Fellow News

2009 Echoing Green Fellow Esra'a Al Shafei launched Mideast Youth which uses social web tools to connect youth from the Middle East and North Africa online to promote human rights, religious freedom, tolerance, and free speech.

In a fantastic interview on Forbes.com, Esra'a commented:

Mark Hanis, 2006 Echoing Green Fellow and founder of the Genocide Intervention Network, has co-written an op-ed in the New York Times that asks if drone or UAV surveillance could help document state repression in Syria. He writes:

Congrats to the thirty social entrepreneurs featured in Forbes’ Impact 30 list of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. Echoing Green is thrilled to see six of our Fellows as well as board member Andrew Kassoy on the list of leaders in social change.

Echoing Green Fellows from all over the world are headed to San Francisco to attend our annual All Fellows Conference. We're excited to see, reconnect, and reflect with the Fellows and special guests. Although this conference is closed to the public, you can follow along on Facebook and Twitter to get updates while we're there.

Meanwhile, here's an update from the field:

Today, 1993 Echoing Green Fellow Priya Haji launches SaveUp!, a new organization that rewards users for increasing savings and reducing debt. We asked Priya to guest blog about her journey in building an innovative, impact-driven career.

My career path