Ben Cohen (born 1951) is a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, along with Jerry Greenfield. He now runs TrueMajority and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Ben and Jerrys factory in Waterbury, Vermont Ben & Jerrys is a brand of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerrys Homemade, Inc. ... Jerry Greenfield (born 1951) is the Co-Founder of Ben & Jerrys. ... TrueMajority is a organization with a progressive point of view. ...
Cohen is vocal in his support of Democratic candidates. He supported Dennis Kucinich in the 2004 Democratic primaries. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Dennis John Kucinich (KuÄinić in Croatian) (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party. ... The 2004 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination process was a series of primaries and caucuses culminating in the Democratic National Convention that decided which pair of candidates would represent the Democrats in the 2004 election for President and Vice President of the United States. ...
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"Business has a responsibility to give back to the community."
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings, Inc. biography of Ben Cohen
Ben’s memories of his childhood include watching his father put away an entire half-gallon of icecream at the dinner table, eating directly from the carton with a soup spoon.
Ben’s first professional contact with icecream came in his senior year of high school, when he worked as an “icecream man,” driving a truck, ringing bells, and selling icecream pops to kids.
Ben interned as a craft therapist at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx and at the Grand Street Settlement House on the Lower East Side.
Cohen is President of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities and its TrueMajority (www.truemajority.com) campaign, a grassroots education and advocacy enterprise to promote American values of compassion, charity, and justice for a safer home and world.
Cohen expects his nonprofit venture to harness the power of some 50 million members to better help them understand and influence major Congressional issues on everything from civil rights and the environment to feminism and world peace.
Cohen is also the Chairman of two social venture capital funds: The Barred Rock Fund, and Hot Fudge Ventures, which started SwearX, a sweatshop free clothing factory in Los Angeles that is unionized and pays a livable wage.
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