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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.

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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.

Strong & Safe Communities

Communities are springboards to success and safety nets for those who fall on hard times — because those who are closest to a problem are often best able to solve it. 

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.

Volunteers giving each other a high five. Why generosity and contribution are fundamental to being American

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for Americans to lift up their communities year-round.

Service members in uniform. The surprising power of veterans helping veterans

This nonprofit is reshaping how we support veterans with a radical premise.

Photo of Demario Davis. How Demario Davis is helping students unlock their full potential

What the former teacher and NFL captain sees in young people that the system often overlooks.

Derrick Barnes and Josh. Derrick Barnes is building more than wins in Detroit

The NFL linebacker is paying forward what one mentor did for him.

We Are Us is the new movement reducing Baltimore's crime from within. How one community is taking on violent crime — and winning

For decades, Baltimore’s violence felt unfixable. Then, hundreds of local men took action.

Photo of Lane Johnson. Lane Johnson honors a Marine’s legacy through service

The NFL star, the son of veterans, helps veterans and their families find strength through service.

People practicing playing musical instruments. See how dignity through music changes outcomes

How music and the arts can create change, behind bars and beyond.

Give an Hour is a nonprofit that helped service members reshape their mental health training. This was just another training — then everything changed.

These troops built their own mental health training. Here's how.

Damar Hamlin on the field with children. Damar Hamlin has a playbook for youth empowerment

Driven by a desire to strengthen his community, the NFL player focuses on opening doors for others.

Jonathan Allen with a family. Jonathan Allen shows that anyone can help families in crisis

He once spent time in foster care. Now, he’s showing how each of us can keep families together.

NFL Players Working in a Kitchen How NFL players are unlocking the strength within communities

Through player stories, the NFL and Stand Together hope to inspire fans to get involved.

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