There are over 400,000 young people in foster care in the United States alone. Without the support of a forever family, foster youth are left to navigate life decisions on their own, often amidst the emotional stress and adversity that comes with moving from foster
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As we near the 2017 presidential election, we are faced with a critical dilemma around civic engagement. According to a recent report from The Knight Foundation, only 33 percent of millennial voters report strong trust in their local governments. What’s worse, only 29 percent of
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Ask any elementary or middle school student what they would rather do in the afternoon—play basketball or do math—and it’s almost guaranteed they’ll say basketball, hands down. While it’s no surprise kids prefer playing basketball and talking about their favorite NBA players to solving equations, math
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By 2030 it’s projected that 40% of students nationwide will not speak English at home. With the number of English language learners and non-English speaking parents on the rise, parental engagement becomes a huge challenge. Fast Forward alum Heejae Lim built TalkingPoints to provide teachers
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In 2014 I paid over $1,000 a month to live in an apartment that my roommates and I eventually referred to as the “rat infested fire trap.” Of course, the apartment seemed fine at first glance, and with competition and property prices at an all-time high, we
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There are 1 billion people in the world who will never see a doctor in their lifetime. Neha Goel, Amal Afroz Alam and Emily Eggert teamed up at Johns Hopkins through the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design to build a solution to the massive gap
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Growing up, most kids dream of having a super power. Whether it’s spinning webs like Spiderman, flying like Superwoman, or—being a ’90s kid myself—casting spells like Harry Potter. But today there’s a new super power youth seek, and it’s a power with far more utility than
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The Internet has changed almost every facet of our lives. The way we consume content, the way we get to work, the way we exchange money. But what if governments and organizations made decisions according to the opinion of the Internet? That’s the vision behind one
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Over the course of this year’s program, we’ll be featuring weekly interviews with the founders of each tech nonprofit in our 2016 cohort. This past week we sat down with Michelle Brown, founder of CommonLit, a digital resource that equips educators with high-quality, standards-aligned literacy tools to help
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This is the fifth post in a series highlighting the alumni of the 2014 Fast Forward accelerator. Pharmacies, hospitals, manufacturers, and wholesalers throw away $5 billion dollars of unused medicine every year. From this frustrating fact, SIRUM was born. With experiences in health care, from
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