Antoinette Marie Johnson’s creative agency Cohere has transformed over 8M square feet of space in communities across America with projects in real estate, hospitality and food.
Community Development
Inspired By a Birthday Trip to Africa, She’s Made 8 Million Dresses for Girls in Need
Non-profit founder Rachel O’Neill of Little Dresses for Africa is sending dresses — and hope — to girls in difficult circumstances around the world.
There Wasn’t a Children’s Museum in Des Moines, So These Two Women Started One
Julie Burtnette and Laura Johnson founded the Des Moines Children’s Museum after seeing a need in their community.
In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women
Seven Ugandan women farmers banded together in 2015 to found the Network of Women in Agribusiness and Development. They’re already giving hundreds of poor women in rural communities the skills and confidence to improve their lives.
An Enterprising Woman Makes Bringing Books To The Bronx Her Business
Noëlle Santos is turning to entrepreneurship to bring reading opportunities to fellow residents of this underserved New York City borough.
Promise and Peril for Businesses Facing Gentrification
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, like many urban areas in America, is experiencing an influx of wealthier newcomers and rising rents. How are local female entrepreneurs navigating the breakneck pace of change?
This Philadelphia Entrepreneur is Helping Fix a Broken Food System
How Tatiana Garcia-Granados’ nonprofit enterprise, The Common Market, is bringing healthful food to low-income communities and lifting local farmers’ livelihoods.
Jill Blankenship Found Opportunity By Creating Opportunity For Others
This serial entrepreneur has made job creation a top goal for her four ventures.
Empowering Enterprising Indigenous Women
Devon Fiddler and Heather Abbey see entrepreneurship as a solution, for themselves and other aboriginal women.
Tech Education Coming to Women in West Africa
More than 1,500 Nigerian women will receive training thanks to a new effort by the Youth for Technology Foundation.
UNF Initiative Aims to Empower Young Women
The United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up campaign hopes to reach “the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls.”
Mother and Daughter Create Eco-Friendly Arm Candy
Tammy Asher and Chelsea Farmer’s silk wrap bracelets worked like a charm on our TSE Gift Guide editors.