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POETIC, an intensive aftercare model that works directly with the juvenile justice system to engage with girls before traffickers reach them, took home the grand prize of Social Innovator of the year. [Photo: Marcy Meeks/United Way]
The Pitch: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Awards $225K to This Year’s Top Social Innovators
by Alex Edwards | Apr 17, 2019
This year's third annual social innovation competition featured The Pitch, a live performance at Gilley's Dallas on April 16, and The Vote, a social media contest from April 8-15. We've got a breakdown of it all: the contestants, highlights from the pitches, next year's Accelerator participants, and which startups took home the prize money.
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