Recent IMA IMPACT Award recipient Brera FC, recognized in October 2022 for “Social Impact through Soccer” has launched a series of events in its hometown of Milan, Italy. The events featured founder and board of directors member Chris Gardner, who Will Smith portrayed in the epic film “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Brera Holdings PLC is the Irish parent company which is pursuing a Nasdaq IPO featuring the Brera business model, combining social impact in Italy and the potential acquisition of A-level clubs in countries such as North Macedonia and Mozambique. https://brerafc.com/en/

The Milan events occurred November 6-9 and included a special football match, dinner at the Bollate Prison InGalera Restaurant with inmates as cooks and staff, book signings for Chris’s latest work “Permission to Dream,” meetings with the city council and mayor, and visits to the Beccaria juvenile detention facility, the Galdus vocational technical school, and the San Carlo school.