Quantcast
Channel: Council Profiles Archives - NationSwell
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 77 View Live

Meet the Privacy Expert on a Mission to Protect Your Digital Footprint

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new breed of nationalism took root that trained its attention on the foreigners among us. In response, the federal government adopted a set...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Teetering on the Digital Divide

At Jameira Miller’s high school in Lansdowne, Pa., using technology means punching buttons on a calculator. To use a computer, the soft-spoken senior has to give up lunch to wait in line at the media...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Putting the Power of Positivity Into Focus

It was 2012 when Nicole Riggs decided to seriously reevaluate her life. The year before, her mother passed away. So did her mother-in-law, a friend’s young daughter and the family dog. As 2012 got...

View Article

Funding the Social Causes Worth Fighting For

Kim Syman has lofty ideas about how New Profit, a social-impact funding organization that she helped get off the ground 20 years ago this week, can do better work. Much of it involves changing...

View Article

Leading With Purpose: Insights from AiLun Ku, Opportunity Network President...

Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose and inspire others to do the same. For 15 years, the...

View Article


Leading With Purpose: How Amy Nelson, CEO of ‘Venture for America,’ Stays...

Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose and inspire others to do the same. As CEO of Venture for...

View Article

Summit West 2020: Why DeNora Getachew Leads With Purpose

Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose — and inspire others to do the same. For DeNora...

View Article

How Adrian Haro Is Fighting to Bolster the Power of Workers Amid the COVID-19...

There’s never been a more urgent time to talk about the workers of America. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural inequities of our society, where workers in essential services — like...

View Article


The Opportunity Network’s AiLun Ku on the Importance of ‘Unstoppable Learning’

As President and CEO of The Opportunity Network, AiLun Ku has devoted her professional life to harnessing the inherent talent of every young person of color from historically underrepresented...

View Article


Profile: Hadi Partovi

As the son of a college professor who helped establish Iran’s Sharif University of Technology, Hadi Partovi has always had a deep-seated appreciation for teachers. “Passionate teachers have been my...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 77 View Live