The Value of Your Voice
Brazil's Ministry of Education has approved Everyone a Changemaker Learning materials that have been co-authored by Ashoka for up to 1.5 million high school students
What is the value of saying ‘hello’?
Recently, I listened to a news story about a young teen was bullied by his classmates. When his parents decided to enroll him in a new school, they were concerned that he would not know anyone. How would he make friends? The fourteen-year-old came up with his solution: Each morning at the new school...
Trust Young People to Lead for Better Results
African leaders are recognizing that solving problems for young people isn't working as well as trusting young people to be leaders so that they can become the solution.
A values-based philosophy for social change: Runa Khan’s Journey to Changemaking
As a serial social entrepreneur in poverty alleviation and mindset shift, Runa is constantly pioneering new ways of learning, working, and living together. Runa's journey starts with her upbringing and the influential role of her parents in cultivating a lifelong philosophy for social transformation...
Ashoka Fellow Ramya Venkataraman Honored as One of the "Women Transforming India"
Ashoka Fellow Ramya Venkataraman has been selected as one of the 100 "Women Transforming India" by NITI Aayog, a council of India’s top government leaders, and the United Nations. The theme of this year's Women Transforming India Awards is "women and entrepreneurship." The award recognizes women...
Changemaking and Graduate Employability
How embedding changemaking into the University of Northampton’s strategic plan enhances graduate employment potential.
Absolutnie subiektywny wybór sesji Ashoka Changemaker Summit przez Agatę Stafiej-Bartosik, Ashoka Fellow i Country Director Ashoka Poland
Selekcja sesji Ashoka Changemaker Summit to tortura – jest tyle ważnych tematów i fascynujących mówczyń i mówców. Niektóre moje wybory pokrywają się w czasie, ale cóż – będę musiała zadecydować… Nie szukałam wydarzeń w określonych tematach, ale jakoś dużo wyszło o młodych ludziach i o edukacji...
New Alliances that Unleash Huge Profits with Social Benefits
For centuries we have had two separate production and distribution systems, one business and the other social, serving virtually every human need but not talking to one another. Over the last three decades, however, the citizen sector has become as competitive and entrepreneurial as business and has...
Social Entrepreneurship Is Bringing Purpose To Higher Education
Higher education in the United States is facing a crisis. The rising cost of tuition is often how this crisis is defined, but when we listen carefully to the discourse, a different issue emerges: students, parents and employers are all expressing doubt about the value of an undergraduate degree. In...
Building a Team with Super-Skills and Complementarity
Who you choose to be on your team will define your success in life, in your work, in your relationships. Most of us tend to pick a team of people (or join a team) with similar backgrounds, or who we like working with, or who have similar strengths. While there is nothing wrong with that, surrounding...