Dinner at PS Kitchen 

Join SEC + Gourmet Club for dinner at PS Kitchen, founded by April Tam Smith ‘10. PS Kitchen is a social business and artisanal plant-based restaurant committed to creating jobs for those marginalized in NY, donating 100% of profits to sustainable charitable work. 

About P.S. Kitchen
Our mission is to leverage the power of good food and an open heart to lovingly serve our clients, employees, society and the earth. That's why we commit our energy, passion, and time to giving others a "hand up" rather than a "hand out." The work of P.S. hopes to break the cycle of poverty by connecting resources to vulnerable communities, providing tools necessary for self-sustainability, and building meaningful relationships with our neighbors, near and far. P.S. is a social business and artisanal, plant-based restaurant. We commit to: (1) Creating jobs for those marginalized in New York, such as clients of our partnering organizations, (2) Donating 100% of profits to sustainable charitable work locally and overseas, and (3) Providing New Yorkers with delicious food options that are kind to the body and the earth. Learn about our partners and impact here.

About Social Impact Week

The Social Enterprise Club (SEC) organizes a week of social impact-related events for the Business School community. Student organizers partner with peer clubs at the School to showcase social impact in various industries, such as the Real Estate Association, Retail and Luxury Goods, Black Business Student Association, and Columbia Women in Business Clubs. The event ends with the “Social Impact Cluster Auction Night,” which is a student-led fundraising night for Social Enterprise Summer Fellows.

Social Impact Week Programming

Meals included with RSVP, links below.

• Monday, March 27 | 12-1:45 PM | Kravis 640
  Inclusive Entrepreneurship Fellowship Panel: Insights from Community-Focused Projects
  featuring Wangene Hall '24, Project: Venture Clinics Across Diverse Neighborhoods Project with the Democracy At Work Institute; Fukunda Mbaru '24, Project: Community Economic Development Framework Project with the Harlem-Columbia SBDC; Bree Zucker '24, Project: Community Art Gallery and Commercialization with the Platform Project; Kaaryn Nailor, Assistant Dean of Community Partnerships and Managing Director of Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center at Columbia Business School; and Professor Dan Wang, Co-director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
   
• Tuesday, March 28 | 6-8 PM | PS Kitchen
  Dinner at PS Kitchen
  Co-sponsored by Gourmet Club. 
   
• Wednesday, March 29 | 6-8 PM | Kravis 820
  Sustaining World-Class Cultural Institutions: Strategies from The Met and Whitney Museums
  featuring Brianna Lowndes '19, chief marketing officer at Whitney Museum of American Art, and Matt Quam '15, deputy chief development officer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
   
• Thursday, March 30 | 12-1:45 PM | Kravis 640
  Innovating for Equity: Leaders of Color, Capital Access, and the Fight for School Choice
  featuring Yomika Bennett, executive director of New York Charter Schools Association, Recy Dunn, CEO of Ascend Learning, and Jacquelyn Martell, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform; and moderated by Michael McGregor '16, chief operating officer of Equitable Facilities Fund (EFF) 
   
• Thursday, March 30 | 6-10 PM | Geffen + Kravis
  Social Impact Cluster Auction Night
  Organized by individual clusters, the “Social Impact Cluster Auction Night” is a student-led fundraising night to support the Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program. This fellowship provides financial support to MBA students engaged in summer internships that create social and environmental value and is open to first- and second-year students. Read more about the type of internships and value generated by our students working with leading organizations.