Does Social Innovation Actually Drive Gender Equity?
David McGintyPalladium International
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform
Andy CurrierLandesa
“One of the best ways of fighting your deportation case, or making a claim for asylum...is to actually have documentation of what happens when ICE shows up at your door"- @PaliMakam in @guardian on our video training for immigrant communities in the U.S.
'Resistance zone': the neighborhood where people train to confront Ice
In Philadelphia, immigrant rights group Juntos deemed part of the city a ‘zone’ where community members learn what they should do if Ice c...
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1/ Inspired by his grandfather, a poor farmer in South Dakota, social entrepreneur Kola Masha set out to use economies of scale to help lift young Nigerians out of poverty by through @BabbanGona.
How Babban Gona Turns Potential Fighters into Productive Farmers - Skoll.org
Babban Gona starts by cultivating that core element of grassroots leadership, the foundation of trust upon which any thriving co-operative depends.
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Important report released by @mic_global underscores what most Americans know: that our greatness lies in values we share; now we must turn the exhausted majority into the engaged citizenry we are! @hiddentribesUS
Hidden Tribes of America
The Hidden Tribes of America is a year-long project launched by More in Common to better understand the forces that drive political polarization and t...
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"Women, men, and communities across the Global South can’t wait for funding pledges to be fulfilled, much less, for global mitigation efforts to take hold." For smallholder farmers, #climateaction has to happen now. @Landesa_Global
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform - Skoll.org
Under the right conditions, smallholder farmers—who are at the forefront of climate risks—are not powerless to adapt to the changing realities
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On April 9-12 in Oxford, the 2019 Skoll World Forum will celebrate the convergence of social entrepreneurs & innovators in furthering global social progress. Apply to attend #SkollWF here:
Apply to Attend - Skoll.org
Skoll World Forum delegates are active participants in a global Skoll community dedicated to large-scale social change. Each year, we bring new delega...
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New #CHWimpact report harnesses practitioner expertise to optimize Community Health Systems. #CHWs can contribute to #UHC, #GlobalGoals but only if they are set up for success. https://t.co/G6uYPxfH7z
How a smallholder agricultural revolution could be an antidote to instability and insurgencies. @BabbanGona #EndPoverty https://t.co/b3vu3SOgPE
.@PIH co-founder Paul Farmer has made the lives of the poor the fight of his life. "To be horrified by inequality and early death and not have any kind of plan for responding — that would not work for me."
Harvard’s Paul Farmer on traveling the world to fight inequality in health
In the Experience series, Paul Farmer talks Partners In Health, "Harvard-Haiti," and making the lives of the poor the fight of his life.
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Bono says that there's only one thing we need to agree on: "That the lives of the poor deserve better treatment." See why he thinks business can act as an engine for poverty reduction in our video: 📹https://t.co/zAHrAhBSiy #EndPoverty
Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civilization.
#ClimateChange is putting millions of smallholder farmers at risk and exacerbating the food crisis. @Landesa on why land rights are key to addressing the insecurity:
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform - Skoll.org
Under the right conditions, smallholder farmers—who are at the forefront of climate risks—are not powerless to adapt to the changing realities
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"If a student says to another student, ‘Knowledge is power. We need higher education so we can overcome our oppression,’ they’re much more likely to listen." @dnbornstein on how @PeerForward is leveraging peer influence to boost college entry rates:
Opinion | The Power of Student Peer Leaders
An organization is using the influence that teenagers have on their contemporaries to help more students from low-income families gain college admissi...
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Compelling stories can inspire people to help solve the world’s problems as well as provide opportunities for individuals to make a difference. See what sparked Jeff Skoll's passion for storytelling.
Jeff Skoll On How He Uses The Power Of Storytelling To Push For Change
For his whole philanthropic career, the eBay co-founder has harnessed compelling narrative to help inform and inspire a better future.
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By @Water Co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon - Investing in Safe Water Allows Opportunities to Flow - a read via @MilkenInstitute.
NEW BLOG: We are at an "all hands on deck" moment when it comes to #climatechange. Read Ceres CEO and President @MindyLubber's new @Forbes blog on the #IPCCReport and where we go from here.
We must be "all hands on deck" when it comes to climate change
If we want to spare our children and grandchildren across the world from the ever-worsening effects of climate change, we have less than 12 years left...
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