The American Heart Association announces EmPOWERED to ServeTM Urban Health Accelerator grant recipients
Social startups develop innovative community health solutions DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2018 — The American Heart Association is celebrating social entrepreneurs by empowering them to identify innovative health solutions to improve health and well-being in their communities. Through a rigorous six-to-eight-week curriculum funded by the American Heart Association – the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives –entrepreneurs gained real-life knowledge in market positioning, brand development, fundraising and other functions to enhance their business models and demonstrate the viability of their projects. “Improving the health of a community takes a village,” said Keith B. Churchwell, M.D. , chair of the American Heart Association’s Health Equity Task Force and senior vice president/executive director at the Heart and Vascular Services and Transplantation and Medicine S...