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In 1968, Olympic Winner Stood For Equality With Fellow Black Athletes

In 1968, Peter Norman did something unheard of at the Olympics: He stood with his black peers against racism. Being the 60s, this was a big deal. Peter had won the Silver medal in the 200 meters, a close race with two African-Americans, John and Tommie. As they walked up to the podium to accept their medals, Peter made a…

Q&A with Alison Rachel, Creator of Recipes for Self Love

Dear readers, We’d like to introduce you to a friend from across the pond. Alison Rachel, an artist who creates zines and illustrations about self-acceptance, sat down to have a chat with New Sincerity. Read, enjoy, give her a follow on Instagram, and maybe buy someone you love a zine. Photo: Alison Rachel Tell me a little…

Bay Area Non-Profit Teaches Design as Pathway Out of Poverty

The Inneract Project became a sparkle in Maurice Woods’ eye when he was given an assignment in his graduate class at the University of Seattle to use design to ‘change the world’. A vision came immediately to Woods – free design programs for underserved kids. That vision became The Inneract Project, a San Francisco non-profit getting kids from marginalized communities excited about…

Concrete Jungle Uses Tech to Feed the Hungry

Eating healthy ain’t always easy, especially when you get your groceries at the food bank. Atlanta residents Craig Durkin and Aubrey Daniels wanted to help change that when they started Concrete Jungle in 2009, a volunteer-run urban foraging program that distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to local food banks. What started as an adventure across the city to find free…

Joan Mulholland, Civil Rights Activist from ’60s

Joan Mulholland was at the Woolworth counter for the famous sit-in and in the mix at Civil Rights marches all over the south. She was just a teen in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but she was fiercely dedicated to the idea of a human family. “The worst they could do was kill us,” said Mulholland. And dang did…

Topher White, Founder of App that Saves Rainforests with Old Cell Phones

In 2011, Topher White was hiking in an Indonesian rainforest when he happened upon an illegal logger cutting down trees, masked by the sound of birds and bugs. Declining rainforests is a big contributing factor to climate change, and the UN reported that 90% of deforestation is illegal. On seeing this illegal logger, White, who used to work as a…