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The more people told Richardo (Ricky) Bambury he wasn’t cut out for college, the better his essays got. Ricky knew he would thrive in college, but he wasn’t getting the support from his high school to make it a reality. The discouragement was starting to feel pretty heavy. The positivity came when Ricky got involved with College Track his Freshman year.…
These four teenagers are kickin’ some serious booty. They’re from East Palo Alto where graffiti and litter is a big issue. Instead of trying to ignore it, they created an app to fix the problem. Margarita Tenisi, Rosie Valencia, Ashley Davis and Vanessa Tostado make up the “EPA Chica Squad”. Teamed up with a couple professional coders, they spent their…
Hank Pellissier writes about parenting, and his ideas about forgiveness in kids warmed our hearts. He talks about how teaching our tots forgiveness with their siblings will make them better people forever. These tips seem pretty applicable to us big kids too. Showing forgiveness doesn’t mean the behavior of the ‘wrongdoer’ is OK. It’s more about allowing a kid to go…
This is where you can pitch an unconventional idea and people will listen (or if you want to do the listening, check out Collins’ podcast.) Collins is the former Dean of The New School’s Parsons School of Design and he thinks the fashion industry is giving us a pretty flat impression of beauty – and leaders of the fashion and design…
At 12, most of us were scrounging for change in the couch to buy candy at the corner store. Julietta Solano’s 12 and is the CEO of her own business, Clovercity Soapworks. When she was 10 she collected a bunch of those gift soaps that you get from hotels. Then she melted them down to make her own. At first,…
We remember actor and trans rights activist, Alexis Arquette, who died last year. Per Alexis’ request, the family members cheered upon his/her passing. Alexis inhabited many roles, both on and off the camera. Onstage, s/he stole the show in The Wedding Singer and Pulp Fiction, wowing us all with his/her gender-bending charisma. Off stage, you may know her/him as a…
Walter Thompson always felt like an enigma. Growing up with a Mexican mom and an African-American dad in South LA, he sometimes just didn’t know which culture he belonged to. He pursued this lingering question mark in college and, most recently, through the creation of a popular Instagram account called Blaxicans Of LA – based on extensive research on multi-racial identity.…
When an NYC pro racing team signed him in 1898 at age 19, bicycle racing was huge – consistently selling out Madison Square Garden. Major Taylor – a name he got in his early days performing bicycle tricks in full military garb – won his first race at 13. His then boss Louis “Birdie” Munger, a former pro cyclist and…
Lolo Jones may be the next coolest thing on the Internet, thanks to her web series focused on life with a disability. She’s an open book with a thing or two to say, and the way she tells you comes with the perfect amount of spunk and sass. On her Youtube channel, she covers all things from boy talk (because…
Theresa Sparks has worn a lot of hats in her life, many of which she fashioned herself. She’s a real do-er, and a do-gooder to boot. After coming out as trans in the late 80s, she made trans rights a life priority. She knew, firsthand, the trauma and difficulty of living an existence that much of society either condemned or…
