Changemaker – Page 3 – The Social Innovation Collaboratory @ Fordham University

Welcome to Changemaker

The Blog of the Social Innovation Collaboratory @ Fordham University
an AshokaU Changemaker Campus.

Shining a light

…on individuals, groups, ideas, and events in Fordham, NYC, and the World that move us toward greater social justice, global sustainability, and social entrepreneurship.

Mission

Our aim is to be inclusive and to draw content from a myriad of sources, including our University newsroom, our SI Collaboratory partners, and the vast resources of the web.

Connect

Share ideas, future events, and request our latest social innovation news at socialinnovation@fordham.edu.

Fordham Launches Fund to Help Student Entrepreneurs

Posted onDecember 20, 2019

BY PATRICK VEREL ON DECEMBER 16, 2019 for Fordham News. If it’s true that money talks, Fordham is speaking volumes about its commitment to students who want to More …

AMERICA’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES SHARED THEIR SUCCESS STORIES AT THE AMERICAN INNOVATION CONFERENCE

Posted onDecember 17, 2019December 17, 2019

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Social innovation and market disruption were among the themes discussed at the 2nd annual American Innovation More …

Solutions Journalism is an important direction in awareness, understanding, and ways to respond to problems and challenges

Posted onDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019

SolutionsU® is possible because of the spread of solutions journalism: rigorous reporting on responses to social problems. Our parent organization Solutions Journalism Network seeks to rebalance More …

Mapping Conference Tackles Justice Issues from a Geographic Perspective

Posted onNovember 26, 2019

BY TOM STOELKER ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 LECTURES AND EVENTS, UNIVERSITY NEWS. In a three-day symposium titled “Mapping (In)Justice,” dozens of scholars came to Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus More …

Launching the Contract for the Web

Posted onNovember 25, 2019November 25, 2019

23rd November 2019 | Blog of contractfortheweb.org. Last year, the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, called for governments, companies and citizens from across More …

Social Innovators Address UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Posted onOctober 18, 2019

posted by GabelliConnect on October 9, 2019. With just one decade to go for countries around the globe to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development More …

Launch of Ashoka U Student Changemaker Stories Campaign

Posted onOctober 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Contributed October 17, 2019 by Ashoka U, the higher education initiative of Ashoka. This message marks the launch of our Student Changemaker Stories Campaign! Over the More …

Peruvian Group Launch Compostable Plates Made Of Banana Leaves

Posted onOctober 10, 2019October 17, 2019

by Andrea D. Steffen, intelligentliving.com October 7, 2019. A group of young Peruvians has launched a project called ‘Bio Plant’ in order to help the world use less More …

Top Innovative Companies Share Secrets to Success

Posted onOctober 8, 2019October 8, 2019

Like sharks that need to keep swimming to live, businesses need to innovate to survive. On Oct. 3, representatives from five of the most innovative More …

Fordham Strengthens Identity as Changemaker Campus

Posted onSeptember 16, 2019September 16, 2019

BY PATRICK VEREL ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2019, UNIVERSITY NEWS. Five years after Fordham joined the AshokaU network of schools committed to changing the world through social innovation, the More …