Arizona youth honored as Prudential Emerging Visionary
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As one of 25 Prudential Emerging Visionary winners, Prisha will receive a
Prudential Emerging Visionaries recognizes young people ages 14-18 whose fresh perspectives and innovative solutions address pressing financial and societal challenges in their communities. The program's goals align with Prudential's purpose: to make lives better by solving the financial challenges of our changing world.
"I am inspired by the students' sense of purpose and commitment to driving positive change in their communities," said Chairman and CEO Charles Lowrey. "We're honored to support these young leaders as they bring their extraordinary projects to life."
During the summit, to be held April 20-23, five winners will also have the opportunity to present their solutions in a pitch-off, where a grand prize winner will be awarded an additional
Prisha Shroff founded "Sustainability Stars," an initiative that empowers young people to be changemakers by taking action to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and increase awareness and advocacy. "Sustainability Stars" is democratizing access to the skills, resources and connections needed for young people to be fully involved in climate action with a digital platform specifically for youth-led SDG initiatives.
When Prisha first learned about the SDGs — global commitments to address climate change, improve health and education and reduce inequality in society — she was inspired to expand their focus to be more youth-centered and -led. "Every youth should be aware of the SDGs, empowered to take action and given the support necessary to create solutions," she says. So far, "Sustainability Stars" has conducted workshops with more than 1,000 students and created high school clubs through which students build solutions that support the SDGs.
Prudential Emerging Visionaries is sponsored by Prudential in collaboration with Ashoka, a leading organization in the social impact sector, with advisory support provided by the Financial Health Network, an authority on financial health and a longtime partner of The Prudential Foundation.
The program is an evolution of Prudential's Spirit of Community Awards, which honored more than 150,000 outstanding youth volunteers over 26 years.
To read about all of this year's Prudential Emerging Visionaries, visit prudential.com/emergingvisionaries.
About Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial wellness leader and premier active global investment manager, has operations in
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs — individuals with new ideas to systemically address the world's biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to transform those ideas into national, regional and global social impact. Over 40 years, Ashoka has supported more than 3,600 social entrepreneurs in 90 countries with solutions addressing society's most pressing issues. Ashoka's vision is a world in which Everyone is a Changemaker — a society that responds quickly and effectively to challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem. For more information, visit ashoka.org.
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