Ashoka: The Social Change Organization, Network and Community
Ashoka only invites the best-of-the-best to become fellows, where they are supported, not only financially, but by a network of social entrepreneurs who share solutions, resources and ideas.
There are also many other ways to get involved. Visit Ashoka.org/volunteer and browse through the links, or nominate a social entrepreneur for Ashoka fellowship via the application below. You can also visit Ashoka.org/nominate.
With a little work, we can all become changemakers!
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- Design students take on laundry facilities for the poor in Chile in this week's "Week by Week, Drop by Drop" - http://bit.ly/6yBYgm
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- From the @AshokaTech blog - Advances in Maternal Health: Fetal Heart Rate Monitor - http://bit.ly/7Fm6kA
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- Ashoka founder Bill Drayton is giving a public lecture at Princeton university tomorrow, all invited: http://bit.ly/8Uca76
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change. Rather than leaving societal nee...
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Ashoka: Youth Empowerment & Development
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In 1996, Youth Venture was launched with the vision that everyone in society could take initiative and address social needs, rather than looking to the elite few who lead today. With so many more people taking initiative, imagine how many more proble...
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#SocEntChat: A Twitter Discussion About Social Entrepreneurs and Changemakers
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#SocEntChats is a Twitter-based real-time discussion on social entrepreneurship themed around specific issues/areas/events each month. It is designed for current and aspiring social entrepreneurs, funders, media and supporters to share their ideas, d...
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Ashoka: Environmentalism & Green Social Change
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Ashoka looks at environmental sustainability as a critical issue that needs to be addressed through social innovation. Ashoka aids social entrepreneurs who are creating broad solutions that protect the environment, while also tackling closely linked...
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Bill Drayton: Social Entrepreneur and Ashoka Founder
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Bill Drayton is the world-leading social entrepreneur who founded Ashoka, the world's largest working community of more than 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs. From the day Bill was born he has been cooking up new and innovative ideas. In elementar...
Ashoka in the News
- Bill Drayton Lecture & Reception: How Will You Do In A Everyone is a ...
- Mr. Drayton is currently the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. He is also chair of Youth Venture, Community Greens, ...
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- He is chairman and CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower people to address social problems. ...
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- Still, I don't think the private sectors supporting water innovation, excludes social impact. What do you think? Ashoka: Innovators for the Public are ...
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- Ms. Sohini Bhattacharya - Director South Asia Partnerships, Ashoka - Innovators for the Public. Villgro invites all the National and International ...
Ashoka's Social Media Communities
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Ashoka's Initiatives
- Changemakers
- Ashoka's Changemakers initiative was created to help Ashoka fellows and social entrepreneurs, around the world, communicate by sharing resources and solutions.
- Ashoka's Youth Venture
- Youth Venture helps teams of people start new youth-led organizations.
- Full Economic Citizenship (FEC)
- Ashoka launched the Full Economic Citizenship (FEC) initiative to support the development of new solutions for the two-thirds of the world living in poverty. Ashoka's goal is for every individual to have the ability and choice to play a role in local and global economies, as consumers, producers and creators of wealth.
- Citizen Base Initiative (CBI)
- Ashoka created the Citizen Base Initiative (CBI) in 1997 to help citizen sector organizations diversify their financial base so that they learn to become sustainably rooted in their local constituency instead of remaining dependent on foundation and government funding.
- Law for All Initiative
- Ashoka's Law for All initiative works with social entrepreneurs and partners from the public, private, and social sectors to defend changemakers, encourage pro bono legal culture, and foster access to justice.
Ashoka's Fellow Authors
Browse the books written by our fellows.
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Ashoka US Fellow Van Jones illustrates how the United States can invent and invest our way out of a pollution-based economy and into a healthy new green economy. Built by a broad coalition deeply rooted in the lives and struggles of ordinary people, this path has the practical benefit of both cutting energy dependence and providing meaningful employment for millions of Americans.
Accidental Courage, Boundless Dreams: The True Story of One Family's Search for Healing After the Death of Their Young Son and How They Learned to Deal With Loss by Celebrating Life
When the author's son died from spinal muscular atrophy, Amy led a group of parents and professionals to establish universally accessible playgrounds for children everywhere.
Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child
Based on her experience breaking new ground in her work in education, "Roots Of Empathy" by Ashoka Fellow Mary Gordon shares her vision of compassionate children who will pass on a legacy of empathy to future generations.
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, argues that bringing young people of different religions together to do community service is essential. Through his own story as well as examples, Patel captures how each young person can be transformed by faith, by community, and by his or herself.
Edens Lost & Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities
Focusing on Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle-four cities that face vastly different challenges, Ashoka Fellows Harry Wiland and Dale Bell recount the remarkable power of hope, pride, ingenuity, and chutzpah that characterize an era of collaboration that is fast reshaping the land and the relationships between people.
Nominate a Social Entrepreneur for Ashoka Fellowship
Can you name a social entrepreneur who has created widespread social change in their career?
Someone working throughout their home country (not just in one city or state), or perhaps across multiple countries? Someone highly respected and considered an expert in their field? Someone like Wendy Kopp, who founded Teach for America, or Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.
If so, we'd love to hear from you. E-mail the candidate's name, organization, contact info and country of residence to seniorfellows@ashoka.org.
To learn more about Ashoka's Senior Fellows program and to view examples of current Senior Fellows, visit http://www.ashoka.org/seniorfellowsslides.
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