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Stories Solutions to America’s biggest problems are emerging all around us. See the inspiring leaders behind them, and how their bottom-up approaches are transforming people’s lives.
Rapper and entrepreneur Killer Mike is a prominent participant in the Who Are You?™ movement, which empowers young people — and society — to redefine career success through the lens of culture, creativity, and self-discovery. (Credit: WAY.org) FEATURED STORY WAY and Stand Together are transforming how we define career success
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Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, a unique network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

Stories

Solutions to America’s biggest problems are emerging all around us. See the inspiring leaders behind them, and how their bottom-up approaches are transforming people’s lives.
All Stories Man standing on top of a mountain. ‘SOBER’: A story of recovery powered by community

Los Angeles’ Phoenix community is getting sober and reclaiming joy and strength.

 Panel speaking at an event. The American Dream lives on. This film contest shows how.

“From Minutes to Movies ShortFest” highlighted films rooted in the American Dream.

 Student at EPIC. What if work-based learning became the new education norm?

How real-world experience helps students discover purpose before graduation.

 Women holding hands. Survivors know what they need. This nonprofit helps them get it.

Empowered Network shows what’s possible when survivors take charge of rebuilding their lives.

 Looking into a operating room full of workers. Why U.S. health care costs so much and how to fix it

Transparency, competition, and innovation are making health care more affordable.

 Volunteers handing clothes to someone in need. A both/and approach to child and family well-being

Protecting children and supporting families requires both a child welfare system and communities.

 Students in a classroom. Building the innovative schools families want

This is what a new era of educational transformation could look like.

 1-800-Flowers employee packaging flowers. 1-800-Flowers filled a talent gap with these often-overlooked employee

To meet holiday demand, the company teamed up with an innovative staffing agency.

 Cara Collective is a nonprofit that proves what’s possible when we prioritize job retention, advancement, and inclusive hiring. This untapped talent pool could fix businesses’ retention problem

This nonprofit achieves success by prioritizing job retention, advancement, and inclusive hiring.

 Free speech banner. Half of college students are afraid to speak freely. That’s alarming.

What the data reveals about the decline of free speech on campus.

 Toyota’s "Grow Your Own" workforce strategy prepares employees to pursue the career pathway that’s best for them. By developing the local workforce, Toyota builds more

Its “Grow Your Own" strategy prepares employees to pursue the career pathway that’s best for them.

 Attendees at the Human Potential Summit. Hiring leaders met on the future of work: Here are 4 takeaways

The Human Potential Summit revealed how employers can transform their talent practices.
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