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Aimee Eubanks Davis: Re-imagining College-to-Career SuccessIt is often said that college education is the ticket to upward mobility, the American Dream. While some believe that the American Dream still exists,…Nov 2015
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Scaling Up: SIRUM Has Tripled In Size And Isn't Stopping Anytime SoonKiah Williams of SIRUM has been recognized as one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30” for Social Entrepreneurs and recently won $500,000 on the stage of the Under 30…Oct 2015
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Two DRK Grantees Win $500k in Google Impact ChallengeThe Google Impact Challenge awarded a total of $5.5 million to Bay Area nonprofits this year. A panel of advisers narrowed the large pool of…Oct 2015
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Watch: These City Buses Are Now Showers for the Homeless in San FranciscoWatch how Lava Mae is turning retired muni buses in San Francisco into showers on wheels to provide hygiene, dignity and hope to the homeless. Watch…Oct 2015
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SELF Magazine Spotlights How 25-Year Old Grace Garey is Making a Difference in Health CareBy the time she graduated from college, Grace Garey, now 25, had worked in a Liberian refugee camp and helped coordinate emergency response for war-torn…Oct 2015
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Vineet Singal Featured in NYT Magazine as One of Five Visionary Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the WorldIn our confusing health care system, ‘‘patient’s rights’’ can seem like an empty promise. But 25-year-old Vineet Singal’s nonprofit enterprise, CareMessage, is trying to change…Oct 2015
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Saving Lives on the Dangerous Roads of IndiaA tragedy spurred Piyush Tewari, founder and CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation, to examine road-accident deaths in India. What he found was shocking: the country has…Sep 2015
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A Millennial Named BushBarbara Bush joined her father, George W. Bush, on a 2003 trip to Africa and was staggered by the human toll of AIDS in Uganda.…Sep 2015
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Meet the Non-MDs Solving Systemic Heath Care Problems for Global Health CorpsGlobal Health Corps just sent its latest cohort of fellows to their yearlong posts developing health and social justice solutions in places like Zambia, Malawi…Sep 2015