Storytelling Toolkits
Ashoka aspires to tell stories of hope, positivity, and change. These toolkits are for young storytellers and movement builders looking to inspire others to be changemakers through the power of stories.
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Student Entrepreneurs Lead the Class at Seattle Youth Venture Showcase
The Cleveland High School gymnasium was packed with more than 200 students buzzing with excitement and anticipation, cheers and applause. But this was no pep rally. The students were social entrepreneurs in Ashoka Seattle’s Youth Venture program, each working to solve important social issues in...
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Seeding Food Security
“Food security,” according to Ashoka Fellow Munyaradzi Saruchera , “is not having a lot of food on the shelves.” It’s about “seeding food security,” he says, by reestablishing an interest in local and indigenous foods and building a network of seed banks in South Africa. Ashoka works with social...
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Ashoka Fellow instrumental in transforming Fed Reserve Policies
An Ashoka US Fellow is transforming the way banks allow people to send and receive remittances in the United States! We received exciting news this week that the United States Federal Reserve Bank is collaborating with the Bank of Mexico and US Fellow Atsumasa Tochisako’s organization, the...
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Doing good is CLASSY
Nominees for NBC’s CLASSY Awards are on the web, and five Ashoka Fellow organizations made the cut. The annual ceremony, now in its second year, recognizes the top philanthropic achievements of individuals and organizations in eight cities nationwide. The winners will be announced at a glamorous...
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