Meet The Barbers Starting A Conversation About Mental Health
The Confess Project advocates for the mental health of Black men across the U.S. by training barbers to listen to and support clients in crisis. Overcoming stigma and structural barriers
How 100 Communities Are Solving Homelessness—And What We Can Learn From Their Success
Homelessness is often thought of as intractable, ever-present. Yet social entrepreneur Rosanne Haggerty demonstrates how it can be solved. One hundred U.S. cities and counties collaborate through her organization Community
How Living With Pumas For 27 Years Changed Kai Pacha
Kai Pacha with puma cubsNélson TorresKai Pacha is a social entrepreneur based in Córdoba, Argentina, where she runs a natural reserve that protects pumas and helps ranchers coexist with them.
Gender-Based Violence And The Role Tech Plays
With online abuse and gender-based violence making headlines, we caught up with Ashoka Fellow Hera Hussain, founder of Chayn, to gain insights about the role technology can play, as well
Tony Flower obituary
My friend Tony Flower, who has died aged 71 of cancer, was a social entrepreneur and writer, and a maker of musical instruments, models and charities.For 20 years he worked
Police Accountability Done Right: Learning From India’s Denotified Tribes
Caste-based discrimination in India was codified into law in 1871 by the British colonial authorities when they enacted the Criminal Tribes Act branding several nomadic and indigenous communities as “hereditary
‘Those clothes were like gold’: fashion donors give refugees dignity of choice
When she first came to Britain as a refugee from Nigeria six years ago, Kemi had a three-month-old daughter, a room in a shared house and £5.39 to survive on
Founders of ticketing platform Humanitix honoured with Committee for Sydney award
A social enterprise that donates booking fees from tickets for festivals, concerts and events to children’s charities has been recognised with a Committee for Sydney award.Humanitix co-founders, Josh Ross and
Bridging The Gaps: Two Paths To Financial Freedom
Proof Bakery in Los Angeles transitioned to employee ownership in 2021 with the help of Project ... [+] Equity. Franzi Charen How can we shape
7 strategies to make your small business’s contributions sustainable
7 Strategies to make your team’s meaning memorable and sustainable Connecting your colleagues to what they care about, addressing what the world needs, utilizing their strengths, talents, what they enjoy,
Making Genomic Testing Available To All—And Safeguarding People’s Control Of Their Health Data
Sharon Terry, CEO Genetic Alliance Sharon Terry is President and CEO of Genetic Alliance, a leader in transforming health systems by being responsive to the real
Employ team’s talents to engage them in a social contribution
Employ your team’s talents to engage in creating a social impact To engage employees and turn nobody wants to work “into everyone wants to contribute,” there needs to be a consideration of
Keeping Children Safely With, Not From, Their Families—Foster Care, Transformed
According to Children's Rights, more than 672,000 children spent time in foster care in 2019, and on any given day, more than 400,000 children in the U.S. are living in
India’s Youth Are Breaking The Forced Sex Trade Cycle- Here’s How
India is home to over 900,000 sex workers, with rampant sex trafficking of minors. The laws that aim to prevent trafficking and sex work do little to protect sex workers
What does the world need, and how can your small business contribute
What does the world need, and how can your small business contribute to it? As a small business, it can be a challenge to incorporate a social initiative into your business