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How Sungai Design Is Turning River Plastic Into Beautiful Designs

Elevate Prize Winner Sungai Design is tackling Bali’s plastic crisis by transforming river waste into stunning, sustainable furniture — proving that design can drive change.
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The Elevate Prize Foundation: From Humble Beginnings to “Making Good Famous”

Discover how the Elevate Prize Foundation, founded by Joe Deitch, grew from humble beginnings into a global force empowering changemakers.
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CNN

How these CNN Heroes connected in Miami and walked away reignited

At the Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit in Miami, the Top CNN Heroes of 2024 drew inspiration from other changemakers facing today’s toughest challenges and discovered fresh ways to amplify their impact.
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PRweek

Earned to owned: How 4 brands are creating winning content with their own newsrooms

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Parents

8 Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth to Know They’re Not Alone

Alex Roque, an Elevate Prize Winner and Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center shares critical insights and essential resources supporting LGBTQ+ youth.
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Forbes

How The Neurodiversity Alliance Is Building A Movement Powered By Young Voices

Elevate Prize winner David Fink and the Neurodiversity Alliance are building a global movement powered by young voices to promote inclusion and challenge stigma around neurodiversity.
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How FreeFrom And Gifted Are Helping Survivors Soar

Discover how Elevate Prize winner Sonya Passi and her organization FreeFrom, in partnership with Gifted, are empowering survivors of gender-based violence through healing and financial independence.
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TIME

Sam Bencheghib Named in TIME100 Creators List

Discover how Sam Bencheghib, an Elevate Prize winner and co-founder of Sungai Watch, is transforming Indonesia’s waterways by tackling plastic pollution—recognized by TIME100 Creators as a catalyst for global change.
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Elevate Studios’ ‘Nevertheless’ Docuseries Returns for Second Season Titled ‘Democracy Defenders’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The new season will spotlight four individuals on the front lines of the fight for freedom, civil liberties and democracy
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Forbes

How Elevate Prize Is Supporting Sesame Workshop With Its 2025 Catalyst Award

"For 55 years, the characters of Sesame Street have taught us how to count, how to read — and as importantly, how to be kind, empathic and compassionate." "Now, their important work can continue - thanks, in part, to the Elevate Prize Foundation."
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Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for ‘Sesame Street’

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the iconic children's television show "Sesame Street," has received the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, including a $250,000 grant and promotional support from the Elevate Prize Foundation. The honor recognizes the organization's global educational initiatives that go beyond television, supporting children’s health, education, and emotional well-being in over 150 countries.
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Telemundo 51

“Sesame Street” recibe reconocimiento en Miami por su impacto educativo

En una ceremonia cargada de simbolismo, los queridos personajes Beto y Enrique (Bert & Ernie) de la icónica serie infantil Sesame Street hicieron una aparición especial este martes en un hotel de Miami Beach. La fundación Elevate Prize entregó un reconocimiento y una donación de $250,000 al legendario programa por su labor transformadora en la educación emocional y académica de millones de niños en todo el mundo.
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