Bolder, Faster, Effective Legal Aid
An unprecedented 800,000 asylum seekers have applications pending. Swapna Reddy is putting in place ... [+] a better system to handle them. Ashoka Swapna Reddy grew up outside Nashville, the daughter of
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Meet The Entrepreneur Who Is Closing America’s Water Gap
George McGraw started DigDeep to ensure that every American has clean, running water. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. George McGraw started DigDeep to help communities without water and sanitation infrastructure get it.
Baby Boomers’ Untapped Legacy: Stronger Local Economies
Alison Lingane co-founded Project Equity to help retiring business owners transition their companies ... [+] to employee ownership. Ashoka Alison Lingane and her co-founder Hilary Abell started Project Equity in 2014 to
AI, Solidarity And The Future Of Humanity
AI expert Miguel Luengo on why outsourcing the moral responsibilities of AI is not an option.
AI, Solidarity And The Future Of Humanity
A conversation about why outsourcing the moral responsibilities of AI is not an option. Miguel Luengo, AI expert, entrepreneur and chief scientist at UN Global Pulse, speaks with Konstanze Frischen,
Building An Equitable Economy Starts With Giving Workers More Voice and Power
Michelle Miller, co-founder of Coworker.org, is creating a 21st century labor movement. Ashoka Across the U.S., from urban centers to rural communities, many people feel as though the scales are tipped against
Upgrading Our Foster Care System
Think of Us founder Sixto Cancel is opening ways for young adults in foster care to help change it. Ashoka Sixto Cancel was taken in by his first foster family when he
The Rise Of Sober Active Communities
Scott Strode started The Phoenix to reclaim recovery through fitness and community. Ashoka Scott Strode took his first drink at age 11, later turning to cocaine in his mid-teens. Now in recovery
A Parent-Driven Movement For Equity In Education
Laura Wilson Phelan started Kindred to support school communities by focusing on parents and ... [+] families. Ashoka Laura Wilson Phelan has always been drawn to such questions as “How do people
The Fashion Industry Has A Huge Waste Problem. Meet The Entrepreneur Who’s Fixing It.
Jess Schreiber started FABSCRAP to curb commercial textile waste and inspire an ethos of ... [+] sustainability across the design cycle. FABSCRAP Jess Schreiber grew up in rural New Mexico. She enjoyed
Want Your Organization To Matter To More People? Start Here.
Nina Simon, a Santa Cruz-based social entrepreneur, is on a mission to revitalize our public ... [+] organizations and civic spaces. OF/BY/FOR ALL When Nina Simon took over Santa Cruz Museum of
The Erosion of Privacy, And Why We Need A New Social Contract
Privacy expert Sascha Meinrath on updating our understanding of fundamental freedoms in an era of surveillance. Ashoka Next Now: The 21st century has ushered in a new age where all aspects of
Pioneering Mutual Aid In India
A couple in tribal Gujarat show their Uplift membership cards. They are excluded from mainstream insurance in India because of their age. Ashoka In India, 90% of the workforce is in the
The Multibillion-Dollar Potential Of Social Innovation
Germany-based Discovering Hands taps into the superior skill of blind women to detect early-stage breast cancer (training tools are pictured above). A new study by McKinsey and Ashoka argues
AI, Health, And The Future Of Human Agency
Dr. Stephen Friend on how machine learning will disrupt medicine - but why we need decision making to remain with the patient. Ashoka Next Now: The 21st century has ushered in a