Innovate@BU & BUild Lab Fall Kick-off & Showcase!

730 Commonwealth Avenue,Boston MA 02215

14 September, 2021

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Meet our Innovator in Residence: Jonathan Allen, learn about our programs + opportunities, get inspired, and grab something to eat! Meet our Innovator in Residence: Jonathan Allen, and reconnect with the Innovate@BU teams, programs, and staff at the BUild Lab! Meet advanced teams developing innovative projects and ventures.Connect with Innovation & Entrepreneurship club leaders.With the BUild Lab staff, explore 2021-2022 programs that are designed to help you transform any idea into tangible impact. Come get inspired, and grab something to eat!Agenda Agenda coming soon! Watch this space! Jonathan Allen's Bio: Jonathan L. Allen is a champion for equity. He is Co-founder and Director of Philanthropy at Leadership Brainery, a Boston-based nonprofit closing wealth and opportunity gaps by increasing the number of diverse talent being accepted and enrolled in postgraduate education programs and recruited into high-wage careers. Jonathan also has a lifelong commitment to public service, and recently ran for Boston City Council in the Fall 2019 election. In response to the pandemic, Jonathan worked at Partners in Health as a supervisor on the Community Contact Tracing Collaborative working to stop the spread of COVID-19 throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — through which he helped develop protocols and train teams for equitable data collection. Jonathan is a 2019 graduate of Boston University School of Law, where he was an active leader. He has participated in international arbitration and mediation competitions and served as the president of the Black Law Students Association. Jonathan has written speeches for U.S. Congresspersons while studying Faith and Politics under former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry at Wesley Theological Seminary. He was later a fellow at Free Speech for People, research assistant to the Honorable Geraldine S. Hines of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, research assistant to Rev. Cornell Brooks who is former President and CEO of the NAACP, and fellow at Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. Innovate@BU is a University-wide initiative to enable all BU Terriers to become drivers of innovation in their own lives, careers, and communities. Innovate@BU's physical home, the BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center, hosts experiential learning programs that foster an entrepreneurial mindset by teaching innovation, communication, and collaboration skills. Check our more Innovate@BU events! Innovate@BU is a University-wide initiative to enable all BU Terriers to become drivers of innovation in their own lives, careers, and communities. Its physical home, the BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center, hosts experiential learning programs that foster an entrepreneurial mindset by teaching innovation, communication, and collaboration skills.