14 People Who Are Here to Change the World: Ashoka Announces 2016 Class of Fellows in the US!

Ashoka's 14 New Fellows - 2016

by Alex Vesey

Reading the news can be scary lately. There are plenty of big problems out there - structural problems, environmental problems, social problems. It’s easy to get inundated and overwhelmed. It’s even harder to imagine what the solutions might be. Fortunately, there are changemakers out there already tackling the big issues, armed with innovative solutions. Ashoka is a global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems. And Ashoka US’s 2016 class is tackling some of those big issues in the US — from immigration detention reform and labor rights to accessible birth control and the free and private Internet. This year's class of US Fellows joins Ashoka's global network of over 3,200 Fellows in 90 countries.

Let us introduce you to 14 inspiring individuals who are bringing new paradigms and new ideas to the table.

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Imran Khan: Embarc

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Jennifer Bailey: Faith Matters Network

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Katie Orenstein: The OpEd Project

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Kohl Gill: LaborVoices

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Lennon Flowers: The Dinner Party

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Mark Edwards: Upstream USA

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Megan Marcus: FuelEd

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Noran Sanford: Growing Change

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Paula Segal: 596 Acres

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Tiffiniy Cheng: Fight for the Future

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Let’s Redraw the Map

Not many social entrepreneurs can say that their “aha” moment came during a truck show. But that was the case for Kendis Paris . It was at a big-rig truck event in Tulsa, Okla., that Paris began to see the full potential of her idea for an initiative to fight human trafficking : She would recruit...
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