Assets of America: Ashoka
A social entrepreneur is an individual who has a bold new idea and isn’t necessarily in a rush to make millions with it, but instead uses his or her ingenuity to change long established societal patterns of living — these are the people who make up Ashoka. Ashoka is a non-profit organization that provides support for innovative community leaders and connects them in a global fellowship.
The word "Ashoka" is Sanskrit for "the active absence of sorrow," and Ashoka fellows are people who actively work to establish the absence of a wide variety of societal sorrows by equalizing opportunities for individuals and entire communities experiencing social blockades.
Since 1980 Ashoka has been working on six major service fields:
- Learning & Education -- Ashoka fellows around the world are working in many different countries fundamentally changing the way young people are learning and growing up.
- The Environment -- Ashoka's human-environment interface is a force with over 300 dedicated individual fellows.
- Health -- Ashoka is building a Global Health Initiative to address health issues in developing nations.
- Human Rights -- Ashoka is working on the Law for All Initiative to ensure that historically marginalized populations have equal access to legal recourse.
- Economic Development -- Ashoka fellows are focusing on practical and innovative strategies for the co-existence of social justice and economic development.
- Civic Participation -- Ashoka continually works to inspire and enable individuals to take civic-minded initiative and mobilize for social change.
Note: By submitting your comments you acknowledge that Nader for President 2008 has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever. Please note that due to the volume of comments we receive, not all comments will be published and it may take several hours for your comments to be reviewed, and those that are published will not be edited. But all will be carefully read, considered and appreciated.
Your comment will be visible to you (and only you) after you post it, at which point it is queued for consideration and no longer visible. Please refrain from submitting your comments multiple times.
Note: By submitting your comments you acknowledge that Nader for President 2008 has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever. Please note that due to the volume of comments we receive, not all comments will be published and it may take several hours for your comments to be reviewed, and those that are published will not be edited. But all will be carefully read, considered and appreciated.
Your comment will be visible to you (and only you) after you post it, at which point it is queued for consideration and no longer visible. Please refrain from submitting your comments multiple times.
