The theme of this SOCAP25 may have been “making impact mainstream.” But the fashion on display in San Francisco was anything but normcore.
In our annual SOCAP tradition, ImpactAlpha found some of the many Agents of Impact who expressed their values with their outfits. ImpactAlpha cofounder Zuleyma Bebell asked these fashion-forward Agents of Impact what shared prosperity means to them.
“Shared prosperity means collective and ancestral abundance,” said Coded by’s Charney Robinson-Williams. “To know that no matter what the circumstances, you always have the support and resources within your community.”
Agents of Impact are all fabulous, of course. But scroll down for 18 SOCAP attendees that particularly stood out. Big thanks to Sofía Cándano of Village Capital and Nicole Lasasso of SOCAP Global, who helped scout the gardens and hallways.
Jackson Schiefelbein, Rainbow Railroad
“The freedom to be your authentic self in a society that is set up to accept that freedom and advocates for those without a voice.”
Lisa Fruichantie, Na’ah Illahee Fund
“Is about direct collaboration, exemplified best by the Coast Salish communities saying of “yəhaw̓,” together we lift the sky.”
Charney Robinson-Williams, Coded by:
“Shared prosperity means collective and ancestral abundance. To know that no matter what the circumstances, you always have the support and resources within your community.”
Evelyne Keomian, The Karat School Project
“All voices are represented at the table and together we become part of the solution.”
Lucia Simpson, CASPR, Center for Addiction Science, Policy and Research
“When I see somebody else gain something wonderful, I’m excited and delighted for them, and vice versa, because we aren’t operating from a place of scarcity.”
Jake Clark, JPMorganChase
“Having the ability and the freedom to live where you want to live, have a lifestyle that you want to have, raise a family, and to invest and support your community.”
Kusha Verma, Advantage Capital
“Being able to provide capital to businesses that invest actively in economic mobility, worker well-being and workforce development in order to create jobs that can sustain a household”.
Lauren Grattan, Mission Driven Finance
“Having people who’ve been underestimated get to win and we get to win together.”
Adriana Luna Diaz, Tierra de Monte
“Abundance that stops being individual and becomes circular. When knowledge, value and opportunity flow in all directions expanding as they are shared.”
Dora Palfi Osika, Imagi
“It’s about technology access and education as a means to become creators and problem solvers, not just consumers of technology.”
Shared prosperity “means working together to give others the opportunity to collaborate and build relationships to change the world.”
Lindsay Zizumbo, Sorenson Impact Foundation
“Meeting people where they are, and using their language to problem solve together. It means decreasing the wealth gap and sharing wealth more equally.”
Emily Petroff, Switch Society Franchise Co.
“Removing the entry barrier to fashion through the circular economy model of a shared closet. Fashion is a work of art that helps you showcase your inner work to the outside.”
Christopher Trotman, Releven & Todd Leverette, Apis & Heritage
Christopher: “Ensuring that faith communities use their accumulated wealth to support communities in need through the use of properties and assets under their stewardship.”
Todd: “A prosperity that is not shared is not worth much, an isolated and elite prosperity is at the end of the day, empty. If you’re a lover of people, then you’re a lover of shared prosperity. If you’re a lover of humanity, you’re a lover of shared prosperity.”
Emily Lobbato, Bramble & Bird Consulting
“The appreciation and love for art, culture and de-othering. Seeing people as a whole human, not just as one dimensional.”
Shani Carter McKinney, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
“Shared prosperity is about everyone being able to participate in the economy that we’re building together to yield a tangible benefit for the community.”
Evan Thomas, Virridy
“Using capitalism to address the ravages of climate change, through the carbon markets by investing in global water security.”
Disclosures: These answers have been edited for length and clarity.
The views expressed in these interviews represent the opinions of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of their respective organizations.
