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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2000, our founding patron Nelson Mandela stood on stage at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards and declared: “Sport has the power to change the world.” In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

American Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis is considered the first woman of Native American and African descent to achieve international fame as a sculptor at a time when artists of color were hardly celebrated and slavery was still legal. Edmonia Lewis. Her greatest work, The Death of Cleopatra , is now housed at the Smithsonian. Embassy personnel.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making.

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