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| Now you can watch stories of purpose and passion from the comfort of your home or while you're on the road! Join us as we launch our Organization Spotlights and Heroes & Innovators sections in the free Video on Demand space delivered to where you live, work and play. INNOVATOR SPOTLIGHT: -- Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs--men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Bill Drayton founded Ashoka in 1981, and has defined and built the field of Social Entrepreneurship from its onset. Over the past 26 years, Ashoka has elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. These Fellows inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful changemakers. Ashoka envisions a world where Everyone is a Changemaker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change. Get a taste of the power of this new movement by watching this short video here. Then find out how you can be a part of the next global solution by logging on to www.ashoka.org. HEROES and INNOVATORS: -- Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor Ashoka Fellows are innovators who demonstrate unrivaled commitment to bold new ideas and prove that compassion, creativity, and collaboration are tremendous forces for change. No one exemplifies these traits more than Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, and leader in microcredit. He has spread microcredit globally and pioneered in social business ventures such as Grameen Telecom, which have enabled rural village women to become profitable sellers of telecommunications service in their communities. Dr. Yunus is a founding Member of Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Global Academy members' solutions have had scalable, global impact, and they serve as architects of the dynamic, competitive citizen sector of the future. "The media describes Yunus as an economist, professor, or banker, but really why the Nobel Committee selected him is because Yunus is the quintessential global social entrepreneur. His brilliant microcredit strategy is based on unleashing the potential of every person to change his or her life. He embodies Ashoka's vision that everyone in the world is a changemaker," said Susan Davis, Chair of Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Tap into Dr. Yunus' energy and ideas by watching the video here. For more information on Ashoka or to order the full Social Entrepreneurship DVD series, go to www.ashoka.org. ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT: -- The Center for the Partially Sighted Vision loss can occur at any time, to anyone. With low vision rehabilitation services, people with impaired sight can succeed in the workplace and in the home, and The Center for the Partially Sighted can help! Since it's founding in 1978, CPS has been recognized as one of the premier low vision rehabilitation centers in the world. Their mission is to help visually impaired people of all ages lead independent and productive lives. They do this with services that enhance remaining sight and by providing emotional support and independent living strategies. Find out more in this video spotlight, narrated by Betty White. Or go to www.low-vision.org to find out how you or someone you know can take advantage of their services or help support their efforts. ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT: -- The Anne Douglas Center, Los Angeles Mission The Los Angeles Mission's Women's outreach was named the Anne Douglas Center in recognition of Mrs. Kirk Douglas' long-standing compassionate generosity to the homeless. "If I had but one wish, I think becoming a recognized patron of homeless men and women would be it. I hope together we will be able to alleviate their plight entirely." At the Anne Douglas Center, women who are in desperate need of help are welcomed and offered the chance to transform their lives and regain their dignity. During the 12-month intensive Rehabilitation Program, women are provided shelter, meals and clothing as they are equipped with skills and taught how to accept responsibility that prepares them for a life of independence and breaks the cycle of self-destruction. If you didn't catch their story on VOD, you can view it here now. Or go to www.losangelesmission.org to find out more about this organization and ways you can help support their efforts. |
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