movement.
More from CCCI:

"Catholic Care for Children International (CCCI) has launched its first website, reflecting the deep commitment of Catholic Sisters worldwide to transforming the care of children. The commitment is rooted in the Gospel imperative to care for the most vulnerable and in Catholic social teaching, especially the dignity of the person.

​It is informed by the latest research in the social sciences and is aligned with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes a child’s right to grow up in a nurturing family environment. "

Download the full press release here.

COP27, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, saw a confluence of GHR Prepare The Future faith partners urging collaboration and attention to the most vulnerable in the face of planetary crisis.  

The Laudato Si’ Movement hosted a screening of the film The Letter: A Message for Our Earth, which was attended by several faith, policy, and scientific leaders and followed by a panel discussion on the role of the Church in promoting care for the Earth. 

FaithInvest announced the launch of the Multi-Faith Alliance for Climate Action, aimed at advancing collaboration between faith groups and key secular actors to accelerate climate action.
The Alliance and accompanying Multi-faith Just Transition Fund (MJTF) will enable faith and secular partners to work together on climate action.  

​Finally, as delegates continued deliberations in Egypt, Pope Francis offered his encouragement. Sharing his hope that COP27 will produce “lasting fruits on behalf of combating climate change”, he also noted the first anniversary of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, which “promotes ecological conversion and lifestyles consistent with it” and is overseen by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development — another valued GHR partner. 

The GHR Fellows Program at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business aims to support and strengthen students as principled leaders capable of creating enduring value for society. The program is grounded in the shared values of GHR and the University of St. Thomas, of working in service to the common good.

The fellowship program is funded by a $50M grant to UST from the Foundation. Ten students are added each year as incoming freshmen to this highly competitive, transformational undergraduate experience for students pursuing careers in business. Fellows receive full-tuition scholarships to the University of St. Thomas and customized programming designed to deliver leadership experiences, including global exposure. The first cohort of GHR Fellows graduates in the spring of 2023.

​Made in partnership with UST, this video features interviews with a few of the GHR Fellows, as they reflect on their accomplishments so far, and consider the promise of what lies ahead.
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As the GHR Foundation Board and staff came together in solidarity, community and celebration at the end of 2022, this video offered a reminder of how we have all lived deeply into creating enduring value in an ever-changing world around us, alongside our partners. 
 

Excitement and anticipation are building for the use of blood tests to detect Alzheimer’s Disease. A recent article in the Washington Post detailed the work of GHR partner C2N Diagnostics and the groundbreaking research of its co-founder, Dr. Randall Bateman.

From The Washington Post:

“For C2N, the journey to this moment began years ago. It started, like many advances in science, with a few seemingly simple questions that Bateman, then a postdoctoral research fellow, asked Holtzman, his mentor. Why do people — but not other mammals — get amyloid plaques in their brains? Is the protein accumulating and not being cleared? In 2004, Bateman launched a groundbreaking experiment to measure how quickly amyloid is produced and cleared by the brain. For 36 hours, spinal catheters collected cerebrospinal fluid from several participants, some of whom had Alzheimer’s. Bateman served as his own first subject. The study showed that Alzheimer’s patients produced amyloid beta at the same rate as other people but cleared it more slowly. Bateman theorized that the clearance rates might form the basis for a diagnostic test, but ultimately went in a different direction. Brain abnormalities develop 10 to 20 years before symptoms emerge, suggesting people might be able to take steps to delay or prevent the disease. Blood tests could alert individuals to their risks, allowing them to receive a preventive therapy, if one is developed, or pursue better exercise and diet.”

Read more on the the Alzheimer's blood test research landscape.

GHR’s goal is to help patients and families live full lives in a world where Alzheimer’s Disease becomes a preventable condition. GHR aims to halt Alzheimer's disease prior to the onset of cognitive symptoms by supporting new diagnostic tools and prevention trials. Learn more about our work on Alzheimer’s prevention.

In late November 2022, Catholic sisters representing Catholic Care for Children in six countries will gather in Rome to further their efforts to see all children growing up in safe, nurturing families.  

From Global Sisters Report: 

“Millions of children worldwide live in institutions. Catholic Care for Children (CCCI) officials say 80 percent of them have a parent or close relative, but are placed there because of poverty.
‘No child should live in an institution because the family is poor or overwhelmed by the difficulty of accessing basic health services, social protection, or education for their child,”' says Sister Niluka Perera, CCCI coordinator.  Perera made comments in a statement announcing CCCI's new website, adding that the site will enable sisters and religious institutes to easily share resources with each other, the public, and the variety of organizations involved in the global care movement. 

According to the website, the initiative involves 116 communities of women religious who have already transitioned 2544 children living in institutions to family or family-like environments."

Read more on GHR partner Catholic Care for Children International, a global initiative to reform the way women and men religious care for children who are outside of family care. 

Through our Children in Families (CIF) initiative, GHR supports Catholic sisters and other key faith actors who are championing care reform. Learn more about our work.

The oldest independent Catholic journal of opinion in the United States, Commonweal Magazine has been an insightful voice and vital bridge between the intellectual and active lives of lay Catholics who seek meaning and justice, inspiring people in a shared hope for a more inclusive future for the church, politics and culture.
 
Commonweal recently honored GHR CEO Amy Goldman, alongside Opus Prize Executive Director Kerry Robinson, with the Catholic in the Public Square Award – in recognition of their enduring contributions to the common good. Past awardees include GHR Board member Sr. Carol Keehan.