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From Ebony to Forbes India, Echoing Green Fellows from 1993 to the newly-minted class of 2013 Fellows are recognized as innovators and leaders. Here are some of their top stories from recent weeks.

To radically redefine the sense of what is possible for young black men, 2012 BMA Fellow Neil Phillips seeks to reframe notions of success and failure. He’s also found it a constant effort to keep those notions consistent in his own life.

Echoing Green is proud to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2013 Echoing Green and Black Male Achievement Fellowships. After reviewing close to 3,000 submissions, we've invited 444 applicants to the next phase of the due diligence process. See the complete list of Semi-Finalists.

Over the last 25 years, Echoing Green has invested in many black social innovators doing important work to continue the legacy of social change in the black community, including Earl Phalen ('93, pictured), Van Jones (EG '94), Orlando Watkins ('95), Rise Wilson ('04), and Rafiq Kalam Id-Din ('07). Read more.

Your New Year's Resolution to start using that gym membership, or to spend more time with your family, will just have to wait a few more days. Unless, of course, you turn that resolution into your Bold Idea, in which case getting the application in might just be a way of making yourself stick to it. Read More.

2012 Black Male Achievement Fellows
The Black Male Achievement Fellowship, one year later. Read more.

Take a look at our new video introducing the nine Black Male Achievement Fellows, who are already making history. Read more.


Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking. This past week: new cities as hubs of entrepreneurship, an emerging modern capitalism, and a new class of Echoing Green and Black Male Achievement Fellows.Read more.


Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking. This past week: a new partnership between Skoll Foundation and USAID, social impact bonds in the US, and failing forward.Read more.

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