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Innovate is a biweekly podcast featuring dialogue with social entrepreneurs, writers, visionaries and researchers engaged in transformative thinking, action and creative collaboration. Innovate is produced in collaboration with Ashoka, Innovators for the Public, the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and I-LEAD. The production is sponsored by Arch Street Press, publisher for the Creative Collaborative Community.
Innovate is the biweekly podcast featuring timely dialogue with social entrepreneurs, creative visionaries and leading scholars worldwide.
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Innovate Under 30 highlights the work of young, forward-thinking pioneers taking great strides in advocating and implementing social change, all before reaching the three-decade mark.
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Harold Wimmer is the president and CEO of the American Lung Association, the nation’s oldest voluntary health association, which works to save lives by improving lung health and preventing disease, including lung cancer, asthma, COPD and influenza. The ALA represents more than 21 million constituents and 300,000 volunteers and staff nationwide.
Harold earned a B.S. in Community Health and an M.S. in Health Administration & Policy from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He is an active alumni member at the University of Illinois, serving on the Applied Health Sciences Alumni Board. He received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois, College of Applied Health Sciences. Harold began his career with the ALA in 1978 and has served in key executive positions in the American Lung Association in Illinois and the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest.
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Robert Woodson, Sr., is the founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which helps residents of low-income communities to address local and national problems, including violence. CNE assists community and faith-based organizations with training, technical assistance and connecting with support sources, while chronicling and interpreting their experiences to make recommendations for public policy.
Bob is an author and social activist who has dedicated his life to helping low-income communities. His involvement with civil-rights activism began in the 1960s, when he coordinated national and local community-development programs. During the 1970s, he directed the National Urban League’s Administration of Justice division. He later served as a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Bob is the only person ever to have received both the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Prize. He was also awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal. Bob holds an honorary doctorate from Colorado Christian University and the University of Cincinnati.
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Thomas Tighe is the president and CEO of Direct Relief, a nongovernmental, nonsectarian nonprofit with assistance programs focused on maternal and child health, prevention and treatment of disease, and emergency deterrence and response.
Thomas graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 and received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1985. He was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2003. Prior to his role with Direct Relief, Thomas served as Associate Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and as Associate General Counsel, Chief of Staff and COO of the Peace Corps. Thomas is on the editorial advisory board for Miller-McCune Magazine, a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative and a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s graduate program in Global and International Studies. He was named Executive of the Year by the South Coast Business and Technology Forum in 2006.
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Pierre Ferrari is the president and CEO of Heifer International, a nonprofit linking communities and helping bring sustainable agriculture and commerce to areas with a long history of poverty. The goal of every Heifer project is to help families achieve self-reliance.
Pierre was born in the Belgian Congo, known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He received his B.A. and master’s degree in economics from The University of Cambridge and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Heifer, Pierre gained more than 40 years of nonprofit and business experience with companies including Coca-Cola USA, CARE and the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund. He is also a member of the board of directors of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and the cofounder of Ethix Ventures, which serves as a gathering place for commerce that puts people and the environment before price.
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Dr. Douglas Jackson is the president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E., or Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment, who works to bridge health resource gaps in the developing world by empowering doctors and nurses with the tools they need to treat disease, administer vaccines, perform surgeries and ensure safe childbirth. Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 130 countries. Project C.U.R.E. is consistently recognized with the highest Four Star ranking from Charity Navigator, and was named by Forbes as one of the top 200 charities in America.
Douglas graduated magna cum laude from Northwest Nazarene University in 1982, receiving his B.A. in Business Administration. In 1985, he earned a J.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the study of law. In 1992, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and econometrics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He serves on the Board of Directors for InterAction, WorldDenver, The Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Denver, and the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professionals at Regis University. Dr. Jackson received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare from the American Red Cross, the Civis Princeps recognition from Regis University, the 5280 Magazine Philanthropist of the Year, and accepted the CoBiz “Best Places to Work” and Colorado Ethics in Business Award on behalf of the team at Project C.U.R.E.
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Ryan Merkley is the CEO of Creative Commons, a nonprofit that allows sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free and legal tools. At no cost, their user-friendly copyright licenses offer a simple, standardized way to give public permission to provide and use creative work, on one’s own conditions. Creative Commons develops, supports and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing and innovation.
Ryan studied political science and economics at the University of Waterloo. Prior to joining Creative Commons, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Mozilla, makers of the Internet browser Firefox. He also worked as the Director of Corporate Communications for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Senior Advisor to Mayor David Miller of Toronto, where Ryan led the mayor’s budget policy and initiated Toronto’s Open Data project. Ryan has advised political campaigns on the local and national levels.
Russell Granet is the Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education, which has a mission is to enrich the lives of students, educators and all other learners by providing opportunities for engagement with the arts onstage, in the classroom, digitally and in the community.
Russell received his B.S. in Communications from Emerson College. He attended the Overseas Graduate Program for theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and in 1995 he received his M.A. in educational theatre from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education. Prior to Lincoln Center Education, Russell worked with Creative Arts Team, The American Place Theatre and The Center for Arts Education: The NYC Annenberg Challenge for Arts Education. He founded Arts Education Resource after working 17 years in nonprofit arts education organizations, and served as the director for five years. Russell is also an adjunct professor at NYU.
Dana Marlowe is the president and cofounder of Accessibility Partners, whose team of consultants, test engineers and trainers work with government agencies and organizations of all sizes to create innovative and practical accessibility solutions.
Dana received her B.S. in Professional and Technical Communications from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.A. in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from the University of Texas at Austin. An advocate for those with disabilities, Dana began her career as a sign-language interpreter. Before cofounding Accessbility Partners in 2009, Dana worked for Keep Texas Beautiful and TCS Associates, and served as Senior Vice President at TecAccess.
Monisha Kapila is the founder and CEO of ProInspire, who partners with nonprofit, public and social enterprise groups to develop leaders at all levels for organizations addressing the world’s greatest challenges at the local, national and international levels.
Monisha received her Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University, a BBA with distinction from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Award. Prior to founding ProInspire, Monisha worked with a number of leading nonprofit organizations, including CARE, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and the Clinton Foundation. She also served as a Senior Business Manager for Capital One Financial Corporation. She serves as a Board Member for Achieve Mission, a nonprofit human capital advisory organization, as well as the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington. Monisha is an advisor to Independent Sector’s NGen program and the Talent Philanthropy Project. She has been recognized as a HBS Leadership Fellow, American Express NGen Fellow and one of National Urban Fellows America’s Leaders of Change. She was previously a Harvard Business School Leadership Fellow with ACCION International, a pioneer in the commercial approach to microfinance. Monisha has been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Huffington Post and Next Billion, among others.
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Fagan Harris is the CEO of Baltimore Corps and cofounder/Director of the Aspen Institute's Impact Careers Initiative. Baltimore Corps recruits results-oriented professionals, locally and nationally, to scale the impact of leading social change organizations in Baltimore. The Aspen Institute Impact Careers Initiative’s mission is to identify the institutional barriers holding talented millennials back from impact careers.
Fagan graduated from Stanford University with his B.A. in political science and American studies in 2009. He attended the University of Limerick for an M.A. in human rights and criminal justice. Fagan also attended the University of Oxford and was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. His previous work experience includes time with College Track and the White House Council for Community Solutions. Fagan is an Emerson Collective Fellow. As part of the Emerson Collective, Fagan served as the Chair of National Outreach for The Dream is Now, a campaign for common sense immigration reform.
Todd Gitlin is a sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator. Todd received his B.A. in mathematics from Harvard, an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. He helped to organize the first national demonstration movement against the Vietnam War. Todd was the president of Students for a Democratic Society, a 1960s student activist movement in the U.S., as part of the New Left movement. Todd has authored 15 books and hundreds of articles found in publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. He’s a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University, where he serves as chair of the Ph.D. program in Communications. Todd is the recipient of the Bosch Berlin Prize in Public Policy and he is a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
Dr. David Fajgenbaum is the Executive Director and cofounder of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, whose mission is to accelerate research, treatment and patient care through global collaboration, strategic investments in research and support for patients and their loved ones. Castleman disease is a rare disorder involving proliferation of cells in the body’s lymphatic, or immune, system. David and CDCN have taken an innovative approach to overcome many hurdles.
David Fajgenbaum has been battling Castleman disease since 2010. He received a BS in Human Sciences with Distinction from Georgetown University. As an undergraduate, he was awarded USA Today’s 2007 Academic All-American First-team honors. He studied for a Masters in Public Health from the University of Oxford as the 2007 Joseph L. Allbritton Scholar. David earned his MD from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA from the Wharton School. At Wharton, he was the Irwin D. Mandel Fellow and recipient of the William Kissick Scholarship, Joseph Wharton Award and Eilers Health Care Management Award. Before CDCN, David cofounded the National Students of AMF Support Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one.
Amy Sample Ward is the CEO of NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to enable members to strategically use technology to make the world a better and more equitable place. NTEN connects members to each other, provides professional development opportunities, educates their constituency on issues of technology use in nonprofits and spearheads groundbreaking research, advocacy and education on technology issues affecting our entire community.
Amy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Valparaiso University, where she studied English and New Media Journalism. She is a speaker, author and trainer who has spoken at events around the world, such as the Nonprofit Technology Conference and SXSW Interactive. In 2013, Amy co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kapin. She is also the co-author of Social by Social, a handbook in using social technologies for social impact.
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Nick Stellino was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily. In addition to his successful career as a chef, Nick has been featured on multiple television series and published 10 cookbooks. His cooking shows air on public television stations throughout America and are syndicated in Latin America. Nick is a major supporter of the American Red Cross, whose mission is to prevent and alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and the generosity of donors. Each year, Nick prepares the menu for the Red Cross annual Red Tie Affair diner in Santa Monica, California. He is also dedicated to raising donations for the organization.
Liz Maw is the CEO of Net Impact, a leading nonprofit that empowers a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in the workplace and the world. At the heart of Net Impact’s community are over 60,000 student and professional leaders from over 300 volunteer-led chapters across the globe working for a sustainable future. Liz received a BA with honors from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Before joining Net Impact, Liz provided strategic consulting to nonprofits with The Bridgespan Group. She was also involved with fundraising and direct marketing for nonprofit organizations in New York City and Washington, D.C. Liz is a frequent speaker and writer, with blogs appearing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Huffington Post, GreenBiz and World Economic Forum, which recognized Liz as a Young Global Leader in 2010. In 2011, Liz was named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere. Liz is a Board Member of the World Environment Center.
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Andreas Merkl is the CEO of Ocean Conservancy, whose mission is the development of new solutions for a changing ocean. Ocean Conservancy educates and empowers citizens to take action on behalf of the ocean. Andreas holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Regional Planning and Natural Resource Analysis from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Prior to his role with Ocean Conservancy, Andreas was a founding member of McKinsey & Company's Environmental Practice and served as Vice President and co-founder of the CH2M HILL Strategy Group, a leading provider of environmental management consulting services worldwide. He is particularly interested in the connected challenges of ocean ecosystem decline and climate change.
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Sasha Fisher, cofounder and executive director of Spark Microgrants, works to create a world in which all can live with dignity and determine their own positive futures. Spark Microgrants catalyzes rural communities facing poverty into action. Spark promotes a ‘community-driven, expert supported’ model for development, where local communities are the primary drivers of social change, but have the support and advice of global development experts. Sasha Fisher moved to East Africa in July 2010 to develop the Spark MicroGrants model. Her passion for community-led development stems from time spent in South Sudan, South Africa, India and Uganda. Sasha received her BA from the University of Vermont in Studio Art and a self-designed major of Human Security.
Managing Editor Robert Rimm hosts a dialogue with Ashoka Fellow James Thornton, Founder and CEO of ClientEarth, an organization of legal experts pushing environmental issues to the forefront of the European Union agenda through advocacy, policy research and civil litigation. (This is a rebroadcast of our interview from last April.)
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James meets with the legal teams
ClientEarth's marine protection team visits Billingsgate Fish Market, the UK's largest inland fish market located in east London.
ClientEarth's marine protection team visits Billingsgate Fish Market, the UK's largest inland fish market located in east London.
Charles McLister is the Board President of Hopeworks in Camden, a nonprofit that uses education, technology and entrepreneurship to help Camden, New Jersey’s youth pursue secure pathways for the future. Charles is also the Chief Operating Officer of Bancroft, a regional nonprofit service provider for children and adults with autism, varied intellectual or developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries. Charles studied psychology as an undergraduate at Penn State. He received a Master of Arts degree in applied psychological research from Penn State and an MBA from Villanova University. Before joining Bancroft, Charles was vice president of the Northern Recovery Division of CRC Health Group and the Chief Executive Officer of Fairmount Behavioral Health System. He is a certified alcohol and drug counselor and a certified clinical supervisor.
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Gayatri Datar, Managing Director and cofounder of EarthEnable, works to improve the health and housing of low-income communities by providing affordable and sanitary floors to the 80% of Rwandans who live and sleep on dirt floors. EarthEnable trains masons to install floors made of sanitary materials that are easy to clean. Gayatri has worked with Dalberg Global Development Advisors, Liberia’s Ministry of Finance, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She received her BA in economics from Harvard College, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Master of Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. In 2014, Gayatri was awarded an Echoing Green fellowship for her work with EarthEnable. She is one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2015.
Chris Ategeka, founder and CEO of Rides for Lives, brings accessible healthcare to remote and developing areas of Africa. Associate Director of Communications Holly Camisa discusses with Chris his experience providing emergency vehicles, extensive medical services and employment to remote places. Chris, a native of Uganda, has a deep personal connection to the land and people Rides for Lives helps.
Managing Editor Robert Rimm talks with Timothy Rub, Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and president of the Association of Art Museum Directors. Serving at one of the country’s largest art institutions, he provides an outstanding model for advocating for the power of art to grow communities, to educate and engage the public, and to enhance the vital role of art in our society. (This is a rebroadcast of our interview from last May, in which Timothy Rub discusses his role as the director of a major urban museum.)
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Dan Weiss, President of Haverford College until summer 2015, is the new President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Managing Editor Robert Rimm discusses with Dan his extensive experience as an educator and educational leader, exploring his time at Johns Hopkins, Lafayette and Haverford. Dan explains how his lifelong interest in art and art history led to his involvement in education and his eventual role with the Met, where he plans to make learning about art accessible and enjoyable for all audiences.
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Jen Anderson, COO and cofounder of The Reset Foundation, and Jane Mitchell, CEO and cofounder, are providing opportunities to disadvantaged young people. The Reset Foundation is comprised of campuses that serve as an alternative for young adults sentenced to the dehumanizing environment of prison. In fall of 2014, Reset opened their pilot campus in the Bay Area. Their current students, young people ages 18-24, are working toward high school diplomas, professional success and overall positivity and relationship building.
Vivek Maru, CEO and founder of Namati, seeks legal empowerment worldwide. Managing Editor, Robert Rimm, discusses with Vivek his experience training paralegals to represent communities fighting for the land of their families. Vivek's spirit of activism is rooted in his days as a college student writing about Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, as well as his time abroad working for grassroots organizations in India.
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Natalia Adler, Divisional Planning Specialist for the global Division of Data, Research and Policy at UNICEF, seeks ways to implement social innovations for children. Director of Special Projects, Anne Ulizio, talks with Natalia about her experience borrowing from the design world, implementing the use of a human-centered design approach for policymaking, her appreciation for ethnographic research and her involvement with the private sector in finding new ways "to do development." Natalia's leadership and drive are rooted in her early years in Brazil, where she owned and operated her own English-language school by the age of 14.
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UNICEF Nicaragua on Facebook
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Chris Harper—novelist, journalist and journalism professor at Temple University—is a prominent voice in dialogues surrounding ethics, trends and skills associated with the media. Coming from a background of more than 20 years working in the field for the Associated Press in Chicago, Newsweek in Chicago, Washington and Beirut, ABC News in Cairo and Rome and 20/20, Chris applies his unique experiences everyday in the classroom to influence aspiring writers to attain the highest level of journalism excellence. During his turn at the helm of Temple University's Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, the program's cornerstone project, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, won the prestigious EPPY Award for best college journalism website. Chris has edited and authored multiple books and writes a weekly column on media ethics for The Washington Times.
Kumi Naidoo is a global activist and the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Since its founding more than 43 years ago, Greenpeace has pioneered the journey toward an energy revolution, disarmament and peace, the defense of our oceans, the protection of ancient forests and a toxic-free future. The organization is active in more than 40 countries around the world, speaking for more than 2.8 million supporters globally. Kumi's leadership is rooted in years of activism, beginning with his involvement in the anti-apartheid movement years ago in his native South Africa.
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Jack Lule is a professor and Chair of the Journalism and Communications department at Lehigh University, as well as the Director of the Global Studies and the Globalization and Social Change Initiative. His research focuses on globalization in the media, international communication, international news reporting, cultural and critical studies of news, online journalism and teaching with technology. He is the author of three books, Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism, Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, and Understanding Media and Culture. He has written over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters, journals and periodicals, and has contributed to reports on NPR, the BBC and other major news outlets. Since joining the Lehigh community in 1990, he has received four awards as an educator: the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Faculty Scholar Award from the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars and the Deming Lewis Faculty Award.
Helen Benedict is an acclaimed writer, professor and advocate for a paradigm shift from the autonomous power and proceedings of the military in society. With a male-dominated culture bereft of outside oversight through prosecution of reported cases of sexual assault out of the eyes and hands of the American public, the institution is responsible for a high frequency and low rate of redress of sexual assault. Helen's expertise as a writer lies in her passion for uncovering truths associated with sexual assault in the military, the experience of women in the military and the ugly truths of war. Her expertise as a professor at Columbia's journalism school lies in her fostering social awareness and a passion for social justice in her students. Her writing inspired not only a class-action lawsuit against the Pentagon and Defense Secretaries Rumsfeld and Gates, but also the Academy Award-nominated documentary, The Invisible War, about the harrowing reality of sexual assault in the U.S. military.
"I said to him, 'What do you think your future is like?', and he looked around at this huge refugee camp and he said to me, 'I don't have a future.' That's the worst thing you could ever hear a child say, and that's what we have to do something about."
Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children, has been working to combat this all-too-common lack of hope for children's livelihoods around the globe. Managing Editor Robert Rimm talks with Carolyn about her tenure at the helm of the organization, during which time Save the Children's reach has more than doubled and its available resources have increased from $250 million to almost $700 million annually, with nearly 90% directly spent on programs for children. Carolyn is an unwavering advocate for increased childhood nutrition programs, access to education and learning outcomes, and protection for all children from harm.
Carolyn Miles on Twitter
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Carolyn's blog, Logging Miles
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Andrew Mangino cofounded The Future Project in 2011, and has since been instrumental in augmenting the organization's reach and impact in the spheres of education and community development. The Future Project has expanded into 50 high schools across the country in seven states, engaging 25,000 students to not only realize their passions but also to pursue them and solve problems that affect their families, friends, communities, cities and society as a whole. Appointed Dream Directors immerse themselves in school communities, acting as catalysts for change and re-imagining schools as environments not only for academic learning, but as places where students learn how to live the best lives possible.
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Chris Underhill about his work as founder and director of Basic Needs, an international charity that works to bring about lasting change in the lives of mentally ill people around the world. The organization has had an extraordinary impact, serving over 500,000 people including more than 100,000 with mental illness, more than 80,000 care givers and approximately 350,000 family members. The conversation focuses on the role of empathy in the powerful model for mental health and development that informs the mission and activities of Basic Needs.
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Tune into the interview with Chris and then read his article featured in dialogues surrounding the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2015.
Board Chair of the Wyncote Foundation, Leonard Haas serves with his brothers David, Frederick and Duncan, who are also directors of the foundation. They carry on the legacy started by their father, John C. Haas, while expanding the foundation's impact in the greater Philadelphia area and in the Pacific Northwest via Wyncote Foundation Northwest by providing grants in arts and culture, education, the environment, health and human services, preservation, public media and journalism. The Foundation has received the Philadelphia Orchestra Award for increasing engagement with patrons, allowing the dramatic transformation of the orchestra itself and for "unparalleled leadership in Philadelphia's philanthropic community." Leonard's passion for theater parallels his desire to improve the lives of Philadelphians while contributing to the greater good.
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Managing Editor Robert Rimm hosts a dialogue with Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in New York City. Clive oversees its strategic and artistic planning, resource development, education, finance and administration, and also operations for the Weill Music Institute. Carnegie Hall and the Weill Music Institute bring music education and community programs to more than 450,000 people in the New York metropolitan area, across the United States and throughout the world.
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Carnegie Hall Photo of Carnegie Hall, showing the building as it originally appeared in 1891 prior to the addition of the roof top studios and two studio towers; from the Carnegie Hall Archives.
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Link Up at Carnegie Hall on May 23, 2013 Photo by Chris Lee
Zankel Hall Photo by Jeff Golderg/Esto
Weill Recital Hall Photo by Jeff Goldberg
NYO-USA NYO-USA performs first concert with Valery Gergiev and Joshua Bell at SUNY Purchase College, 7/11/13; Photo by Chris Lee
Ensemble ACJW Photo by Jennifer Taylor
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Part of the city-wide "UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa" festival in fall of 2014. Photo by Shane Doyle.
Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela is part of the "UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa" festival in fall of 2014; photo by Mark Shoul, Courtesy Listen 2. Hugh is a renowned trumpeter whose work has highlighted the rhythms, languages, memories and spirit of South Africa for decades.
Angélique Kidjo Angélique Kidjo is part of the "UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa" city wide festival of fall 2014. She is a Grammy Award-winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist. She was named "Africa's greatest living diva" by NPR in 2013 and is noted for her diverse musical and cultural influences.
Carnegie Kids "Sound Playground" with host-musicians Mark Stewart and Rob Schwimmer of Polygraph Lounge; Photo by Stefan Cohen
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David Schwartz, campaign director, and Sunny Kim, steering community member, are two driving forces behind the Real Food Challenge, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to shift $1 billion of existing university food budgets away from industrial farms and junk food and toward local, community-based, fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources—“real food”—by 2020. The organization leverages the power of youth and universities to create a healthy, fair and green food system, and also maintains a national network of student food activists—providing opportunities for networking, learning, and leadership development for thousands of emerging leaders.
Benjamin Pierce is President of Vanguard Charitable, a national nonprofit donor-advised funds provider that has facilitated a total charitable impact of $4.8 billion since its founding in 1997. Hired as the organization's first employee, Ben has been instrumental in the growth and success of Vanguard Charitable. The organization emphasizes measuring the efficacy of each donation by conducting thorough due diligence, encouraging an open dialogue between donors and charities, and maintaining an unwavering focus on the organization's mission to increase philanthropic giving in America.
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Linda Rottenberg is the cofounder and CEO of Endeavor Global, an international nonprofit making great strides in catalyzing long-term economic growth by collaborating with and accelerating the impact of the best "High-Impact Entrepreneurs" around the world. Linda and her team influence and inspire these social impact organizations by providing crucial entrepreneurial tools of mentorship, networking, strategic advice, talent and access to smart capital. She is also the author of Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags. Linda has been named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News and one of Time's 100 "Innovators for the 21st century."
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Clara Brenner is the CEO and cofounder of Tumml, a nonprofit urban ventures accelerator located in San Francisco. Tumml offers seed funding, mentorship and resources to some of the most innovative entrepreneurs across the country to increase their models' success to solve some of the most pressing issues faced by urban communities—homelessness, mobility, water and resource management, et al. Clara and her cofounder Julie Lein have provided resources for over 15 urban innovation ventures to make each organization's mission of urban development a reality.
A dialogue with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Ashoka Fellow Kailash Satyarthi, a human-rights activist from India who has led the rescue of over 78,000 child slaves, and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation. Kailash has founded the single largest civil-society network for exploited children, the Global March Against Child Labor. Global March is a worldwide coalition of NGOs, teachers’ unions and trade unions. (This is a rebroadcast of our interview from this past March, in which Kailash Satyarthi talks about the longstanding work that led up to the Nobel Peace Prize last month.)
Global March Against Child Labor on Facebook
Global March Against Child Labor on Twitter
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Dennis Lennartsson, CEO and founder of the European Sign Language Center, has been instrumental in documenting and making accessible sign language dictionaries and translations for millions of hearing- and non-hearing impaired people around the world. Using an online platform that serves, connects and expands the number of sign language users globally, the European Sign Language Center is not only improving literacy rates among deaf persons and breaking down barriers to communication, but it is also tapping into the use of sign language as a powerful tool to augment early childhood development and universal nonverbal communication between both deaf and non-deaf populations.
Dennis Lennartsson on LinkedIn
Spread the Sign website
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By the lowest estimates, 800 million people in our world today live without access to safe drinking water; many specialists suggest that number is closer to four billion. Sophia Sunwoo, CEO and cofounder of The Water Collective, envisions revolutionizing the water access problem by providing solutions that last through community involvement and economic empowerment. The Water Collective has established projects in 13 different Sub-Saharan locations to-date, and since its founding in 2011, has secured clean water for 25,000 people.
Ben Simon, founder and director of the Food Recovery Network, and Cara Mayo, project manager for Food Recovery Certified are leading a movement that advocates for change in the way our country addresses the problem of hunger. Students, community members and businesses are uniting in this nationwide network by collecting surplus perishable food that would otherwise be thrown away, and donating it to community members in need. Food purveyors and restaurants with a seal of approval from Food Recovery Certified shine in their communities as examples of socially conscious and resource-smart business models. Since September of 2011, over 400,000 pounds of food have been recovered and reallocated to the 1/6 of Americans who are currently food insecure, and 46 businesses have been accredited by Food Recovery Certified.
A dialogue with Dr. Christian Brady, Dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University, regarding his biblical scholarship, his career, the impact of social media on higher education, and the importance of social and emotional learning and leadership development in honors education.
Christian Brady on LinkedIn
Schreyer Honors College on Facebook
Christian Brady on Twitter
Schreyer Honors College on Twitter
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Oxford, 1998: Viva 1998 - Christian heading in for his doctoral degree
Atherton Hall, home of Schreyer Honors College
Dean Brady with the iconic Nittany Lion mascot
For the Future Fund Campaign close at the Schreyer home with Penn State President Eric Barron and President Emeritus Rodney Erickson
Christian meets with students in Atherton Hall
Dean Brady engages with students at the Welcome BBQ
Exploring the SHC mission of academic excellence with integrity, global perspective, leadership and civic engagement.
Scholars talk about Schreyer Honors College and answer the question: Why Schreyer?
A conversation with the Dean.
A dialogue with Rupert Scofield, cofounder, president and CEO of the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA), with a mission to provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so that they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. FINCA is internationally recognized as a global leader in microfinance, having reached more than a million clients through its global network in Africa, Eurasia, the Middle East and Latin America, with a loan portfolio exceeding $750 million. Rupert is also the author of The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook: How to Start, Build and Run a Business that Improves the World, a powerful guide for emerging social entrepreneurs. Our dialogue also takes up key ideas in this important work.
Rupert Scofield on LinkedIn
FINCA on Facebook
Rupert Scofield on Twitter
FINCA on Twitter
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A dialogue with award-winning photographer Kajal Nisha Patel. Kajal is the founder and CEO of Lightseekers, a social enterprise based in the United Kingdom that leverages the power of photography to promote cross-cultural civic engagement.
Kajal Nisha Patel on LinkedIn
Kajal Nisha Patel on Twitter
Lightseekers on Facebook
Lightseekers on Twitter
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Taking this particular photo was a turning point for Kajal, transforming her photography practice into a form of art.
A photo taken by a student from one of Lightseekers' partner schools
The Trading Places project researches the decline of Leicester’s textiles and hosiery industry and catalogues the lives of people that worked in factories to gain a deeper understanding of why Leicester flourished during the industrial period. The project explores displacement, migration and new beginnings of the British South-Asian community, from India after WWII and those expelled from East Africa in 1972.
The Trading Places project researches the decline of Leicester’s textiles and hosiery industry and catalogues the lives of people that worked in factories to gain a deeper understanding of why Leicester flourished during the industrial period. The project explores displacement, migration and new beginnings of the British South-Asian community, from India after WWII and those expelled from East Africa in 1972.
The Trading Places project researches the decline of Leicester’s textiles and hosiery industry and catalogues the lives of people that worked in factories to gain a deeper understanding of why Leicester flourished during the industrial period. The project explores displacement, migration and new beginnings of the British South-Asian community, from India after WWII and those expelled from East Africa in 1972.
A photo taken by a student from one of Lightseekers' partner schools
This video explains Connecting Cultures, an initiative to develop photography and storytelling skills of children in the UK and India while increasing their understanding of the world around them.
This video captures the discipline, resourcefulness and agricultural livelihood of Adivasi students at the Vanasthali School in Gujarat, India.
This video titled "Protection" profiles some of the cultural constructs of Indian society. Kajal reflects on her own family life and how her heritage continues to influence her today.
Produced by Kajal Nisha Patel; Co-Produced by Dimple Patel
Our interview with Eric Weiner—award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of two critically acclaimed books, The Geography of Bliss and Man Seeks God—explores different cultural definitions of happiness and the influence of place.
Eric Weiner on Facebook
Eric Weiner on Twitter
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Eric participated in the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival and shared his perspective on the meaning of happiness.
Eric appeared on The Colbert Report in 2008, discussing The Geography of Bliss and why being wealthy does not necessarily mean being happy.
Eric discussed his travelling the world on a search for a "faith that fits" at a TEDxMontclair event.
A dialogue with Esra'a Al Shafei, founder and director of the Mideast Youth Network. At age 27, Esra'a has been instrumental in facilitating the discussion of and providing a voice for progressive social change movements in the Middle East and North Africa. The network consists of six different websites—mideastyouth.com, mideastunes.com, crowdvoice.org, ahwaa.org, kurdishrights.org and migrant-rights.org—all harnessing the power of web platforms to shed a light on the struggles of ethnic, social and religious minority rights.
A dialogue with Ángel Cabrera, the visionary president of George Mason University and coauthor of the book Being Global: How to Think, Act and Lead in a Transformed World.
Ángel Cabrera on LinkedIn
George Mason University on Facebook
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Ángel during the "A, B, C's of the New Health Care Law: How does it work and what does it mean for you" talk in Mason Hall on February 12, 2014. Photo by Craig Bisacre/Creative Services/George Mason University
Ángel receives the keys to his office and the University from President Emeritus Alan Merten at Mason Hall on Fairfax Campus. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
President Ángel Cabrera speaks about the Mason Vision statement at a faculty, student and staff town hall meeting at Fairfax campus. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
Ángel speaks with Louise Shelley, Professor and Dir. of Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center and Ambassador (ret.) Richard Kauzlarich, Deputy Dir., at the School of Public Policy, Arlington. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
President Cabrera and students read and discuss Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letters from a Birmingham jail. The Presidential Leadership Dialogues were sponsored by Mason L.E.A.D.S.
Student Body officers, President Cabrera and Mayor R. Scott Silverthorne attend the New Student BBQ at the City of Fairfax City Hall. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
Ángel speaks at the Forum on the Future of Higher Education in Dewberry Hall at Fairfax campus. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
Ángel greets Patriot Leaders during their orientation at Fairfax Campus. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
President Cabrera walks with students at the Virginia State Capitol at Mason Lobby Day in Richmond. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
President Cabrera meets with students to examine Mason's vision statement. Photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell speaks with Ángel and Mason students, faculty, and alumni at the steps of the Virginia State Capitol during Mason Lobby Day in Richmond. Photo by Alexis Glenn/Creative Services/George Mason University
Dr. Sylvia Rimm—psychologist, clinical professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and director of the Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio—is a veteran counselor and worldwide lecturer who became familiar to audiences around the country during her nine years as a contributing correspondent for NBC’s TODAY show. Her achievements in family & child psychology and child development, together with her best-selling books, have made Sylvia a highly regarded and sought-after child psychologist. Her latest, Jane Wins Again: Can Successful Women Have It All? is now available.
"Dr. Rimm is a guardian angel for families." — Katie Couric
Sylvia Rimm on LinkedIn
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A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Cindy Kaplan, cofounder and executive director of the SPOON Foundation, an organization with a worldwide mission to improve nutrition and feeding for orphans and vulnerable children, so they may grow and develop to their full potential.
Recognizing the unique and urgent nutritional needs of children impacted by institutional care, Cindy and her colleagues aim to equip governments and citizen organizations to protect these children from the debilitating—yet easily preventable—consequences of malnutrition and improper feeding.
Cindy Kaplan on LinkedIn
SPOON Foundation on Facebook
SPOON Foundation on Twitter
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A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Kevin Kirby, CEO and cofounder of Face it TOGETHER, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering communities with innovative, sustainable and proven tools to attract millions of Americans to recovery from addiction.
Kevin Kirby on LinkedIn
Face it TOGETHER on Facebook
Face it TOGETHER on Twitter
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A dialogue with Suzie Katz, president and founder of PhotoWings, a unique nonprofit that facilitates the power of photography to influence the world. PhotoWings helps photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen and saved. The PhotoWings Outreach Program conducts interviews with leading figures in and around photography, provides broad-based photographic education and enhances visual literacy, helping to further develop critical thinking, visual literacy skills and mentorship programs. PhotoWings works every day to help build, reinforce and utilize our photographic heritage, concentrating on socially, culturally and historically important work. Suzie has photographed in nearly 60 countries on six continents, and been honored as one of the 50 leading contemporary female photographers. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally, and can be found online at susankatzphotography.com
Suzie Katz on LinkedIn
PhotoWings on Facebook
PhotoWings on Twitter
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A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Judy Stuart, founder and manager of Future Farmers Foundation, a South African organization that helps young South Africans become successful commercial farmers or farm managers through training and leadership development. Future Farmers coordinates apprenticeships that place young South Africans on farms where they work their way up from the bottom. After this practical experience, these young leaders have a chance to enroll in international internship programs, exposing them to diverse agrobusiness standards and cultures.
Judy Stuart on LinkedIn
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A dialogue between host Robert Rimm and Ashoka Fellow Shubz Sharma, Founder and CEO of Afforestt, a social venture that creates natural, wild, maintenance free, native forests. At Afforestt, a highly qualified and self-motivated team of professionals, ranging from environmental engineers, bio-diversity experts and architects work passionately on and off-site to provide the best solutions at the lowest possible cost.
Shubz Sharma on LinkedIn
Afforestt on Facebook
Afforestt on Twitter
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A dialogue with Mary Gordon regarding Roots of Empathy, an award-winning charitable organization that offers empathy-based programming for children. Roots of Empathy is considered a model of social innovation and has two programs: a flagship program of the same name for children in elementary school (Roots of Empathy) and Seeds of Empathy, its "younger sibling" - a program for children ages three-to-five in early childhood settings. Both programs have shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression among children while raising their social and emotional competence and increasing empathy.
Un dialogue avec Mary Gordon concernant Racines de l'empathie, une organisation caritative primée qui anime des programmes pour les enfants, fondés sur l’empathie. Racines de l'empathie est considéré comme un modèle d'innovation sociale et dispose de deux programmes: un pour les enfants à l'école élémentaire, et l'autre, pour les enfants âgés de trois à cinq mis en œuvre dans les environnements consacrés à la petite enfance. On a constaté que ces deux programmes permettent de réduire de manière spectaculaire les niveaux d'agressivité chez les enfants, tout améliorant leurs compétence sociales et émotionnelles et en augmentant leur empathie.
Roots of Empathy on Facebook
Mary Gordon on LinkedIn
Roots of Empathy on Twitter
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Mary Gordon was named Ashoka’s "Fellow of the Month" for June 2013.
At the heart of Roots of Empathy is the neighborhood parent and infant who join the instructor in the classroom.
Photo credit Melanie Gordon
Roots of Empathy classroom. Photo copyright Room to Grow MP. Mary Gordon, Roots of Empathy
Mothers and children participate in Roots and Seeds of Empathy. Left to right: Maj Angela James and her son Finnegan, Lt Amanda Kihn and her son Mason, A/SLt Melanie Aqiqi and her daughter Scarlett, and Jennifer Hawke and her son Benjamin.
Canadian students interact with their "Tiny Teacher" on the green blanket.
A children's board book, written by Mary Gordon, that supports Roots of Empathy and serves to strengthen the emotional bond between parent and child.
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Krystian Fikert, founder and CEO of MyMind, a nonprofit that engages a combination of paid and pro bono therapists to provide affordable mental health services for adults, children, adolescents and organizations in Ireland, where seeking the services of a private psychologist can cost over 100 euros per session with waiting periods often exceeding 18 months.
Krystian Fikert on LinkedIn
MyMind on Facebook
MyMind on Twitter
An interview with Molly Barker, founder of Girls on the Run, an international grassroots movement and nonprofit organization that encourages pre-teen girls to develop self respect and healthy lifestyles through running. Molly has a Masters in Social Work from the University of North Carolina and is a four time Hawaii Ironman Triathelete.
Molly’s program started with a pilot initiative in 1996 that engaged 13 girls. Today the movement has spread to more than 176 communities across America serving literally hundreds of thousands of girls on their journey to be joyful, healthy and confident.
Molly Barker on LinkedIn
Girls on the Run on Facebook
Girls on the Run on Twitter
A dialogue with Jed Emerson, Chief Impact Strategist for ImpactAssets, a nonprofit organization that catalyzes investment capital for optimal social, environmental and financial impact. ImpactAssets provides educational resources to inform clients of the latest opportunities for socially conscious investing, offers the ability to co-invest across for-profit and nonprofit arenas, and provides a platform for clients and their wealth advisors to participate in impact investments, either through philanthropic or private asset bases. In 2012, Jed won the Nautilus Gold Book Award, along with his colleague Antony Bugg-Levine, for their wonderful book, Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference.
Jed Emerson on LinkedIn
ImpactAssets on Facebook
ImpactAssets on Twitter
A dialogue with Echoing Green Fellow Neil Buddy Shah, Founding Partner of IDInsight, an organization that helps clients in developing countries generate and use rigorous evidence to improve their social impact. IDInsight works with governments, NGOs and others investors to create and implement large-scale interventions so that money and manpower go to programs that actually work.
Neil Buddy Shah on LinkedIn
IDinsight on Facebook
IDinsight on Twitter
In part of two of her interview, Ashoka Fellow Alisa Del Tufo describes her work in Threshold Collaborative, focusing on the connection between empathy, narrative and sustainable, community-based change. Alisa describes the innovative programs and services offered through Threshold, including Transforming Stories, StoryMatters, DreamCatcher and Disruptive Practice.
Threshold Collaborative on Facebook
Alisa Del Tufo on LinkedIn
Threshold Collaborative on Twitter
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Alisa Del Tufo focusing on her pioneering career addressing family violence and the role of empathy in community engagement and empowerment.
Threshold Collaborative on Facebook
Alisa Del Tufo on LinkedIn
Threshold Collaborative on Twitter
A dialogue with Marina Kim, cofounder and executive director of Ashoka U, about Ashoka's groundbreaking initiative building a movement to support social entrepreneurship and changemaking in the nation's leading institutions of higher education.
A dialogue with Judy Goggin, Vice-President at Encore, a national nonprofit organization building a movement to make it easier for millions of people to pursue second acts for the greater good. Encore calls these performances "encore careers" – jobs that combine personal meaning, continued income and social impact – in the second half of life. Judy leads Encore’s College Initiative, a program that encourages the nation’s colleges to create innovative pathways toward encore careers in health care, education, social services and the environment.
Judy Goggin on LinkedIn
Encore on Facebook
Encore on Twitter
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Patrick Struebi, founder and CEO of Fairtrade South America, or Fairtrasa. Fairtrasa is the largest fair-trade, small-scale farmer organization in Latin America. Fairtrasa’s mission is to support small farmers and their communities by connecting them with the opportunity to sell their products in international markets. Patrick's work is revolutionizing the fair-trade movement by restructuring the supply chains affecting small producers, and also reinvesting in their communities in ways that help lift them out of poverty while supporting environmental and organic values.
Fairtrasa on Facebook
Patrick Struebi on LinkedIn
Fairtrasa on Twitter
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Jake Shapiro, founder and CEO of PRX (Public Radio Exchange), an award-winning public media company with a mission to harness technology to bring significant stories to millions of people. PRX is an online platform and marketplace where listeners, producers and stations come together to improve public radio and public media.
Jake Shapiro on LinkedIn
PRX on Facebook
PRX on Twitter
A dialogue with Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Climate Interactive, a nonprofit with a mission to help people see what works in addressing climate change and related issues like energy, water, food and disaster-risk reduction. Using the discipline of systems thinking, the team at Climate Interactive has partnered with major government policymakers such as the US State Department to help them assess and communicate their strategies concerning climate change. Climate Interactive has similarly assisted numerous nongovernmental organizations and businesses. This organization’s critical work has been featured in the New York Times, Live Science, the Mother Nature Network, the Washington Post and the Guardian. Most importantly, Climate Interactive has developed a robust series of interactive simulators and other experiential learning tools to help communities make progress on the global Climate Change challenges that face the world today.
Climate Interactive on Facebook
Elizabeth Sawin on LinkedIn
Climate Interactive on Twitter
A dialogue with Dr. Ruth Shapiro, Editor of The Real Problem Solvers: Social Entrepreneurs in America, a groundbreaking work that brings together leading entrepreneurs, funders, investors, thinkers, and champions in the field to answer these questions from their own, first-person perspectives. Based on a series of talks at The Commonwealth Club of California, these accounts give readers insights into the work of key individuals, but also demonstrate trends at the forefront of social change. Dr. Shapiro is Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the Commonwealth Club of California and the Principal of Keyi Strategies.
Commonwealth Club of California on Facebook
Ruth Shapiro on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Dana Mortenson, Founder and CEO of World Savvy, a nonprofit with a mission to prepare the next generation of leaders to learn, work and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century and to support systemic change in K-12 education to provide every student in every classroom with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to be leaders and changemakers in their diverse communities, locally and globally. World Savvy has grown from serving 90 students and 20 teachers in their first year to reaching more than 250,000 youth and 2000 teachers over their nine-year history from three offices nationally: San Francisco, Minneapolis-St.Paul and New York.
World Savvy on Facebook
Dana Mortenson on LinkedIn
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A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Darell Hammond, CEO and Founder of KaBOOM!, a national organization with a mission to build great play spaces through the participation and leadership of communities. KaBOOM! dreams of an America in which every child has a place to play within walking distance. KaBOOM! has served millions of children by providing them with places to play and explore in their own neighborhoods. Through community partnerships, KaBOOM has built more than 2,200 playgrounds, mapped over 90,000 places to play, and successfully advocated for play policies in hundreds of cities across the nation.
KaBOOM! on Facebook
Darell Hammond on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Aleta Margolis, Founder and Executive Director of Inspired Teaching, a nonprofit with a mission to build a better school experience for children through innovative teacher training. Inspired Teaching helps teachers become full collaborators in school improvement and reform, envisioning teachers as instigators of thought, imagining a world in which every child is taught by an inspired teacher.
Inspired Teaching on Facebook
Aleta Margolis on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Ellen Moir, founder and CEO of the New Teacher Center, with a mission to improve student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and school leaders. The Center strengthens school communities through proven mentoring and professional development programs, online learning environments, policy advocacy and research. Ellen’s work has reached thousands of mentors, new teachers and school administrators—enriching the educational experience of over 1.5 million students nationwide.
New Teacher Center on Facebook
Ellen Moir on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Annys Darkwa about her work at Vision Housing Consulting Services, a non profit with a mission to prevent ex-offenders from re-offending upon their release from prison. Based at this time in the United Kingdom, Vision Housing helps clients find suitable, sustainable accommodation and support, including benefits, rehabilitation, training and employment. Vision Housing has housed over 550 people and lowered their re-offending rate to between 10-15%.
Annys Darkwa on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Betty Makoni, the Founder and CEO of the Girl Child Network Worldwide, an organization at the center of a global commitment to gathering, codifying, training and promoting the experiences and expertise of African girl advocates and marginalized girls. The Network supports and promotes girls’ rights, empowerment and education. It reaches out to and advances the circumstances of African girls who are economically deprived, at risk of abuse, subject to harmful cultural practices or living in areas of instability.
Girl Child Network Worldwide on Facebook
Betty Makoni on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Andreas Heinecke, founder and CEO of Dialogue Social Enterprise and Dialogue in the Dark. Dialogue is an exhibition and workshop to explore the unseen. The concept of Dialogue in the Dark is simple: blind guides lead visitors through specially constructed dark rooms in which scent, sound, wind, temperature and texture convey the characteristics of daily environments. Dialogue in the Dark has been presented in more than 30 countries and 130 cities throughout the world since its opening in 1988. More than seven million visitors worldwide have experienced Dialogue in the Dark and thousands of blind guides and trainers have found employment through the program.
Dialogue in the Dark on Facebook
Andreas Heinecke on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Connie Siskowski, Founder and President of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, the only organization of its kind addressing issues across the United States surrounding the silent, vulnerable and hidden population of children, conservatively estimated to exceed 1.4 million, who provide care for family members unable to manage life independently. Connie's work illustrates powerful empathy by shining a spotlight on millions of children who model empathy every day in meeting the challenge of caring for their loved ones.
American Association of Caregiving Youth on Facebook
Connie Siskowski on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Vishal Talreja regarding Dream a Dream, an award-winning organization based in India that is working on empowering young people from vulnerable backgrounds by developing their life skills and at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where differences are appreciated.
Dream a Dream on Facebook
Vishal Talreja on LinkedIn
A dialogue with John Marks, founder and President of Search for Common Ground, about the role of empathy in John's work over the past 30 years in his international NGO dedicated to transforming how the world deals with conflict.
Search for Common Ground on Facebook
John Marks on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Jim Thompson, founder of the Positive Coaching Alliance, about helping youth build character and learn empathy through Jim's transformative approach to coaching in youth sports.
Positive Coaching Alliance on Facebook
Jim Thompson on LinkedIn
A video podcast by David Castro produced for Ashoka and the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance on Problem Solving and Innovation.
I-LEAD on Facebook
David Castro on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Author Beverly Schwartz, Ashoka's Vice President of Global Marketing. Beverly has written Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Around the World. Beverly takes us on a journey around the globe exploring the stories of some of the world's most impactful social entrepreneurs.
Ashoka on Facebook
Beverly Schwartz on LinkedIn
Robert Rimm, Managing Editor of Arch Street Press, interviews Ashoka Fellow David Castro on empathy as a critical leadership skill. David is the President and CEO of the Institute for Leadership Education, Advancement and Development, also known as I-LEAD.
Start Empathy: Ashoka Fellow David Castro: Empathy and Leadership
I-LEAD on Facebook
David Castro on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Eric Dawson, CEO and Founder of Peace First, dedicated to building effective school climates by focusing on two major efforts within a school: teaching children the skills of conflict resolution and civic engagement; and providing educators with the critical skills and knowledge to integrate social-emotional learning into the school’s curriculum and culture.
Peace First on Facebook
Eric Dawson on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Lennon Flowers describing Ashoka's empathy initiative. For more information, go to http://empathy.ashoka.org.
Ashoka on Facebook
Lennon Flowers on LinkedIn
A dialogue with Ashoka Fellow Jill Vialet, Founder and CEO of Playworks, about the role of play in developing empathy among children.
Playworks on Facebook
Jill Vialet on LinkedIn