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Q&A with Artist and Affirmation Extraordinaire Hana Shafi
Here’s our latest Q&A with the effervescent 24-year-old illustrator and journalist, Hana Shafi. She’s a Toronto-based badass whose Instagram is making ripples across the Internet with her art focused on affirmations and cultivating empathy. Read on, and then go follow her. ★ ★ ★ Tell me a little about who you are and where you’re from? I’m a freelance artist and…
Narrative 4 Uses ‘Story Exchange’ to Change the World
Meet Narrative 4 , an education-focused organization that promotes a curriculum centered on a ‘culture of care’. This means, in essence, helping kids cultivate deep empathy for others. Studies agree that putting yourself in another person’s shoes can, in turn, make you a better person. “By bringing people together through storytelling, we will build a new narrative for immigration, for the environment, for…
The Conscious Kid Help Raise New Generation of Woke Kids
As we move into a new year full of fresh optimism about how our country can make positive progress, The Conscious Kid (TCK) is helping ensure kids understand the importance of diversity. With partnerships, TCK’s education programs aim to reduce bias and effectively promote positive identity development in youth. The group also supports research and policy organization. Children are like…
John Legend’s Unlocked Futures Takes Aim at America’s Recidivism Problem
John Legend – the silky-voiced pop star who turns all the heads – is a social justice ninja working hard to reduce recidivism. First, through his non-profit FREEAMERICA, and now with an accelerator program called Unlocked Futures, Legend tackles prison reform with the deep belief that some simple changes can make a monumentally positive impact. Studies show that the lack…
They2ze, Newly Launched All-Inclusive App for Transgender Spectrum Youth
A group of dogged Bay Area-based innovators recently launched an app called They2ze, created by LGBTQ folks at YTH (an organization bridging youth health and technology). Funded by the National Library of Medicine, They2ze connects folks in the Bay Area with access to vetted health and HIV resources and best practices. Their core belief is that everyone deserves access to…
Common Ground Foundation Asks Youth to Find Their Spark and Follow it
Academy award-winning actor, hip-hop artist, and writer Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr.—better known as Common—founded a non-profit with the belief that education should constantly be evolving to adapt to new ideas. Common Ground Foundation provides mentorship to high school students and hosts youth-focused summer camps and conferences around the country. They hope to nurture their students to become informed citizens who…
