Incubating Ideas for Social Change

Do you or a group of friends have an idea to address a need on campus or that benefits the community? iChangeFIU, formally known as GOJA-iChangeFIU Social Innovation Challenge, is one of the newest programs at the Center for Leadership and Service. In it's first 3 years it was a partnership with FIU's Center for Leadership and Service and Walter Gonzalez Jr., the president of GOJA LLC, an online e-commerce company that ships thousands of orders each day to customers all over the world. Thanks to Walter Gonzalez and GOJA, many students have funded their business ventures.

iChangeFIU today is still a social impact program that strengthens the capacity of students to develop innovative solutions to complex social problems. Our overall mission is to create a space where students can learn about social innovation and entrepreneurship, pitch an idea to address a need in our campus community to a panel of informed judges, provide mentorship, and earn a chance to be awarded funding to kickstart those ideas.