Über den eigenen Bildungsweg sowie Ängste und Träume aus der Jugend zu reden gehört eigentlich nicht zum Tagesgeschäft von Bundesministern und Managern. Für die neue Online-Plattform „Erste an der Uni“ von Ashoka Fellow Katja Urbatsch tun aber u.a. Vizekanzler Sigmar Gabriel sowie Airbus-Chef Thomas...
25 junge Sozialunternehmer aus 15 Ländern kamen beim changemakerXchange Summit in Berlin und Paretz zusammen, um Ideen und Erfahrungen auszutauschen und internationale Partnerschaften zur Lösung gesellschaftlicher Probleme zu bilden. In Berlin dabei war Milena Glimbovski. Mit 22 Jahren war sie eine...
Who can best create outcomes that lead to the healthiest possible lives of individuals and communities? Leading social entrepreneurs are challenging the traditional patient-provider dynamics from an empathetic and holistic perspective.
Apply now to the next edition of ChangemakerXchange in Asia! The ChangemakerXchange is a global collaborative community and series of retreats for young social innovators, co-created by Ashoka and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. ChangemakerXchange is back in Asia and is launching a series of 3 retreats -...
What does it mean to have the world’s sixteenth largest economy (which is growing rapidly), a population where 60 percent of people are under the age of 30, and an undeveloped citizen sector? For Turkey, it means having a huge potential for citizen- and youth-led social change. For the first time...
For many, attending college was always part of "The Plan" after high school—a few years of polish (and partying) before earning a degree and finding meaningful employment. But that's not often the case for one segment of the U.S. population: first-generation college goers like Ashoka Fellow...
Everyone a Changemaker™ Week is a wrap. Ashoka's first EACH Week took place during the last week of July, a “historic moment” for the 30-year-old citizen sector organization. Bill Drayton, Ashoka's founder and CEO, believes we can do better — to protect our planet, our ways of life and our cultures...
This is the second post in a series where we share the conversations between higher education leaders that came together during Everyone a Changemaker Week. They discussed the role of social innovation as a significant lever for the relevancy of higher education in a time when many claim that...