Ashoka US

05/05/2020

It's and we're grateful today, as we are every day, for our community of Ashoka Fellows. Now during Covid, they are adapting quickly, organizing across sectors, and doing what social entrepreneurs always do: envisioning a new norm, engaging citizens as changemakers in the solution, and building a new future through collaboration. Thank you to Ashoka Fellows, your teams and networks!

See some of the responses to Covid-19 here:

Read how Fellows are working 24/7 to address the crisis and help all of us transition to a changemaker world.

03/30/2020

Can employee ownership be a path to greater economic resiliency? It is for these employee-owners at Niles Pie Company, a partner of Project Equity, an org that helps small businesses in many industries transition to an everyone-an-owner structure.

See our interview today in Forbes with Project Equity’s cofounder Alison Lingane on flattening the curve for small businesses.

03/26/2020

in 90+ counties are responding to the COVID-19 crisis in transformative ways, with empowerment and empathy. Over the next weeks, we’ll dedicate our channels to sharing these stories with you.

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03/20/2020

Meet the Village of Wisdom changemakers in NC, seen here creating “Black Genius” profiles for their kids & teachers.

This new tool helps teachers understand the gifts & talents of each student so they can design better learning experiences for everyone in their class!

Read the full story ➣ https://www.instagram.com/changemakers_everywhere/

03/19/2020

In our deeply divided times, how do we create brave spaces that welcome all?

Leaders from Faith Matters Network in are on the front lines of these issues, grappling with partisanship, rising white nationalism, + more.

Learn more from Rev. Jen Bailey at The On Being Project https://bit.ly/3b5XvoJ

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03/18/2020

GrowingChange.Org is giving new life to decommissioned prisons - of which there are 300 across the U.S.

In Wagram North Carolina, their team has created an income-earning community farm — complete with movable chicken coops & tractor!

See the full story ➣ https://www.instagram.com/changemakers_everywhere/

03/17/2020

This week we're touring North Carolina, land of the pine🌲

Before we meet the all the changemakers, here are some orienting facts & firsts:

NC has beaches, mountains, and forest - something for everyone!

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation’s oldest public university, the first to offer classes, in 1795.

In 1999, Cape Hatteras’ famous light house - the tallest in the U.S. and one of the tallest in the world - was moved inland 880 meters because of the receding shoreline.

Hurricanes pound the state every 3.44 years on average - it’s one of top states for hurricanes and hurricane responses.

First state-owned art museum in the US is located in Raleigh.

NC is the largest producer of sweet potatoes, furniture, to***co, brick, and textiles in the nation.

Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress, ultimately elected from Mississippi.

Andrew Jackson started his career as a tailor's apprentice in Raleigh before becoming the 17th president of the U.S.

In 1903, the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, ushering in the age of air travel.

Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem and Pepsi was created in New Bern. Pepsi was created by a drug store clerk, naming it after “dyspepsia,” a digestive malady the clerk was trying to relieve.

Asheville, NC, has the most craft beer breweries per capita of any city in the U.S.

Have we missed anything? Comment below!

Follow the 50 states tour on IG: https://www.instagram.com/changemakers_everywhere/

03/13/2020

Youth Initiative High School in Viroqua was started by teens & involves all students in all aspects of governance & stewardship.

Part of a global network, YIHS prepares students for our new reality, where complex problems require more imaginative & collaborative responses.

Read the full story ➣

240 Followers, 89 Following, 27 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from 50 states in 50 weeks ()

03/11/2020

Katie Eder (in bright blue jacket) from Milwaukee has been a changemaker all her life.

From razing the gendered norms of her middle school gym class, to writing workshops for kids without access, Katie now leads Future Coalition, a network of 35 youth-led orgs galvanizing millions in support of climate action, voting, & gun safety.

Read the full story! ➣ https://www.instagram.com/changemakers_everywhere/

03/10/2020

This week we're touring !

Here are some orienting facts & firsts ✨

First little free library went up in Hudson, WI, in 2009. Now there are 90k+ box libraries in people’s yards and public spaces in 90 countries.

WI senator and governor Ga***rd Nelson started Earth Day (April 22) 50 years ago as a bipartisan initiative - it drew some 20M participants in its first year.

A WI lawyer helped to start the Republican Party in 1854 by convening an anti-slavery public meeting at a local church.

First state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, in 1982.

First state to require cars to have seat belts, starting with the 1962 model year.

Country’s first kindergarten was in Watertown in 1856, started by a German immigrant.

WI’s Green Bay Packers is the country’s only publicly-owned major league sports team.

The 32-mile Elroy-Sparta State Trail opened to the public in 1967 and is regarded as the oldest rails-to-trails project in the country. Now there are 23k miles of rails-to-trails nationwide.

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03/09/2020

Can you guess which state is next on the tour?

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03/09/2020

org Project ECHO's Prison Education Project (PEP) in trains people in prisons to educate others on key health issues & how to navigate the prison health system.

So far, PEP has certified 485 peer educators, reaching 9,100 inmates through classes & mentorship.

Read the whole story on the tour ➣ https://www.instagram.com/changemakers_everywhere/

Which Is Why Project ECHO’s Peer Education Project Is So Important.