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A social enterprise is a business created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. Greater Cincinnati is home to several such organizations, operating successful businesses while giving back to the local community. Social Enterprise Week in Cincinnati begins August 31, and will include events and activities to engage people and drive home the message: business as a vehicle for improving the common good.

    A recent survey found that only 34% of adults with intellectual disabilities in the United States are employed. That includes several thousand individuals in Greater Cincinnati. For years, training centers or sheltered workshops have provided work opportunities for adults with disabilities. But there is a current push in many states to close these centers and direct individuals towards community-based employment. But incorporating people with intellectual disabilities into the general workforce is a challenge.

Ann Thompson / WVXU


U.S. Navy



"Understand that war is vile. It is one of the most vile things most people can imagine."

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