When Gatekeepers Become Allies, Everybody Wins
Having migrated much of our lives online this past year, it can be hard to remember that roughly half of the world isn’t online or digitally savvy enough to access
Organized Crime Is Destroying Our Planet. We Need To Spot The Patterns
Paul Radu is an Ashoka Fellow and the founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, the world’s largest cross-border network of investigative journalists. He spoke with Corina Murafa,
Nothing About Us Without Us: Liberian Women Claiming Their Place
Naomi Tulay-Solanke is the Founder and Executive Director of Community Health Initiative (CHI) working at the intersection of women’s health and women’s rights in Liberia. Zeynep Meydanoglu who leads Ashoka’s
We Can Partner With Nature To Feed Everybody
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin is transforming the food system from the ground up by introducing poultry-powered, planet-cooling, regenerative agriculture. He talks about the need to rebalance humanity’s relationship with nature with Pip
The Social Sector Is Being Called Upon
Anne Marie Burgoyne Emerson Collective The pandemic has had a profound impact on businesses — and also on organizations that rely on
No One Has A Monopoly On Caring About The Planet
The businesses with the biggest footprints are some of the most important allies in fighting climate change. Nicole Rycroft, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Canopy, has been transforming supply chains
One Planet Living: Designing The Future We Want
Sue Riddlestone's work demonstrates that people can live well while also living within the natural limits of the planet. She says: "We show that the future is something to run towards, not hide from."
Will Covid Be The Opportunity We Need To Reimagine Learning?
Ashoka Fellow Scott Hartl is President & CEO of EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) EL Education American schools are embarking on an
What Happens When Young People Lead
WeThrive founder Daquan Oliver is creating a culture where all young people feel trusted to contribute ideas, form student-run companies, and see themselves and each other as powerful and entrepreneurial.
Reviving The Grocery Trade In America’s Food Deserts
Ashoka Fellow Katie Plohocky started Healthy Community Store Initiative in Tulsa, OK. Healthy Community Store Initiative More than 23 million Americans live in places where good food is relatively scarce and expensive.
Reviving The Grocery Trade In America’s Food Deserts
Entrepreneur Katie Plohocky uses a variety of retail strategies, such as micro stores and mobile shops, plus a wholesale distribution system, to reinvent and reintroduce the neighborhood grocer.
What Employers Can Do: How A New Savings Plan Can Rescue Low Wage Workers
Ronnie Washington, founder of Onward. Onward American workers were on a tightrope before the Covid pandemic, many surviving by the month, working full time—maybe more than one job, yet unable to save
What Employers Can Do: How A New Savings Plan Can Rescue Low Wage Workers
Social entrepreneur Ronnie Washington is helping American workers of all income levels build financial security via a new employer-sponsored savings plan.
Is There A Higher Calling For America’s Lawyers?
Ashoka Fellow Purvi Shah, founder of Movement Law Lab. Movement Law Lab Purvi Shah, founder of the Movement Law Lab, learned from years of experience representing powerful movements for change that a
Is There A Higher Calling For America’s Lawyers?
Purvi Shah started Movement Law Lab to support a new generation of lawyers to work alongside progressive movements for change.