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Q&A with Ashoka Fellow Juan David Aristizábal Ospina: Insights into Colombia's Culture of Social Entrepreneurship

Ashoka has recently elected Juan David Aristizábal Ospina of Colombia as a new Fellow. Aristizábal is the founder and president of Buena Nota, a organization that informs, engages and connects Colombians around social problems and their solutions. Aristizábal has just released a book, "Llenando...

Ashoka Fellow Juan David Aristizábal Ospina: 'If You Are Using Your Talents, You Are Changing the World'

Ashoka Fellow Juan David is a 23-year-old social entrepreneur who founded the organization Buena Nota in Colombia. Juan David recently visited Ashoka's global headquarters in Rosslyn, VA where he spoke about his new book, "Llenando Espacios" (Filling the Void) and about his experiences as a social...

Who Will Win the Duel? - Building Full Information Citizenship

Editor's note: This post was written by Alison Craiglow Hockenberry, contributing editor at Ashoka Changemakers®, and originally featured on the Idea exChange Blog. It's a duel, quite possibly to the death. The bad guys: Censorship, surveillance, sabotage, fraud. The good guys: Freedom, access to...

Who Will Win the Information Duel?

Building Full Information Citizenship

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Lady Gaga’s “Moment of Empathy”

Lady Gaga commands the abundant love of millions of fans. But when she launched the Born This Way Foundation recently at Harvard, she acknowledged that she’s exposed to hate as well. Responding to a question from Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Gaga said she receives “a...

The Sharable Economy and American Dream 2.0

The shareable economy is home to some of the most inspiring practices and promising tools to help everyday Americans earn money, save money and create jobs. Collectively, we call these shareable approaches the “American Dream 2.0,” a set of solutions to rebuild the American Dream using new...

Kudos to Jeff Skoll, 2012 John W. Gardner Award Winner

Ashoka would like to congratulate Jeff Skoll for being selected as the recipient of the Independent Sector's 2012 John W. Gardner Leadership Award. The award recognizes living Americans invested in the nonprofit community whose leadership in the sector has disrupted the status quo, inspired...

Who Cares

"We are not guests here, we're creators, we create our own life, we create our own world. (…) We must imagine what kind of world we want to create, and start doing that." – Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh), Ashoka’s Global Academy Member, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is...

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