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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…
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 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…
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…
They’re part of the Refugee Wilderness Explorers Program, born from a team effort between New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the Catholic Charities Refugee Mentoring Program. “The summer camps and afterschool programs we offer, while very helpful for the children, are meant to supplement the help that the children will get from their mentors, once they are matched,” Danielle Hernandez, the…
Jane Matilda Bolin was born in 1908 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Her father owned his own legal practice so Jane grew up steeped in conversation and books on law. Despite warnings from her dad, she knew at a young age that this was her calling as well. “It is easy to imagine how a young, protected child who sees portrayals…
Born from flames of the 2016 election, Crooked Media rose from the ashes like a magnificent phoenix and jettisoned straight into podcast fame. Built by former Obama staffers, veteran journalists, and grassroots activists, this primarily pod-based media company offers up levity, accessibility, and unlikely conversations. “We couldn’t find a place to talk about politics the way actual human beings talk.…
In the wake of the devastating high school shooting earlier this month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, our youth have taken to the streets and the podium to demand change. Five of the survivors – students of the school – have announced plans for a nationwide school walkout, with another demonstration in the streets of DC, demanding that…
Born a slave in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Bailey) quickly proved that he was a man ahead of his time. Even as a kid, Douglass was precocious and quick to speak his mind. After the wife of the man who he served taught him the alphabet, he began secretly studying rhetoric and the speeches of famous orators. At…
Norma turned 90 and hit the road. It also was a trip to celebrate the end of her life. How’s that for badass and extremely poignant? It went like this: In the span of two weeks, 90-year-old Norma Jean Bauerschmidt’s husband died AND she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Instead of hitting the chemo, she said, “I’m hitting the road.” With…
