Select Global Press and Media

Awards

• NGO Advisor ranks the World Best Social Good Organizations 
  • NGO Advisor  |  2021
• Ashoka Receives Transformative Investment to Advance Equity and Support Changemakers Globally
  • Global Newswire (Intrado)  |  2021

Article of Note

• Opinion | Everyone a Changemaker - The New York Times
  • David Brooks |  September 2018

Press Releases

• Ashoka Releases the "Unlonely Planet 2022" Report
  • Ashoka, USA  |   February, 2022
• Ashoka and the Brookings Institute Launch "Valuing Homes in Black Communities" Challenge
  • Brookings, USA  |  October, 2021
• Five Ashoka Young Changemakers Receive Prestigious 'Diana Award'
  • Mphasis, India  |  August, 2021

Select Articles from Around the World**

• New breed of American Leader
  • The Harvard Gazette, USA  |  May, 2022
• What I Want My Kids to Learn About American Racism
  • New York Times, USA  |  May, 2022
• Ashoka launches the “Everyone A Changemaker” Movement, AYC Program in Nigeria
  • Various Media Outlets, Nigeria  |  May 9-13, 2022
• Ashoka Global Survey: Changemaker Identity Helps Sustain Lifelong Work
  • Pioneers Post, UK  |  February, 2022
• Hamse Warfa makes US History as 1st Somali American Presidential Appointee
  • ABC News, USA  |  January 2022
• Can Faith Power Social Change?
  • Yale Insights, USA  |  January 2022
• How to Teach Empathy to Kids
  • Quartz, USA  |  December 2021
•  Una nueva veterinaria se incorpora al grupo asesor de la OMS sobre nuevos patógenos
  • Diario Veterinario, Spain  |  November 2021
• Ashoka, Worldreader Celebrate Young Talent on the International Day of the Girl of the Child
  • CIO Africa, Nigeria  |  October 2021
• Our Foster Care System is Fundamentally Broken: I will never forget that that I could have lived with people who loved me
  • New York Times Opinion, USA  |  September 2021
• Five Ashoka Young Changemakers From India Supported by Mphasis F1 Foundation Receive the Prestigious Diana Award
  • The Week, India  |  August 2021
• Meet Akarsh Shroff, a BITS Pilani student whose NGO in Bengaluru helped thousands of rural students access education
  • India Express, India  |  July 2021
• The Cleaner Turned Chef Helping to Feed Thousands of People
  • Ghana Talks Business, Ghana  |  July 2021
• Young women of Egypt prepare to change the world
  • The Social Enterprise Magazine - Pioneers Post, Middle East  |  July 2021
• Bill Drayton: "Un mundo tan desigual es profundamente disfuncional y poco ético"
  • Red/Acción, Argentina  |  July 2021
• All the Waters Bad: In McDowell County you have to get creative to find drinking Water
  • NBC, United States  |  June 2021
• JP Morgan Calling for Reforms to Stop Racial Bias in Housing
  • CNN, United States  |  June 2021
• Fighters' Gym: People with Cerebral Palsy Disabilities are no longer alone
  • Italia Che Cambria, Italy  |  June 2021
• System of Argentine Doctor that offers quality and affordable healthcare for the most vulnerable
  • CNN, Argentina  |  June 2021
• Deutsche Bank and Ashoka launch female social entrepreneurs program
  • ESGN, Singapore  |  May 2021
• Brief But Spectacular: David Bornstein
  • PBS News Hour, North America  |  May 2021
• Where Age is Just a Number
  • New India Express, India  |  April 2021
• One-of-a-kind Audemars Piguet Black Panther watch sells for $5.2 million
  • Esquire, Middle East  |  April, 2021
• One of Four Brazilian Girls Doesn't have access to pads (In Portuguese)
  • Folha de S.Paolo, Brazil  |  March 2021
• Changing the World is the New Literacy
  • UOL, Brazil  |  March 2021
• Olga Bocarejo: Creator of a Bank that Exchanges Waste for Food
  • UNDP Columbia, Colombia  |  March 2021
• Tren Digital Memperkuat Aksi Sosial Anak Muda
  • Kompas, Indonesia  |  February, 2021
• How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change 
  • New Yorker, USA  |  February, 2021
• Chu Hoang Son var först i världen med kaffesneakers
  • Coffee Sneaker, Sweden/Finland  |  January, 2021
• Ils veulent faire du chômage une expérience constructive
  • Figaro  |  January, 2021
• A Greek Scientist Among National Geographic Explorers
  • X-Pat, Athens  |  January, 2021
• Qué es el emprendimiento social y por qué es el futuro 
  • Vogue, Spain  |  September, 2020

            **(Feel free to also explore the latest stories about changemakers worldwide)

Publications and Books

• Vol. 11 (2022): Global Trends in Social Entrepreneurship: Developments in a COVID-19 World
  • Social Innovation Journalism  |  January 18, 2022
• Vol. 10 (2021): Transformative Social Innovations: Cross Sector Collaborations and Partnerships
  • Social Innovation Journalism  |  December 1, 2021
• Issue 52 | From Social Entrepreneurship to Everyone a Changemaker – 40 Years of Social Innovation
  • Social Innovation Journalism  |  November 28, 2018
• Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World, by Beverly Schwartz
  • Jossey-Bass   |   February 2012
• How to Change the World, by David Bornstein
  • Oxford University Press  |   September 2007

Podcasts

• "Self-belief, positivity and collaboration: how to deliver systemic change – Garvita Gulhati, Founder, Why Waste?"
  • Garvita Gulhati  |  May 2022
• Ending finance’s carbon footprint: mobilising against climate change – Mark Campanale, Founder, Carbon Tracker Initiative
  • Mark Campanale  |  May 2022
• “The future is in our hands. Everyone can take a role, no matter your age or where you live.” Young Changemaker Ara Kusuma shares her vision for a better world
  • Ara Kusuma   |  March 2021
• Ashoka founder Bill Drayton on his life-long goal to create an 'everyone a changemaker' world - Change Makers Podcast
  • Bill Drayton  |  March 2021 

Interviews and Talks

• Author Beverly Schwartz Shines a Light on an "Everyone a Changemaker" World
  • Beverly Schwartz  |   February 2022

TV, Video and Films

• A Brief but Spectacular Take on Rebuilding and Diversifying the Appalachian Economy
  • PBS, USA  |  November 2021
• One Lawyer's Mission Helping Incarcerated Inspires Global Movement
  • CNN, UK  |  September 2021
• Who Cares? (Film)
  • Mara Mourão  |  2014