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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

When I was visiting London recently from my home town, Edinburgh, someone asked me if Scotland and England were now completely different places? The question was asked in the context of the angst created by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and the consequent political uncertainty which...

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.

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...

Three Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs and three young changemakers were received by Don Felipe VI and Doña Letizia on Thursday, 28 May to discuss social innovation and their response to the challenges caused by the health crisis. Maite Arango, President of Ashoka Spain, and Alexandra Mitjans, Director...

Gonzalo Muñoz, Ashoka Fellow and son of Ximena Abogabir, also an Ashoka fellow, shared the following as a speech to an audience of media, business, public and citizen leaders. “The privileges you enjoy also carry a great responsibility toward those less fortunate.” As a child, this saying was a...

"Can you believe that, at one point, women couldn't vote in America? That Japanese American citizens were put in detention camps because of the actions of the Imperial Japanese Navy? That Jackie Robinson was spat upon on the baseball diamond because of the color of his skin? That there were quotas...

“What do children need? They need to know, ‘I am lovable, I am safe, I can trust other people to meet my needs.” – Amelia Franck Meyer, Ashoka Fellow, founder of Anu Family Services Children’s wellbeing sits at the intersection of physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Through our research on...

Managing mavericks is certainly not a job for the faint-hearted leader. It is a tightrope walk to allow their minds the freedom to explore, while holding them on a leash of right behavior and attitude to organizational values. But the return on effort is immense — their passionate curiosity and...