Jaílson de Souza e Silva grew up in one of Rio de Janeiro’s infamous slums, or favelas, is working to link academic research on slum life to the many plans and policies that try to improve slum conditions.
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Jaílson de Souza e Silva grew up in one of Rio de Janeiro’s infamous slums, or favelas, is working to link academic research on slum life to the many plans and policies that try to improve slum conditions.
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By transforming the way thousands of young people age out of foster care, Sixto Cancel is transforming the overall child welfare and foster care system itself. He’s doing this by hacking the case management system to not only put young people in charge, but to use the data he gleans from successful...
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Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis leads a modern-day freedom school for undocumented youth where students receive free college-level classes, college application assistance, and the social movement leadership training they need to determine the course of their own freedom struggle. Against a backdrop of...
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Bringing Education to Haiti: University of the People Begins Classes
Ashoka Israel Fellow Shai Reshef recently arrived in Haiti to welcome the first Haitian youth into his University of the People—the world's first tuition-free university. Over the next three years, UoPeople aims to educate 250 Haitian students, providing Haitian youth with the skills they need to...
Mídria: Democratizing access to higher education through slam poetry
Mídria and three of her university friends created a social venture to transform how marginalized groups participate in higher education.