Echoing Green, a global social venture fund based in New York City, has announced the recipients of its 2022 cohort of the Echoing Green Fellowship.

The 20 recipients, who join the 18 fellows announced in April to round out the 2022 Echoing Green Fellowship class, are launching innovative social enterprises to address urgent global challenges, including systemic racism in New York City schools, high rates of recidivism in U.S. prisons, and human rights conflicts for Tasmanian refugees in Australia. Each fellow will receive an unrestricted investment of $80,000 over 18 months; access to a community of like-minded leaders, strategic partners, and industry peers; and a continuum of leadership support valued at $200,000 per fellow, including wellness programming and pro bono legal support.

“We are proud to partner with these leaders who hold deep knowledge of and ties to their communities and use it to present creative new solutions to centuries-old challenges across a range of issues and geographies,” said Echoing Green president Cheryl L. Dorsey. “This class of Echoing Green Fellows has the potential to sustainably improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. From creating a first-ever model that opens access to legal degrees and careers for incarcerated people in the U.S., to developing technologies that provide life-saving medication for Black patients in southern Africa, these 20 leaders are laser-focused on leveraging innovation in service of justice....The perseverance and courage of these social entrepreneurs is truly an inspiration to all of us who strive for a more equitable future.”

For a complete list of the 2022 Echoing Green Fellows, see the Echoing Green website.

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