We Must Flatten The Curve For Small Businesses Too
Small businesses contribute nearly half of the national GDP and employ 47% of the private sector workforce. Read how employee ownership offers a path to economic resiliency.
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We Must Flatten The Curve For Small Businesses Too
Alison Lingane is co-founder of Project Equity, a national leader in the movement to harness employee ownership to maintain thriving local business communities, retain selling owners’ legacies, and address income
Here’s How We End U.S. Immigration Detention
Christina Fialho (center) with actors of "Orange Is The New Black," the Netflix hit that featured ... [+] Freedom for Immigrants’ crisis hotline. The hotline was later suspended by ICE,
Here’s How We End U.S. Immigration Detention
More than 50,000 immigrants are detained every day in the U.S. in county jails and for-profit prisons. Read how Freedom for Immigrants is working to change this.
Respirators From 3D Printers: How The Spanish Maker Community Fights Covid-19 From Their Living Rooms
Open source innovators César García Sáez (top) and David Cuartiellies (right) created Coronavirus ... [+] Makers Forum. Ashoka As hospitals prepare to take in more patients with the coronavirus, they are in
Respirators From 3D Printers: How The Spanish Maker Community Fights Covid-19 From Their Living Rooms
As hospitals prepare to take in more patients with the coronavirus, they are in acute need of life-saving equipment: ventilators that help patients breathe, face masks and protective gear.
Preventing Disease Outbreaks: Lessons From Uganda
Veterinarian and public health advocate Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka on why wildlife health and human health go hand in hand, and how we can prevent the next epidemic.
Preventing Disease Outbreaks: Lessons From Uganda
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka works at the intersection of animal and human health - with a focus on... [+] Uganda's famous mountain gorillas. CTPH Conservationist, veterinarian, epidemiologist, and health worker in the villages near wild
Prosecutors Can Help End Mass Incarceration
Adam Foss, founder of Prosecutor Impact. Ashoka How do we fix mass incarceration in the U.S.? It's a system that puts 2.3 million Americans behind bars, far more per capita than
Prosecutors Can Help End Mass Incarceration
Ending mass incarceration in the U.S. starts with changing the culture among prosecutors, says Adam Foss, founder of Prosecutor Impact.
The Smarter Way To Protect Our Planet: Include Everyone.
"Social inclusion is the biggest gap the climate movement is not addressing," says Ashoka Fellow Wietse van der Werf.
The Smarter Way To Protect Our Planet: Include Everyone.
"Social inclusion is the biggest gap the climate movement is not addressing." Sea Ranger Service A conversation about how social inclusion and climate action must be intricately connected. Wietse van der Werf,
The Childhood Survival Revolution: How James P. Grant Convinced The World To Save Its Children
James P. Grant was one of the greatest visionaries and social entrepreneurs of the 20th century. ... [+] Photo courtesy of his son. Bill Grant He was one of the greatest visionaries
It Takes A Village—Black Parents Protecting Black Genius
Photo credit: Flynn Larsen Will Jackson started Village of Wisdom to help parents and teachers unlock the gifts, talents, and prior knowledge of Black students. Ashoka’s Simon Stumpf caught up with Will
Innovating In Eating Disorder Care
Kristina Saffran is expanding access to quality treatment for the millions of Americans who suffer ... [+] from eating disorders. Kristina Saffran From age 10, Kristina Saffran suffered from an eating disorder.