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A Son of Slaves Still Fights For Human Rights

The campaign to abolish slavery in the U.S. might be over, but globally the problem persists. In Mali, one descendant of servitude is taking up the fight to help others become free. While slavery was abolished in Mali after independence from the French in 1960, there are still more than 800,000...

Maternal Mortality in the US

How can it be that America, a country known for economic growth and leadership, has the highest infant mortality rate of any industrialized country? More so, in a country pioneering equal rights and diversity, black babies are twice as likely as white babies to die before reaching their first...

Rob Hopkins and a Farm for the Future

Ashoka Fellow Rob Hopkins (United Kingdom, elected 2009) is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. Last year, Rob wrote a story about the BBC documentary Natural World: A Farm for the Future. The film documents filmmaker Rebecca Hosking's attempt to transform her...

Security and Solidarity: An Ashoka Story

I am often asked to explain the importance of the Ashoka Fellowship as community. Is there actually a sense of common purpose and mutual support, or is it merely a collection of talented individuals? Recently I spent a week in Hong Kong with the Asian Human Rights Commission, a citizen organization...