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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, our country faced daunting challenges. 1 in 4 American households cannot afford to fill their prescriptions. More than 400,000 people a year pass through our publicly-funded, mostly-privatized immigrant detention system rife with human rights abuses. The working...

How can we close persistent race and gender wealth gaps? Join us live to hear from Chloe McKenzie, founder of BlackFem, about reframing the financial experience of Black women and girls in America to include healing from financial trauma and centuries of economic exclusion. We'll explore her whole...

Americans are deeply in debt, as many people have turned to loans to cover medical expenses and college tuition. Astra is reframing debt from something personal and shameful, to systemic and to be scrutinized. Her membership organization supports debtors to push back against exploitative debt...

from Ashoka Fellow and Kiva founder Matt Flannery

My interest in entrepreneurship as a tool for development began after I started a miniature golf business in Puebla Mexico. I learned a lot about business by launching that venture, but what surprised me most about the experience was how much I learned about the impact of business—about how it can...

Close your eyes and think of banking. You probably see men in suits, office towers, Bloomberg terminals, and maybe a cash machine—a world that is far removed from African village elders with a phone, migrant workers queuing at a cash shop, children receiving a paycheck for factory work, or doorstep...

Big news: Three Ashoka Fellows have created the first do-it-yourself credit creation app. The most recent financial crisis, caused by low-quality sub-prime loans, has left people with no income, no jobs and no assets. It has has been remarkably painful for many. But this market collapse is just...

It’s been 5 months into the Young Champions program, and it’s difficult to believe I’m more than halfway to the end of a journey which seems like it just started. January has been a month of exploration for me, as I work on creating a model of sustainability for the community resource centers. I’m...