NOW! is a global movement bringing citizens from all over the world together to tackle global issues with action
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“When you create a team, a group of people that actually want to take action, you are halfway to success.” — Andrea Venzon
In 2016, Colombe, Laura, and Andrea were devastated by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Colombe is French, and Andrea and Laura are Italian. For them, the E.U. …
How Ceyenne Doroshow created sustainable, safe housing, and is cultivating the next generation of Black transgender leaders in the process
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“In creating a home, I’m creating sustainability. And I’m creating excellence within the people that I’ll be housing.”- Ceyenne Doroshow
Ceyenne Doroshow is an author, activist, and the founder and executive director of G.L.I.T.S., an organization dedicated to creating sustainable housing and healthcare for Black transgender people. In serving her community, Ceyenne has become “the parent that she desperately wanted as a child” for people around the world. …
Nicole àBeckett, co-founder of SameSide, empowers hosts to infuse their existing events with purposeful and participatory action.
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“You don’t have to be a celebrity or a mega influencer to take action and host an event. A hundred people or a thousand people don’t have to attend. It can be five people. That impact is still impact. …
How Anna McAfee sparked #LinkedInLocal. At its height, the community had more than 1,000 hosts leading events in 650 cities across 92 countries.
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“Leadership is actually the first few followers, not simply the first person to stand up on stage.” — Anna McAfee
In May 2017, Anna McAfee put up a simple post on LinkedIn to see if anyone living in her hometown of Coffs Coast, Australia, wanted to get together. She had just returned after years of living abroad and wanted to “get to know the people behind the profiles” in her area. …
Onyango Otieno co-leads Nyumbani, a group for men who have experienced sexual assault to find support and safety.
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“Everybody’s story is valid. The fact that people feel they cannot speak up about their own pain is my motivator.” — Onyango Otieno
At twenty years old, Ongyango Otieno was the victim of sexual assault and found he had no where to turn. In Kenya, as in many other societies, men are socially conditioned to hold in their pain. …
Jodianne Beckford intentionally created and designed the first Noire Girls Plant event for her first member — herself. Tapping into her own needs struck a chord with others.
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“I kept doing events after that first one. I guess that became my community. Even now saying it out loud, it is very strange. I never thought I could be someone that would be a part of creating a community.” …
Steve Garguilo sparked change within Johnson & Johnson, the fifth largest company in the world. Today, he supercharges transformation across other organizations.
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“There’s strategic value in giving up some control when you’re a leader at a company if you do want new ideas to emerge.” …
Conversations the Smith family had on the show sparked thousands more to do the same. Here’s how the Red Table Talk team supported and supercharged these communities.
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“If there’s drama in your life, you don’t want to talk about it. It’s hush, hush. But that’s not the way you heal. It’s been detrimental to our communities, and I think when especially a lot of black women saw that representation on camera, it touched them in a way that just exploded.” …
How creative pros Nate Nichols and Steffi Behringer spun up the Allyship & Action Summit and the Freelance Cyber Summit in response to this year’s hardship.
Tips from Charlie Todd’s 19 years at the help of Improv Everywhere
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“You don’t have to have any talent. You just have to come out. I design things that would work for someone who was a lawyer or a school teacher.” — Charlie…
