Riya: Democratizing access to buisness education
Riya’s venture aims to not let any young person’s changemaking idea go unseen, unheard, or undervalued.
Ashoka Canada announces first Changemaker Schools
Ashoka Canada is thrilled to name Rose Avenue Public School and The Mabin School as the first Changemaker Schools in Canada. The Ashoka Changemaker Schools designation recognizes schools that do an outstanding job of cultivating empathy, teamwork, leadership and problem solving in kids. Changemaker...
Making Change Today
Making Change Today : la nouvelle série d’articles de Forbes en collaboration avec Ashoka Making Change Today, est une série d’interviews de dirigeants et d’entrepreneurs produite par Ashoka et diffusée par Forbes. Ce projet collaboratif réalisé à l’échelle mondiale vise à identifier et déterminer...
Georgetown Day School
The first racially integrated school in Washington, DC, Georgetown Day School (GDS) identifies itself as “a private school with a public mission.” To that end, GDS has developed a robust service-learning program that spans prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The youngest students learn one-to-one...
Transform the helped to helper
The key to cultivating empathy? Enable others to pay it forward, says Ashoka Fellow and founder of Time Banks, Edgar Cahn. Part 5 of our series on Empathy 101 (view the rest below)
The Berkeley School
The first six words of The Berkeley School's mission focus on what they do – ignite curious minds and awakengenerous hearts – and the last four remind them why: to engage a changing world. These ten words drive everything that happens at The Berkeley School. They crackle with energy (“ignite!”...
Prospect Sierra
Social and emotional learning, student leadership, and social change are at the heart of Prospect Sierra School. The steps of listening and observing empathetically, defining a problem, coming up with ideas for solutions, building those solutions, and testing those solutions are engrained through...
Jostein Solheim Of Ben & Jerry's: Empathy Is Not Simply The Flavor Of The Month
Jostein Solheim is CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., one of the world’s most iconic ice creams and a company that is formally committed to growing its social impact even more than its profits. Jostein (pronounced ‘Yo-Stein’) joined Ben & Jerry’s six years ago from Unilever . Ashoka’s Michael...
The Values Revolution: Embedding Empathy in the New Economy
Much has been written about how our economy is changing, particularly in light of the digital revolution. This economy is defined by entirely new ways of organizing and working together, by an energizing sense of possibility, and by a seemingly insatiable thirst for problem solving. But a central...