--- title: US Equity | Social Impact | MIT Solve image: https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/solve_220505_727%20(1)-1.jpg --- [![mit_logo_std_rgb_white](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/mit_logo_std_rgb_white.png)](http://web.mit.edu/) # ![2023 Updated Color SOLVE LOGO (1)](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Updated%20Color%20SOLVE%20LOGO%20(1).png?width=303&height=70&name=2023%20Updated%20Color%20SOLVE%20LOGO%20(1).png) ## Champion Black, Brown, and Indigenous innovators in the US in scaling their solutions and establish your organization as a leader in social impact. ## Supporting Equitable Futures in the US since 2018 Solve’s focus on the world’s most pressing challenges has always included those within the United States. Since 2018, we have specifically supported solutions focused on equity and self-determination for underserved and underestimated communities in the US. This portfolio started with the [Indigenous Communities Fellowship](https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2023-indigenous-communities?hsLang=en), now in its sixth year, and expanded with the [2021 Antiracist Technology in the US Challenge](https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/antiracist-technology?hsLang=en)—a [response](https://solve.mit.edu/articles/launch-of-the-reimagining-pathways-in-the-us-challenge-and-our-commitment-to-anti-racism?hsLang=en) to 2020’s protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. In 2022, Solve introduced the [Black & Brown Innovators in the US Program](https://solve.mit.edu/black-brown-innovators-in-the-us-program?hsLang=en) to identify proximate innovators working on racial equity across all our Global Challenges and help correct for a racist history that limits access to opportunity and capital.  With these programs, we aim to create a space for collaboration and dialogue among culturally diverse and equity-focused innovators, while building a community that learns from and supports these innovators as part of their own work on antiracism and decolonization. [Learn More](https://info.solve.mit.edu/us-equity#join) #### "It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us." Danielle Boyer | 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellow and Founder of Every Kid Gets a Robot ![Danielle Boyer-1](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Danielle%20Boyer-1.jpg?width=600&height=400&name=Danielle%20Boyer-1.jpg) #### "It’s very hard to gain footing when it’s representation in someone else's system and they have power there. We need to lead our own solutions for our own communities, and this looks like different things for all of us." Danielle Boyer | 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellow and Founder of Every Kid Gets a Robot ## Fostering Proximate Entrepreneurship Through open innovation competitions ('Challenges'), Solve aims to find the most promising proximate innovators–those who are [a member of an underserved community or are guided by and accountable to them](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/effective_change_requires_proximate_leaders). These individuals are the best equipped to develop solutions that will have lasting and sustainable effects. Through two US-focused programs, we offer **culturally sensitive coaching, connections, and programming, including an annual** [**US Summit**](https://solve.mit.edu/events/indigenous-and-antiracist-innovators-summit?hsLang=en)**.** These programs work to support innovation from and for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities - and we hope you will join us in this work. [![Image](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/assets/images/3x2.png)](https://solve.mit.edu/black-brown-innovators-in-the-us-program?hsLang=en) ### [Black and Brown Innovators Program](https://solve.mit.edu/black-brown-innovators-in-the-us-program?hsLang=en) Supporting Black and Brown innovators from underserved and underestimated communities across the US. [Learn More](https://solve.mit.edu/black-brown-innovators-in-the-us-program?hsLang=en) [![Image](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/assets/images/3x2.png)](https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2023-indigenous-communities?hsLang=en) ### [Indigenous Communities Fellowship](https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2023-indigenous-communities?hsLang=en) How can Native innovators in the US build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities? [Learn More](https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2023-indigenous-communities?hsLang=en) #### “I am now a Black woman in tech. And it’s something that I really did not identify as before having this opportunity with MIT.” Meme Styles | 2021 Solver and President of MEASURE [![Screen Shot 2022-09-16 at 12.38.00 PM](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-16%20at%2012.38.00%20PM.png?width=2494&name=Screen%20Shot%202022-09-16%20at%2012.38.00%20PM.png)](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/US_Equity_r8_1.mp4?hsLang=en) #### “I am now a Black woman in tech. And it’s something that I really did not identify as before having this opportunity with MIT.” Meme Styles | 2021 Solver and President of MEASURE ## Support US Equity Work ## Other Ways to Engage [![Image](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/assets/images/2x1.png)](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-become-a-mentor?hsLang=en) ### [Connect with an Innovator](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-become-a-mentor?hsLang=en) Are you uniquely positioned to mentor, advise, and support our entrepreneurs? Apply here to share your expertise with social impact innovators. [Learn More](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-become-a-mentor?hsLang=en) [![Image](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/assets/images/2x1.png)](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-review-challenge-applications?hsLang=en) ### [Review Applications](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-review-challenge-applications?hsLang=en) Since 2016, over 9,600 innovators from 160 countries have submitted solutions to Solve’s Global Challenges. Use your expertise to review these inspiring solutions.  [Learn More](https://solve.mit.edu/apply-to-review-challenge-applications?hsLang=en) [![Image](https://info.solve.mit.edu/hubfs/assets/images/2x1.png)](https://solve.mit.edu/partner-challenges?hsLang=en) ### [Apply to a Challenge](https://solve.mit.edu/partner-challenges?hsLang=en) Solve hosts Custom Challenges with our Partners year-round. If you are a social entrepreneur, we invite you to submit your solution for funding and support. 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