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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
Who is Stand Together?

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. 

Events leading up to Super Bowl weekend. Supporting NFL players’ philanthropy before the big game

More than a dozen photos show how NFL players, legends, and their families are making a difference.

Three people walk along a red rock trail toward layered desert cliffs. The education shift happening in Navajo Nation that you need to see

How a community used Elevate USA’s national model to better support its students.

Girl walking into a surprise room renovation. How a simple redesign can change an entire life

Humble Design harnesses the power of community to turn houses into homes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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