The stories of influential changemakers making SDG progress in communities across the USA.
After serving an eight-year sentence, Jhody Polk emerged from prison with a deeper understanding of the law and a newfound passion for helping incarcerated people gain better access to it. Read how her Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative is working to achieve SDG 16 where it matters most: America’s jails and prisons.
A high school student steps into her power as an agent of change and advocate for young people and Indigenous island communities.
For America’s young people, the SDGs are a galvanizing framework for action and collaboration. By using their creativity and fresh perspectives, these emerging leaders are taking steps to create a more prosperous and equitable future for all.
From a community garden to a 10-acre citrus grove, one man seeks to create an oasis of local agriculture for his historically Black neighborhood in Orlando.
A community foundation program officer believes in her close-knit community’s resilience in the face of a public health crisis, as she supports a 20-year response to Flint’s toxic water crisis.
At a historic summit in 2015, 193 countries agreed to develop a blueprint to transform the world and leave no one behind. Yet seven years after the SDGs were adopted at the UN, they still aren’t a household term in the U.S. But a recent survey shows that Americans largely agree that the Global Goals — and the promise they hold — are important to our communities, countries, and the world.
Justice is more than an ideal. The Global Goal of Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions is a prerequisite for progress and a mutually reinforcing framework. All other 16 Sustainable Development Goals rely on its achievement. To build effective, accountable, and…
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A high school student who was introduced to the SDGs at a young age is now harnessing her passion for sustainable development to create a global citizen education toolkit.
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A 2024 UNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador and Founder of the Youth Housing Coalition, Jennifer Borrero is leveraging the power of young people to address inequities in housing across the country.
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A retired Army nurse in Virginia is training the next generation of nurses by elevating their crucial role in achieving the SDGs — and teaching them how to advocate for their profession beyond the bedside.
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A Nigerian college student in New Orleans is sharing her firsthand knowledge about one of the oldest and deadliest diseases in the world — at a pivotal moment for the 2030 Agenda.
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Through cutting-edge technology and an open-source ethos, a software engineer in Wisconsin is helping companies, communities, and organizations across the globe make sense of mountains of data and map their way to a more sustainable way of doing business.
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The UN Foundation and the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution have hosted a series of public events and discussions, including an annual event during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), inviting policymakers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and academics to share success stories and lessons learned on bringing SDGs home.