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I came across this statement in a recent Op-Ed piece in The New York Times by Bob Herbert. How can this mentality be possible? Bob Herbert looked to Ashoka Fellow Gary Slutkin to learn more: “These violent behaviors are learned,” said Dr. Slutkin. “They are largely formed by modeling, the almost...

"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...

Three years ago today the last bill for comprehensive immigration reform died in the Senate, a result of an incredible filibuster. It was fitting, then, that I went to a presentation at the Center for American Progress on the topic of Immigration Reform. The free presentation, conveniently scheduled...

It has been a month since I arrived in Argentina. I am based in Pilar, a town at the northern border of the municipal boundaries of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires and the Province of Buenos Aires. For the next nine months, I have been matched with Ashoka Fellow Alberto Vázquez who founded an...

Atlantic Monthly celebrates Ashoka Fellow Sakena Yacoobi in its Brave Thinkers Edition What do UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Academy Award winner Kevin Costner, and Ashoka Fellow Sakena Yacoobi have in common? They’re all among the nineteen change makers in the annual "Brave Thinkers" edition of...

Ashoka founder and CEO Bill Drayton has contributed an essay to McKinsey&Company's new What Matters publication and website. In it he describes the qualities and instincts of social entrepreneurs, sharing lessons learnt from 30 years of seeking out the world's most high-impact changemakers. He goes...

One of the most important roles Ashoka can play is to convene our Fellows around shared challenges - providing a platform for sharing, learning and collaboration. After a number of Ashoka fellows have worked in a particular area—education, health, privacy, housing, etc - we look for patterns or...

The maternal health community has been buzzing this week about a report on maternal health released by the Lancet and featured in the New York Times. The report uses new and improved maternal health data to evidence significant declines in maternal mortality worldwide between 1980 and 2008. Why is...

Social entrepreneurship is a vast world made up of many complementary parts. How do social entrepreneurs launch and grow? What role does Ashoka play? Who are its partners in this ever-expanding field? Below is a great overview from David Bornstein and Susan Davis to help you naviate the beauty of...