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Every day, changemakers are shaping our future in countless ways. They’re raising money to solve social and environmental problems, building innovative solutions, and helping their communities…
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May Breaking Good
If you plan to celebrate Cinco de Mayo tonight with some enchiladas or fajitas, take a moment to honor Elena Zelayeta, a chef with a fascinating story who popularized Mexican cuisine in the United States.
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April Breaking Good
Sometimes referred to as the Mahatma Gandhi of the Amazon Rainforest, Chico Mendes didn’t originally set out to become an environmental hero, but his efforts to protect his livelihood turned him into one anyway.
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March Breaking Good
For Rouble Nagi, education doesn’t have to happen in a school. Learning can happen anywhere — even on a mat in the middle of a slum — as long as you make it interesting.
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February Breaking Good
Dr. Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” has shown the world that you’re never too old to be a changemaker. Ten years ago, at the tender age of 89, she began a walking campaign from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to push for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday.
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January Breaking Good
The word “fearless” is bound to come to mind if you watch Olympic athlete Chloe Kim fly through the air on her snowboard. At just 25 years old, she’s earned her spot as one of snowboarding’s most celebrated athletes, with more accola d es than we have space to list here.
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December Breaking Good
If history is any indication, today tens of millions of people around the world will participate in Giving Tuesday . They’ll donate money, volunteer their time…
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November Breaking Good
A new study confirms one of our longstanding beliefs at the Case Foundation — hope is a powerful force for good. Researchers found that people with…
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October Breaking Good
It may be spooky season 🎃, but you won't find any scary stories in our newsletter today. Like every month, Breaking Good is here with a…
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September Breaking Good
When current events feel overwhelming, one way to put it all into perspective is to look for the people driving positive change. Beyond the big headlines…
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August Breaking Good
For students, teachers, and parents everywhere, the coming weeks will be one of the most exciting times of the year (or, for some kids, the most…
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July Breaking Good
Once you’ve accomplished your dream of going to space, what comes next? For Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space, the answer to that question includes inspiring countless girls to reach their own dreams.
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June Breaking Good
Darren Walker didn’t dream of changing philanthropy as a child. Growing up in poverty in rural Texas, he didn’t even know what a foundation was, as he joked on a recent podcast. But Walker’s conviction that he would be a success led him down the unlikely path to become a corporate lawyer, bond trader, and ultimately one of the most influential leaders in the philanthropic world.
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May Breaking Good
Some changemakers get their start young. For childhood friends Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, their commitment to the environmental activism began to take root in secondary school in Vancouver. Both Chinese immigrants, the pair co-led the Environment Club, and it didn’t take long for their impact to go beyond composting and community gardening.
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April Breaking Good
Gabriel Paun is on a mission to save the forest ecosystem, dedicating his life to protecting nature. He founded Agent Green, a nongovernmental organization, in 2009 to raise awareness of environmental crimes and hasn’t stopped fighting since. Much of Paun’s work has been centered in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains, which play an essential role in climate regulation and flood control, and are home to diverse wildlife, including brown bears, lynx, and wolves. Since its founding, Agent Green has filed hundreds of lawsuits to prevent illegal logging and has helped save tens of thousands of hectares of primary and old-growth forests.
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March Breaking Good
March isn’t just about optimism; it’s also Women’s History Month, when we celebrate the women who broke barriers to pave the way for a more equitable society. One such trailblazer is Elizabeth Jane Cochran, who is more well-known by her pen name, Nellie Bly.
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February Breaking Good
During Black History Month, we honor the many trailblazers who shattered barriers in their fight for equality. One such pioneer was Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Born in Texas in 1892 to parents of African and Native American descent, Coleman encountered many challenges growing up in the Jim Crow era. She aspired to become a pilot, and when American flight schools denied her entry, she learned French and traveled to France, where she earned her pilot’s license in 1921.
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January Breaking Good
When looking through the photos of California’s devastating wildfires and hearing the harrowing tales of LA residents, it’s heartening to find stories of fearless individuals who risked their lives to save others: firefighters directing hoses toward the flames, helicopter pilots dropping water over the burning hills, and police officers carrying people to safety.
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December Breaking Good
Reshma Soujani has been an inspiration to countless girls and young women. As founder of the successful nonprofit Girls Who Code, she has inspired millions of girls to pursue their dreams in computer science — but her impact doesn’t stop there.
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November 2024 Breaking Good
On Election Day, we honor the many suffragists who fought for the hard-won right to vote. One such fearless trailblazer was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. Born in 1832, she grew up in a family dedicated to equality, which shaped her own bold commitment to gender and social justice.
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October 2024 Breaking Good
Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, we have been reading about the contributions of so many Latinx trailblazers who have made impactful contributions to the planet, humanity and culture. One such individual is 22-year-old Xiye Bastida, whom Time Magazine has described as “one of the most prominent climate-justice activists of our generation.” A Mexican climate justice activist and member of the Indigenous Otomi community, Bastida is a leading voice in the youth climate movement. Shortly after organizing a 300,000-person climate strike in New York in 2019, she cofounded the Re-Earth Initiative, a nonprofit engaged in climate solutions funding, movement building, and storytelling-driven advocacy.
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September 2024 Breaking Good
Heman Bekele started creating “potions” with ordinary household chemicals when he was just a small boy, but it didn’t take long for his experiments to evolve into meaningful science. By age 14, he had invented a soap that could one day treat and prevent skin cancer. Bekele’s soap-making experiments began when he realized how many people are impacted by skin cancer and how expensive it is to treat. He wanted to create a more accessible treatment option for people in the earliest stages of the disease, so he turned to soap — an inexpensive product accessible to all.
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August 2024 Breaking Good
Women represent 49% of athletes competing in Paris this summer — the closest the Olympics has come to reaching gender parity. It’s a stark contrast to the 1924 Paris Games, when women were denied participation in most events. The efforts of a little-known figure, Alice Milliat, began to change that.
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July 2024 Breaking Good
We weren’t the least bit surprised to see Sallie Krawcheck named to Barron’s “100 Most Influential Women in Finance” earlier this year. She is the founder of Ellevest, a virtual financial advisory geared towards women.
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June 2024 Breaking Good
Anya Freeman caught our attention when we read about her startup, Kind Designs, as one of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award winners. The Miami-based company uses 3D printing to manufacture cost-effective seawalls designed to benefit ecosystems.
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May 2024 Breaking Good
Labeling Nalini Nadkarni as fearless might seem natural if you saw her up in the treetops of the Costa Rican rainforest, where she spent years studying the plants, animals and microbes that live in the upper canopy. As a forest canopy researcher, she has climbed countless trees to study these ecosystems.
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April 2024 Breaking Good
Personal experience opened Guy Assad’s eyes to a major challenge faced by many American families, particularly households of color. After helping his family manage the medical debt amassed after his father’s cancer diagnosis, Assad saw the urgent need to democratize financial assistance. He founded Clerkie, which uses technology and AI automation to minimize the complexity of debt for everyday people.
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March 2024 Breaking Good
Pakistan-born Shiza Shahid didn’t always envision herself as an entrepreneur while growing up. It wasn’t until she left home to attend college in the US that she even learned what the word meant and understood the power of building a mission-led business.
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February 2024 Breaking Good
Ruby Bridges became a civil rights hero even before she understood what that meant. At age six, she was one of the first Black children to integrate into New Orleans’ all-white public school system. Flanked by federal marshals, she bravely walked past an angry mob to get to school — marking a turning point for school desegregation.
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January 2024 Breaking Good
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms how people work and create content, the contributions of women are often overlooked — yet their voices are essential to developing technology that benefits all people. Margaret Mitchell is one of several women who refuses to be a “hidden figure” in AI development.
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December 2023 Breaking Good
Kristen Sonday saw how complicated it is to navigate the judicial system while working at the U.S. Justice Department, so she decided to do something about it. She and fellow lawyer Felicity Levey created a first-of-its-kind technology platform to make it easier for marginalized communities to access legal representation.
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November 2023 Breaking Good
If you watched the critically acclaimed show Reservation Dogs on FX or Hulu, you’re familiar with the work of Sterlin Harjo, one of the show’s co-creators. The show, which just wrapped up its final season, is the first of its kind. Set in a small town in the Muscogee Nation, it features a cast and writing team almost completely comprised of indigenous people.
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October 2023 Breaking Good
Last week, scientist Katalin Karikó, PhD, won a Nobel Prize in medicine alongside her collaborator Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for their discoveries that led to the development of mRNA vaccines. Their research paved the way for the COVID-19 vaccines, which prevented over 3 million deaths in the US alone, according to one study.
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September 2023 Breaking Good
Patrick Regan’s inspiration to launch a solar panel manufacturing company came from an unlikely source: prison inmates. Regan, a tenured professor at the University of Notre Dame, was teaching at Indiana’s Westville State Prison when he saw a glaring social issue: even after acquiring a college degree, most formerly incarcerated people still struggle to find work. To tackle this problem, he left the familiar world of academia to found Crossroads Solar in South Bend, Indiana, with his business partner, Marty Whalen. The solar manufacturing company employs former prisoners, giving them the necessary income and life skills to earn their way back into society. Striving for income equality, he earns a salary within 5% of employees’ wages.
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August 2023 Breaking Good
As president and CEO of the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), James “Jay” Bailey has dedicated his career to lifting up Black business owners. RICE is a business generator serving metro Atlanta, created to support Black entrepreneurs in overcoming the unique barriers they face in building thriving businesses. In a recent Inc. video, Bailey talks about the importance of creating safe spaces for Black entrepreneurs where they can make big mistakes and learn from them to move forward and grow. By fostering a sense of belonging, Bailey and his colleagues have created a space where people can “fail and fly.” A great example of #BeFearless thinking.
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July 2023 Breaking Good
Laela Sturdy became head of CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm, earlier this year, joining a small but growing group of women leaders in the venture capital (VC) industry. Just 13% of decision-makers at US-based VC firms are women, and 64% of firms do not have any female partners, according to All Raise.
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June 2023 Breaking Good
We feature many trailblazers in Breaking Good, but Will “Akuna” Robinson might be the first who is literally conquering trails. Robinson is the first Black man to achieve the triple crown of hiking — three trails totaling nearly 8,000 miles. His journey is an inspiring tale of conquering inner demons to find peace.
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May 2023 Breaking Good
Leaving a successful career in consumer technology to tackle the climate crisis takes a leap of faith. That’s what makes Mary Yap’s story so inspiring. After losing two close friends in separate accidents, Yap decided that she wanted to focus the rest of her life on climate change. She went back to school to study earth and planetary sciences at Yale, which led to her next big move.
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April 2023 Breaking Good
Chef José Andrés made headlines last month when his restaurant group announced it would open new culinary concepts in Las Vegas and Palo Alto, and we were happy to hear that his first restaurant — Jaleo in our hometown of Washington, DC — is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Yet while many people know José Andrés as a celebrated chef, Breaking Good readers are also likely to know that behind the Michelin stars is an activist who’s using food as an agent of change.
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March 2023 Breaking Good
Getting rejected by more than 100 investors can be disheartening, to say the least. But Melanie Perkins didn’t let it stop her from landing seed capital for her design startup. Instead of giving up, she kept learning, refining her strategy, and updating her pitch deck until she got a yes, as she discussed in an interview with Forbes.
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February 2023 Breaking Good
Mellody Hobson has been blazing trails throughout her entire career. She rose from intern to co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments, the largest Black-led asset manager in the US, and also serves as a director of JPMorgan Chase and as the first Black woman board chair of Starbucks.
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January 2023 Breaking Good
Sara Blakely’s inspiration for Spanx came when she was getting dressed for a party and couldn’t find the right shapewear to go under her pants. She improvised with a pair of scissors and her pantyhose, and then — with no experience in fashion design or manufacturing — set out to fill a gap in women’s wardrobes with just $5,000 in savings from her job selling fax machines. In the more than two decades since that fateful moment, Blakely became one of the youngest female self-made billionaires and a leading philanthropist for female entrepreneurs.
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December 2022 Breaking Good
As the first Black woman to see her face on a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream , Ava DuVernay has a lot to be excited about. But mostly, she’s thrilled that the collaboration will benefit her nonprofit, ARRAY Alliance , which works to advance social justice through art.
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November 2022 Breaking Good
In the midst of the racial justice protests of 2020, Aurora James went viral with a simple idea: the Black population comprises about 15% of the United States and should be equally represented on retailers’ shelf space. Her now infamous Instagram post captured the attention of major brands, leading her to found the nonprofit, the Fifteen Percent Pledge . In the two years since, the organization has helped 600 Black brands make it onto retail shelves in North America and the United Kingdom, shifting more than $10 billion of revenue to Black-owned businesses.
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October 2022 Breaking Good
As a Latina artist and entrepreneur, Susie Jaramillo is using books, games, and digital content to help Spanish-and-English-speaking bilingual kids to think critically and creatively. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Encantos, a story-teaching platform — and the first Latina CEO of a children's entertainment company. Jaramillo, who was born in Venezuela, saw a gap in the children’s educational market while raising her own bilingual family in the US. She notes that one-quarter of kids in the United States are Latino, but only 5% of roles in children’s media are represented with Latino talent. So she launched Encantos to help parents connect with their kids while teaching them about Hispanic culture.
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September 2022 Breaking Good
Quinta Brunson is just 32 years old, but the creator and star of the hit TV series Abbott Elementary is already a legend. After being nominated in 3 comedy categories for the 2022 Emmys — a first for a Black woman — she became the first Black woman to win a solo writing Emmy. Abbott Elementary has been widely praised for its heartfelt and humorous portrayal of teachers’ challenges, and draws from Brunson’s own experiences as the daughter of a teacher at an underfunded public school in West Philadelphia. She has donated part of Abbott Elementary ’s marketing budget to support teachers like her mother.
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August 2022 Breaking Good
Kara Robinson Chamberlain is many things — a mother of two, a trained investigator, and an avid gym-goer — but if you consume a lot of true crime content, you might only know her as the survivor of a dramatic kidnapping and assault in 2002. Chamberlain, who was 15 at the time, escaped from her captor and was able to help the police catch him before he could harm anyone else. Today, on her eponymous TikTok account, Chamberlain shares her perspective on trauma and healing with millions of followers to address an important issue: how survivors like her are represented in the media, from true crime documentaries to Law and Order episodes to police press conferences. “There is no media standard for how victim's stories are told, how they're represented, how they're treated," she explained to People earlier this year. As a result, she’s been asked by producers and reporters to “show more emotion” or even change details in her story for a more sensational effect. “Survivors always need to be able to tell our own story, in our own words,” she emphasized in a recent podcast interview. “It’s our truth and our experiences.” Along with fellow survivor Elizabeth Smart, she's produced an award-winning documentary and regularly works with detectives, case workers, and other front-line responders to help them engage with survivors in ways that empower without re-traumatizing. That's a case worth cracking.
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July 2022 Breaking Good
For Mónica Guzmán, fearless conversations happen when we tell the story of our "how." Guzmán emigrated to Seattle from Mexico as a child and has spent most of her life using the power of story to build bridges between many different worlds. Her first book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times , explores how storytelling can take on the challenge of toxic partisanship.
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June 2022 Breaking Good
His team might not be competing in this year’s NBA Finals, but that didn’t stop Lakers superstar Lebron James from earning another title: he’s officially the first active NBA player to become a billionaire. His net worth also makes him just the 16th Black billionaire in the world and one of two Black athletes on the list (the other, Michael Jordan, did not become a billionaire until after he retired).
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May 2022 Breaking Good
VC investor Kara Nortman and media entrepreneur Julie Uhrman are kicking women’s professional sports into high gear. Frustrated with the lack of pay equity in professional sports, the two partnered with actor (and soccer fan) Natalie Portman to found Angel City FC, Los Angeles’ new women’s professional soccer team. None of the founders had traditional sports executive experience — so instead, they leveraged their deep knowledge about building successful brands. "When we built Angel City, there was no rulebook for what we were doing," Uhrman said in a recent interview. "We didn't see ownership groups that were led by female founders." So far, they’re getting results on and off the field: Angel City FC has raised more than $14 million, secured sponsor commitments to a wide array of community projects, and won their first game in front of a star-studded audience.
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April 22 Breaking Good
As she built her career in finance, Megan Ruan was often the only woman of color in the room — and one of a small number of Asian Americans in the field outside of technical roles. In 2019, she co-founded an accelerator program for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) entrepreneurs as part of the nonprofit Gold Rusnh. This week, her work formally expanded into venture capital with the launch of Gold Rush Ventures. The $30 million fund, of which Ruan is a general partner, will invest in AAPI-led startups, particularly those led by AAPI women and entrepreneurs outside of East Asia.
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April 15 Breaking Good
When tech entrepreneur Andrey Liscovich heard news of the invasion of Ukraine, he left Silicon Valley and returned to his home country to solve a huge problem: creating an effective supply chain for the goods needed to protect and defend his country. The former startup executive, who came to the United States to get his doctorate at Harvard, told his alma mater that going back was “something that I must do.” Liscovich also said that he is drawing on the “emotional rollercoaster” of his startup experience to weather the chaotic environment: “everyday there is some problem that seems existential and you need to get through the day. You can't allow all these things to create an emotional train wreck inside your head. You need to be able to focus on the fundamentals that you can control and let the chips fall as they may.”
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April 8 Breaking Good
Tech legend Dame Stephanie Shirley’s story is familiar to Be Fearless readers: rescued from Nazi-occupied Vienna by the Kindertransport program, she sought to "make my life one that was worth saving” from a young age. In 1959, after earning an advanced mathematics degree, she started a software company where she pioneered everything from employing married women to working from home. She was extremely successful, in part — she said — because she often used the pseudonym “Steve” to help her overcome many of the challenges she faced in the male-dominated field. Now 88 years old, she’s devoting herself to venture philanthropy to give back. When asked by the Financial Times what sort of leader she aspired to be, her answer was simple: “To think for myself, but not of myself.”
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April 1 Breaking Good
When the pandemic began in March 2020, food banks experienced a massive surge in demand alongside struggles to safely distribute food. To meet the moment, Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot drew on lessons learned from her 107 siblings (yes, you read that right) and her bout with cancer to navigate the needs of her employees and food bank organizers around the country. “Always assume good intentions of your co-workers, that people want to work together to do good,” she recently told CNBC.
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Mar 25 Breaking Good
Whenever engineer Anastasia Kraft's mostly-male team made impromptu visits to the factory floor, she had to scramble to change from office-friendly shoes into clunky protective boots made to fit men's feet. Tired of literally falling behind in the process, Kraft designed a line of steel-toed boots for women that meet safety (and sustainability) standards for restricted work sites like hers without sacrificing style. Here's to kicking down even more doors for women in STEM.
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Mar 18 Breaking Good
Swedish executive Caroline Farbenger, who was recently named a partner and chair at investment firm Wellfleet, brings unique insights on workplace gender dynamics to her new role: she was already a CEO when she came out as transgender in 2018. “[Before I transitioned], diversity was more of a statistic for me,” she explained in a recent interview. “But now, having people who are diverse around me is much more meaningful. It empowers those affected, and as a business, we become much more effective if we learn to utilize the full potential of people who are different in certain ways.”
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Mar 11 Breaking Good
Few corporate leaders are more fearless than Mellody Hobson, who has broken barriers throughout her career as head of the largest Black-owned asset management firm (and, as readers of Be Fearless know, among the most diverse) and the first Black woman to chair the board of a Fortune 500 company. Now there’s data to back up her “color brave, not color blind” mantra: Ariel Investments, Hobson's firm, released the first-ever study of Black corporate directors. The findings call for more accountability and transparency as corporate boards become increasingly diverse.
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Mar 4 Breaking Good
Be Fearless readers are already familiar with José Andrés and his extraordinary work to feed hungry people impacted by disasters. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the DC-based celebrity chef and his World Central Kitchen team went to Ukraine, where they continue to serve hot meals to people displaced by the violence. “I always say whenever there is a fight, hungry people will eat. Well, here is a fight,” Andrés said in a recent video message from the border. “We are going to make sure that nobody’s going hungry and we show the respect they deserve.”
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Feb 25 Breaking Good (copy 01)
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Adasina Social Capital founder Rachel Robasciotti saw an opportunity for shareholder activism to make a difference. Robasciotti helped mobilize investors to support the end of forced arbitration for sexual harrassment cases at publicly-traded companies, and got results: Congress just passed bipartisan legislation ending the practice for good.
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Feb 18 Breaking Good
Team USA's Erin Jackson became the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in speed skating and the first American woman to take the gold in her event in nearly 30 years. She’s also an engineer who wants to use her knowledge to develop better prosthetics for athletes—and maybe make future Olympian dreams come true.
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Feb 11 Breaking Good
After performing the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” in sign language at last year’s Super Bowl , deaf “dip-hop” rapper Warren “Wawa” Snipes will be back on football’s biggest stage again this Sunday. This time, he’ll be part of the first-ever live American Sign Language performance of the Super Bowl halftime show —a landmark moment for disability rights advocates and hip-hop fans alike.
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Feb 4 Breaking Good
Successful entrepreneurs who give back are not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th century, Madam C.J. Walker became the country’s first Black female millionaire through her innovative line of hair care products for Black women. As highlighted in Be Fearless , while Walker was growing the market for her hair-care business, she was also teaching other young Black women about business and providing them with opportunities for educating and generating income for themselves. She continued her empowerment efforts through her philanthropic work. Her famous saying was, “I got my start by giving myself a start.”
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Jan 28 Breaking Good
Meet 19-year-old Alexandra Huỳnh, a Stanford freshman and the new national youth poet laureate.
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Jan 21 Breaking Good
Luiza Helena Trajano, founder and CEO of Brazilian commerce giant Magazine Luiza, grew her $30 billion company by catering to the needs of her poorest customers—and putting stakeholder capitalism principles into action.
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Jan 14 Breaking Good
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Jan 7 Breaking Good
Shoutout to ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant Amy Schneider who has won the most consecutive games of any woman in the show’s history.
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Dec 17 Breaking Good
Tributes to trailblazing Black feminist writer bell hooks have poured in since the celebrated author’s passing on Wednesday.
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Dec 10 Breaking Good
Our former colleague, Michael Smith was confirmed by the Senate as CEO of AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism.
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dec 3 Breaking Good
“I don’t come up with ideas in a test tube, I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes.” — Virgil Abloh
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Nov 18 Breaking Good
When Madam CJ Walker launched her beauty company in the early 1900s, she likely had no idea the number of women who would follow in her footsteps. Today, Black women are the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs.
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Nov 12 Breaking Good
World Central Kitchen recently launched a Climate Disaster Fund and committed $1 billion over the next 10 years to assist communities impacted by extreme weather events caused by the climate crisis.
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Nov 5 Breaking Good
María Josefina Cruz Blancas y García just graduated with her degree in Business Administration at the age of 93!
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Oct 29 Breaking Good
Green America surveyed the world’s biggest chocolate companies to find out which tasty treats are best at prioritizing people and the planet. See where your favorite chocolates stack up!
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Oct 22 Breaking Good
Echoing Green and Goldman Sachs have come together for the One Million Black Women partnership — $10 billion in direct investment capital and $100 million in philanthropic support to narrow opportunity gaps for Black women.
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Oct 15 Breaking Good
Congrats to Maria Ressa , who is only the 18th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in its 120-year history. As co-founder of the Philippine news website Rappler, Ressa won the prize for her effort to “safeguard freedom of expression.”
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Oct 1 Breaking Good
Don’t miss this year's list of MacArthur fellows ! MacArthur Fellows managing director Cecilia Conrad says, “...this class of 25 Fellows helps us reimagine what's possible.”
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Sept 24 Breaking Good (UPDATED)
Betty Reid Soskin, who turns 100 on Sept. 22, is the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service. But that’s only one chapter of her remarkable story .
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Sept 17 Breaking Good
Maia Chaka became the first Black woman to officiate an NFL game. She is only the third woman in history to become an on-field official.
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Sept 3 Breaking Good
At just 19 years old, aviator Zara Rutherford aims to be the youngest woman to circle the globe solo. She plans to complete her journey by early November.
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Aug 26 Breaking Good
LinkedIn asked professionals what they wished they had understood when they were young, and most answers had strong Be Fearless vibes. “Simply start,” “Make mistakes,” and “Don’t be afraid to explore.”
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Aug 20 Breaking Good
NASDAQ’s push for board diversity got a big boost when the SEC approved the exchange’s new rule.
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Aug 13 Breaking Good
“It is up to us to be brave and take decisions based on the scientific evidence provided in these reports.” - Climate and environmental activist Greta Thunberg reacting to the IPCC climate report.
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Aug 6 Breaking Good
Black scientists like Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, a physicist and cancer researcher, are fighting racial bias in health care funding.
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July 30 Breaking Good
In celebration of Disability Pride Month, see this National Geographic video highlighting important milestones for the Disabled Community.
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July 23 Breaking Good
Check out this round-up of 6 Olympic athletes who helped battle COVID-19!
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July 16 Breaking Good
"Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me." - Arianna Huffington, Co-founder of HuffPost and CEO of Thrive Global
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July 9 Breaking Good
Wally Funk is a member of the “Mercury 13” group of astronauts who trained privately for space travel after being denied the chance by NASA due to gender discrimination. She is now — at 82-years old — set to achieve her dreams aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft.
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July 2 Breaking Good
As a fearless 10-year-old, Gwen Goldman defied gender norms and petitioned the Yankees to be a bat girl. Sixty years later, her dream was fulfilled.
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June 25 Breaking Good
Jean Case recently joined Mahan Tavakoli for a #BeFearless conversation where they talked about the importance of making big bets, risk-taking, failure and reaching beyond your bubble.
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June 18 Breaking Good
This week we were thrilled to see President Biden nominate Michael Smith, former Case Foundation SVP, as CEO of AmeriCorps!
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June 11 Breaking Good
This week on World Oceans Day, National Geographic recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean in atlases and maps!
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June 4 Breaking Good
When Beth Ford became CEO of Land O’Lakes in 2018, she was the first openly gay woman to run a Fortune 500 company.
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May 21 Breaking Good
See Us Unite is a cultural campaign designed to accelerate impact and expand support for the AAPI community through solidarity and education.
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May 14 Breaking Good
While some millennials’ finances have increased in recent years, others have fallen further behind what previous generations had in wealth at the same age.
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May 7 Breaking Good
Huge congrats to Sonal Shah and her team on their new organization! The Asian American Foundation is poised to bring innovation and opportunity to the AAPI community.
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April 30 Breaking Good
Jean Case took the Bloomberg Green virtual stage with National Geographic explorers Jenna Jambeck and Dan Raven-Ellison.
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April 23 Breaking Good
This week’s historic step towards police accountability was the result of changemakers like Darnella Frazier who recorded a video of George Floyd’s murder.
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April 16 Breaking Good
Don’t miss our grantee, the Smithsonian, partnering with Bloomberg New Voices for a timely discussion focused on women in science.
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April 2 Breaking Good
Young changemakers are leading the way on many pressing issues.
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March 26 Breaking Good
"Don't sit down and wait for opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” - Madam CJ Walker, the first Black woman millionaire in the US.
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March 19 Breaking Good
In a firs t-of-its-kind study , National Geographic Explorer in Residence and Pristine Seas founder Enric Sala and his team share a blueprint for ramping up ocean protections by at least 30% by 2030. This could increase biodiversity, boost seafood production and reduce carbon emissions.
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March 12 Breaking Good
“In the long run, all businesses and business leaders will be judged not by their profits or their products but by their impact on humanity.” Herman Miller founder DJ De Pree
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March 5 Breaking Good
NASA’s Washington DC headquarters is now named after Mary Jackson , NASA’s first Black female engineer and an advocate for gender and racial equality.
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Feb 26 Breaking Good
J oin Jean Case and Judy Samuelson in conversation on Stakeholder Capitalism and what businesses need to succeed in tomorrow's economic and social landscape!
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Feb 19 Breaking Good
Forbes’ Next 1000 list celebrates aspirational and resilient entrepreneurs during this critical time for small businesses and startups.
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Feb 12 Breaking Good
Jean Case joined National Geographic Explorers Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Agustina Besada to discuss how businesses can play a key role in fighting environmental destruction.
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Feb 5 Breaking Good
As we celebrate Black History Month, and as an organization committed to inclusive entrepreneurship, we celebrate Black innovators across America who inspire us, like Madam CJ Walker , a businesswoman, philanthropist and social activist who worked to empower others.
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Jan 29 Breaking Good
Wednesday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day...
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Jan 22 Breaking Good
Importance of Diversity on Boards...and in Cabinets
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Jan 15 Breaking Good
Celebrating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy.
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Jan 8 Breaking Good
Heartbroken by the violent disruption of our nation's democratic process.
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Dec 18 Breaking Good
“It’s humbling being a part of this vaccine process because it’s going to save a lot of lives,” said Byron Bishop, a UPS driver who delivered COVID-19 vaccines to the University of Louisville Hospital in Kentucky.
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Dec 11 Breaking Good
The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list serves as an influential roundup of changemakers across the world who are making history.
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Dec 4 Breaking Good
Congrats to those nominated and selected for this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 award!
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Nov 13 Breaking Good
“I am humbled to play a small role in this momentous season of American history.” — Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber
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Nov 6 Breaking Good
“We’ve made history here.” — Stephanie Byers, who is Chickasaw, a retired teacher and Kansas’ first transgender lawmaker.
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OCT 30 Breaking Good
“Don’t let fear take over—just push through it.” - Venus Williams’ recent advice for entrepreneurs
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OCT 23 Breaking Good
“Failure is part of building the future. We cease to learn when we avoid risking failure.” - Jacqueline Novogratz
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OCT 16 Breaking Good
While the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded 119 years ago, it was awarded for the first time last week to a female duo.
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OCT 9 Breaking Good
National Geographic Chair Jean Case posthumously awarded Katherine Johnson the Hubbard Medal
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OCT 2 Breaking Good
Check out these 6 inventions by Latina women that may never have existed without their fearless and entrepreneurial spirit.
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SEP 25 Breaking Good
Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day. Ensure everyone's voice is heard by making sure you're registered to vote and then remind your friends and family too. ?️ ??
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SEP 18 Breaking Good
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” JFK, Rice University, September 12, 1962
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SEP 4 Breaking Good
Increasing voter participation in the November elections has been a central focus for many in 2020 and corporations are stepping up in new ways to support these efforts.
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AUG 28 Breaking Good
As our communities continue to grapple with pressing and important conversations around racial injustice, natural disasters, and public health, our team along with countless others across the country has doubled-down to continue our work supporting our communities. As our weekly readers know, we’ve long been focused on ensuring entrepreneurs—across every race, place or gender—have equal access to funding and resources. We’re so honored to have so many tune in to the data and stories showcasing the talent of entrepreneurs of color we feature here.
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AUG 21 Breaking Good
It’s hard to believe that just a century has passed since the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women expanded access to the voting booth after seven decades of protesting and advocacy. This week, it has been truly awe-inspiring to learn about and uplift the diverse group of activists who dedicated themselves to a cause that has so directly impacted women across the nation.
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AUG 14 Breaking Good
Thursday marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day — meaning Black women worked all of 2019 and 225 days into 2020 to earn the equivalent of what white men earned in 2019. The day shines a light on the pay gap (nearly $1 million in lost income over the course of a Black woman's career) as well as the myriad of ways Black women are held back from reaching their full potential in the workforce. And this inequity is not limited to pay. One data point that always strikes us is that only 1% venture-backed firms have a Black founder with the average amount of VC investment for Black female founders being $42,000 compared to the overall average of $1.14 million invested. Not to mention the disparate economic repercussions of COVID-19 for Black women.
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AUG 7 Breaking Good
As companies continue to navigate the economic impacts of the pandemic, many will be forced to close their doors. However, companies certified as B Corporations may have a reason to be optimistic. Data shows that businesses focused on stakeholder governance tend to be more resilient than others. Nell Derick Debevoise, founder and CEO of B Corp Inspiring Capital, recently noted in Forbes, “in the last financial crisis, certified B Corps were 63% more likely to survive than other businesses of similar size.”
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July 30 Breaking Good
Women and millennials have been key drivers in the growth of the impact investing movement over the last decade. A new report, Women as the next wave of growth in US wealth management, predicts that expanding wealth among affluent women could have far-reaching effects for the financial industry and the initiatives that get funded in the near future.
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July 24 Breaking Good
Entrepreneurs of color have long faced funding challenges due to racial discrimination—just 1% of venture-backed startups have a Black founder. Here is a rundown of resources to continue helping entrepreneurs of color move their innovative ideas forward:
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July 17 Breaking Good
In recent years, data supporting increased business outcomes from increased diversity, the California law that compelled corporate board diversity and increasing public pressure caused some companies to add more female and non-white directors to their board.
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July 10 Breaking Good
We hope you had a safe July 4th holiday and are feeling reinvigorated to change the world!
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June 26 Breaking Good
The ramifications of recent shutdowns have been especially dire for women. Data shows that they have lost their jobs at higher rates than men due to occupational crowding in service-sector jobs as well as increased pressure to quit to take on additional family caregiving responsibilities. Black and Latina women are especially struggling.
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