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.
Could Data Transform The Lives Of 500 Million Smallholder Farmers Worldwide?
Regi Wahyu is a data-entrepreneur transforming smallholder farming in Indonesia and beyond. He is the co-founder of HARA and an Ashoka Fellow since 2018. We spoke to him as part
Engage With The Signal: Why We Need To Do More Than Shutting Hate Speech Down
Helena Puig Larrauri, co-founder of Build Up. Build Up Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded the peace-building organization Build Up, which works with NGOs, UN agencies, and multilateral organizations all over the
Behind The Masks: How A Consortium Of Dutch Nurses Is Redefining Care In Times Of Crisis
Jos de Blok, founder of Buurtzorg, speaking to us this week via Zoom. Ashoka Jos de Blok is a Dutch nurse who founded Buurtzorg, a network of over 8,000 nurses who participate
Behind The Masks: How A Consortium Of Dutch Nurses Is Redefining Care In Times Of Crisis
Jos de Blok, founder of Buurtzorg, shares how a network of 8,000+ neighborhood nurses is organizing for the pandemic.
Build Change: Rethinking Housing After The Crisis
Elizabeth in Aceh, Indonesia, in the early days of Build Change - rebuilding after the tsunami. Build Change Elizabeth Hausler started Build Change 15 years ago to make disaster-resistant houses – reinforced structures
Build Change: Rethinking Housing After The Crisis
Build Change founder Elizabeth Hausler on natural disasters, human resilience, and prioritizing housing for all in the post-pandemic world.
Sworn Again: Americans Recommit To A Civic Creed
Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University. Michael B. Maine American politics may be in tatters, economy teetering, pandemic afoot – but what better time to revisit our connections to some very basic