It's a fast, easy read that's framed around 30 key mantras, and I hope they provide immense value to every single reader, especially those seeking to create positive change in the world.
He has also been a featured speaker at The White House, United Nations and Clinton Global Initiative.
Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter, Register to vote and apply for an absentee ballot today. In February, I was in Ghana for the groundbreaking of PoP's 200th school, and the energy was so incredibly vibrant and infectious. Public Service and What would you be doing now if you weren’t the founder of PoP? Adam Braun is a New York Times bestselling author and the Founder of Pencils of Promise, an award-winning organization that has broken ground on more than 200 schools around the world.In recent years he has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, Wired Magazine's "50 People Who Are Changing the World," and was selected as one of the World Economic Forum's first ten Global Shapers. Most of us are embedded from birth in families, communities, institutions, tribes or clans whose expectations and values help to shape our individual expectations and from whom we may learn how to think about who we are and where we belong in the world. When Braun asked him what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, "a pencil.". Hope Taitz* President, … ASU News caught up with Braun ahead of the event for a brief Q&A. A: We believe in the value of laser focus and that great organizations clearly define where they can have the greatest impact. Philanthropy NYU, where this post first appeared. So it's Lao people educating Lao children, Guatemalans supporting Guatemalans, and Ghanaian staff supporting the children of Ghana. I handed him a pencil from my backpack, and as I watched his eyes light up with excitement, it made me realize how many children around the world lack access to even the most basic elements of a life-changing education. It is your right and your responsibility. One child’s answer ultimately inspired him to establish Pencils of Promise, a for-purpose organization that builds schools, trains teachers and funds scholarships to help ensure that children all over the world have access to quality education.
Sometimes circumstances make it hard or impossible for you to vote on Election Day. Braun: We set our fundraising goals to be in line with our impact goals. Pencils of Promise started with one child requesting a pencil, and that pencil still serves as a motivating tool for us every day. Part of HuffPost Impact. Given that, our programs are focused on rural parts of the developing world, but we train and equip people in the U.S. to become changemakers by supporting those efforts. We will work toward closing the gap in progression, literacy and numeracy between low-achieving and high-achieving primary schools through our four main programs: school builds, teacher training, student scholarships, and health and hygiene curriculum. The world has a lot of problems that are only going to get addressed when audacious people step up to change things, and whether it's with PoP or another effort, I know that I'm here to make a difference. Few human beings are truly alone.