"...it’s honestly the people around me that have kept me here. Calling someone by their preferred name is life-saving. Using correct pronouns is gender-affirming. And making sure trans kids are protected is changemaking." #ChannelKindness #BeKind365

Soon, students across Anambra State will take the stage at the CACE Changemaker Pitch-a-thon, where culture, education, and changemaking come together. More details coming soon. #CACEPitchathon #Anambra #AshokaAfrica #CACE

Two changemaking Sunderland College projects that support young people have been recognised in a major national report published by the Children’s Commissioner for England.  The project is already making a positive difference. 👏 Find out more ➡️ orlo.uk/NvK5q

A great idea is only the beginning. What follows is what matters. Ashoka Africa × PMI Nigeria are partnering to strengthen how young people turn ideas into lasting impact through changemaking and execution. More to come. #AshokaAfrica #PMINigeria #YouthChangemakers #Partnership

Five years ago, what started as a protest became a movement. We called it Anti-Racist Hot Dog. At a time when the world felt increasingly divided, we chose an unlikely tool: food. We used hot dogs, music, and honest conversation to bring people together across lines of race, politics, faith, and identity. This week, I learned that Anti-Racist Hot Dog is now featured inside the Obama Presidential Center as part of "Imagine Your Impact," a permanent interactive experience that introduces visitors to real stories of changemaking. To say I'm humbled would be an understatement. What began as a small act of hope is now embedded in a place that will inspire millions of people from around the world for generations to come. Thank you to Stephen and every single person who helped build this movement. Thank you to my friends Josh and Stephanie for being among the first to visit and send me photos from the preview days before the Center officially opens to the public on June 18. What's especially meaningful is that I received this news while on Day 43 of walking from Durban to Cape Town to fund my Harvard education and advocate for solutions to South Africa's housing crisis. This walk and Anti-Racist Hot Dog are connected by the same belief: that ordinary people have the power to create extraordinary change when they choose courage over comfort and community over division. Five years ago, I could never have imagined that a protest would become a permanent installation at the Obama Presidential Center. A reminder that sometimes the smallest ideas, pursued with enough conviction, can travel further than we ever imagined. Grateful. Inspired. And just getting started. ❤️🌭🇿🇦🚶🏾‍♂️ #WalkForHome #ObamaPresidentialCenter #ImagineYourImpact #AntiRacistHotDog #Change @ObamaFoundation @BarackObama @MichelleObama @antiracistdawg

From local initiatives to global recognition. Fahad Shahbaz is empowering thousands of young Pakistanis through education, leadership & social development. This is what changemaking looks like. #FahadOnForbes

Excited to announce our next session live on @YouTube on "How to Master the Art of Volunteering and Changemaking" featuring Mr. Mudit Pathak — Author, ex-Gandhi Fellow, Ashoka Young Changemaker & Social Entrepreneur. 🗓️ 30 May 2026 | ⏰ 08:30 PM #Volunteering #Changemaking

Joined 💙 to interview , president of Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, on their important work and to celebrate free speech and changemaking champions like . Look 💛:

Joined 💙 to interview , president of Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, on their important work and to celebrate free speech and changemaking champions like . Look 💛:

FemFund Poland — Co-founder Magda Pocheć, shared experiences from building the FemFund at Ashoka’s Changemaking Leadership series.

“I have a PhD and men are threatened by me” is not an argument. It is a posture. You're in good company, like the woman who got a masters degree from George Washington University for her thesis on "Two-Spirit Decolonial Changemaking on Instagram" which relied on a sample size of three people. We are all intimidated by your majesty and your intellectual prowess. Shall we step aside while you lead the world into a golden age? Wisdom itself shall die with you.

Kidest Mitiku graduated May 16 with a degree in public leadership and changemaking after discovering her passion for global policy and humanitarian work. Through leadership roles, research & service, she’s already making an impact beyond campus. Read more: bit.ly/4dGAElQ

It’s more than just an idea💡. Changemaking is empathy, creativity, courage and determination in action! Apply to become a 2026 Rural Change Maker and together we will shape the world we want to live in. To apply, please visit➡️ bit.ly/RCM_5

Let’s go !! Another successful week of progressive changemaking

Oh how interesting just throw names go for fame not value can’t imagine why no one suggested will I am or whoever changemaking nowadays

Gain practical tools for leading positive & inclusive change at AMEL Institute! Young leaders from the Middle East & Africa can boost knowledge, skills & networks for safer, more effective changemaking through our next training program (July/August 2026): amelproject.org/apply

🙌 We were honored to bring 5 Academy alumni with us to Madrid. Each of these alumni are leading policy changemaking in their fields: Tiffany Chioma Anaebere, Mikeal Vaughn, Carlos Javier Torres, Jessica Cole, and Candice Ammori.

On June 19, 2026 (Juneteenth), the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's South Side Jackson Park opens to the public. After a June 18 dedication ceremony with performances and leaders, the 19.3-acre campus—including the presidential museum, new Chicago Public Library branch, community hub, athletics space (Home Court), and free outdoor areas—becomes accessible. It's built as a hub for civic engagement, learning, meetings, and local changemaking, not a standard presidential library. Museum tickets go on sale today via obama.org.

A new space for connection, storytelling & changemaking in East Africa has begun. Ashoka East Africa now has dedicated social platforms. Follow, engage & be part of an Everyone a Changemaker world.