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    Fighting the Good Fight

    Can trouble be good? Elizabeth Gore started shaking up the status quo at the Texas A&M University, where she protested for a women’s facility on the male-dominated campus. Hear her journey from there to the vice president of global partnerships for the United Nations Foundation, where she leads grassroots efforts for campaigns targeting adolescent girls.

    Elizabeth Gore
    Vice President of Global Partnerships, United Nations Foundation

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    Instigators: Stand for Something

    Instigators are leaders, advocates and radical educators, standing up to protect others against injustice. But what makes someone fight the good fight? Here are stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things...and because they stood for something, their fight has likely changed your life.

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