You know it's a movement when...

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As we approach the New Year, we wanted to celebrate an exciting year for social change at Echoing Green. From receiving 2,854 Fellowship applications, to launching our new organizational strategy and logo, to the vigorous energy at the Innovators Summit: Reboot America, this year has confirmed that social innovation is entering the mainstream.

Inspired by the sixteen bold ideas sparked by our 2010 Fellows this year, we asked members of our staff to provide a response to the prompt, “You know it’s a movement when…”

…Echoing Green-supported SKS Microfinance becomes the first microfinance institution to go public in India.
-Corie Pope

…my friends are sincerely interested in what I do.
-Erica Lock

…The Juice Project gets recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama.
-Jay Geneske

…college students say they want to be social entrepreneurs when they graduate.
-Lara Galinsky

…champions of social entrepreneurship and members of the Echoing Green community were recognized among the NonProfit Times 2010 Power & Influence Top 50.
-Shalena Broadnax

We’d love to hear your responses to the prompt. Provide them in the comments below, or add them on Facebook or Twitter.
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