We believe in the POWER OF EDUCATION to inspire students to become the voices of conscience necessary to create a future built on HUMAN DIGNITY, UNDERSTANDING and JUSTICE.
Our Mission
To PROMOTE JUSTICE and INSPIRE HOPE through education, service and the DEVELOPMENT of leadership for a MORE HUMANE WORLD.
Our Impact
Echo has educated hundreds of thousands of students by equipping teachers with curricula about global humanitarian issues and creating opportunities for students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom out into the world.
Humanitarians & Honorees
Gandhi. King. Mandela. History offers extraordinary examples of individuals who take personal responsibility for the human condition. Since its inception, the Echo Award Against Indifference has honored those individuals in the Charlotte region who personify our mission to promote human dignity, justice and moral courage through positive, effective action for humankind.
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The Echo Foundation brings to Charlotte world-renowned humanitarian leaders as the focus of educational initiatives that emphasize justice, human dignity, and the power of the individual to impact humanity.
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“The Echo Foundation not only gave me my first experience in bridging diverse groups and being a leader, but it also gave me the inspiration and the belief in myself that I needed to do it.”
- Katie Chamblee - Swarthmore College | Yale Law School
Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights
Founder, Fundación educa niños, Village Education Project