"Things can so easily transform at a community level if we all take ownership in the way we can effect change." Ana Cosgrave, #Repeal Project founder, #supporter and advocate - bit.ly/2z4Nk09

"I've sat in countless meetings with ministers and civil servants over the years and have learned that to get things done you need to do your own thing." Mick Kelly, Founder of GIY wasn't always green-fingered - bit.ly/2BQvUKo

#Jobseekers! ☯CoderDojo☯ are #hiring for a Partnerships Manager role. If this sounds like something you'd love, read more about it here: bit.ly/2CW9JTI

"We must have a cause and do something in our lives. Everyone has to make a small contribution to society and make things better." @EllieKisyombe, Ourtable, discusses her experience of #directprovision - bit.ly/2CKo55E

"I firmly believe that whatever your interest or ability there is a way to create change and that ultimately benefits not just society, but also the individuals involved." Ruairí McKiernan, Love & Courage, calls for a #RadicalReboot - bit.ly/2z5s4aO

"Not every community is the same and not every person is the same. You need tailored supports for specific communities. Local people in a community often know how to support themselves better than anyone else." Iseult Ward, Co-Founder of FoodCloud - bit.ly/2B5ebLz

"You have to get active. You have to be passionate about your issue. And you have to look at what your channel of influence is." Tanya Ward, Children's Rights Alliance, focuses her life on fighting #socialinjustice - bit.ly/2Def85J

In recent weeks many people, mainly men, have spoken about the personal journeys they have been on. We should remember the saddest & loneliest journey is made by Irish women who travel to other countries in their 1000s to end their pregnancies. These journeys don’t have to happen

Our Ashoka Community Gathering tonight celebrates #ADecadeofChange, with members from not just our network but also the #changemakers across Ireland 💫

We have now fully settled down into our new offices at 24 Fitzwilliam Place - pop by and say hello! 🖐

Wonderful The New York Times article by @nytdavidbrooks about Ashoka about the need for Changemaking. "The new world requires a different sort of person. Drayton calls this new sort of person a #changemaker” nytimes.com/2018/02/08/opi…

Something to help brighten up your week: Our 2018 #Spring #AIQ is out now! Read for some exciting updates since Autumn, including photos from our Community Gathering in January, our publication in The Sunday Times and more on our #Changemaker Study: bit.ly/2BtDw4M

Passionate about sparking social #change? #Catalyst18 is an event series which aims to do just that by bringing together social enterprises and entrepreneurs, giving you the chance to collaborate and be a part of projects on #socialimpact - RSVP by Feb 28: bit.ly/2C2WIaA

LIL TOUR ON ITS WAY! Headed around to St. Patrick's Festival 🇮🇪🐍☘️💚 and @thisispopbaby, Sonnet Youth in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival Shine/Strong reading, and opening for sabrina benaim in Dublin and Belfast. Come say hi!! #spokenword #poetry #datesonapostermakesatour

Ashoka Fellow Caroline Casey speaks passionately about her story, how she came to realise she is a #socialentrepreneur and how her work is ending the exclusion of the 1 billion people in world who have a #disability through business leadership. #socent

Happy #InternationalWomansDay and a big shoutout to all of our incredible and inspiring female Ashoka Fellows, ASN members, Advisors and Change Leaders! 🌍 #IWD2018 x.com/Ashoka/status/…

Tomorrow sees the launch of the event series #Catalyst18 - a new opportunity to strengthen the #socialimpact #community and #ecosystem. We're looking forward to being a part of this incredible conversation between some excellent and innovative social enterprises and entrepreneurs x.com/SED_Co/status/…

Some very exciting news: in partnership with SEDCo and @BoschStiftung, a ChangemakerXchange summit will be running in Ireland this year from 12th - 16th September! Are you an social entrepreneur under 30? Apply at bit.ly/2s3vTfc by the 25th June

I was just thinking this evening of my mother, a devout Catholic who was not allowed to attend my baptism because she had not been 'churched" and was still "unclean" after giving birth. Time to end this culture of shaming women. #repealthe8th