When we arrived at the Canaan Palestine headquarters in Burqin, Palestine on a sunny Monday morning in February, the whole Canaan staff came outside to greet us with smiles and hugs. The five of us (David, Mia, Adam, Ariel, and I) were swept inside to Nasser’s office, where he poured us shots of thick, buttery Canaan olive oil,
Author:
Alissa Hauser
Alissa Hauser is Director of Philanthropy at Dr. Bronner’s
Supporting BIPOC Businesses – A Look Inside Dr. Bronner’s Small Business Mentoring Program
The journey to becoming a thriving, profitable natural products business can be an uphill climb. For Black women, success is often even more elusive due to the many ways that the deck is stacked against them. According to a study by American Express, Black women launch new businesses at a much higher rate than any other demographic group in the U.S.,
A Day in the Garbage
It was 6 a.m. in the parking lot on an overcast Wednesday morning at the Dr. Bronner’s Headquarters in Vista, California. Nearly forty bleary-eyed staffers from across the company, myself included, were getting ready to volunteer for the 9th Annual Dumpster Dive – a chance to get personal with Dr. Bronner’s waste streams. While scarfing down hot breakfast burritos and coffee,
Dr. Bronner’s Joins Local Agencies in Providing Aid to Migrant Children
Crisis sometimes has a way of galvanizing communities, and in Spring, 2021, social services agencies in San Diego came together to successfully address a big challenge that had appeared—seemingly overnight. In the early part of 2021, the U.S. saw a steep increase in the number of unaccompanied minor children migrating across the U.S.