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Defy Ventures is helping rewrite the narrative of American prisoners by giving them a real shot at success. Seth Sundberg is one of those Americans who has big stories and big dreams. A one-time NBA player, Seth fell into some money trouble in 2010 and spent the next several years locked up behind bars. To deal with life behind bars…
At their first dinner, a woman showed up with a mummified South American Indian head – only a hint of the Earthly oddities the Society of Women Geographers chased. The whole thing started when a group of well-traveled and sharp as hell women wanted in on the all-male Explorer’s Club, to which the men turned up their noses and said,…
Michael Angelakos – the ringleader of famous indietronica band Passion Pit – was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 17. He rejected any romanticized notions of the ‘bipolar artist label’ and instead has committed himself to mental health advocacy and awareness. Since revealing his mental illness to the public in 2012, he’s been an open book about how it’s affected…
The ‘silver tsunami’ – millions of Baby Boomers who, thanks to science, are living longer – means the elderly population will have doubled by 2050. Caregivers are already scarce and many elderly folks report increased loneliness and isolation. So who is going to care for them? The Geriatric Career Development (GCD) Program in New York City tackles this issue along with…
America’s traditional gender binary – male or female – is actually a relatively new idea on the continent. Before the first Christians settled here, Native Americans had been living without a binary system or gender rules for centuries. Many tribes acknowledged 5 different genders: Female, Male, Two Spirit Female, Two Spirit Male, and Transgendered. Two Spirits identified as both male…
Khloe Thompson is a 9-year-old who spends her after-school hours working to ensure the homeless in her community are more comfortable. Her passion took hold after she noticed the growing homeless epidemic near her home in Southern California. In Los Angeles County, homelessness has increased 23% in the past year – a population of almost 60,000. Khloe told her mother…
Shouts of “ooh-rah” fill the air every morning at Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility as inmates file out of the building, signaling to guards that they’re ready for the day. Moriah is a New York-based prison with a philosophy that aims to reduce recidivism through discipline, education, and therapy. Their shock facility is one of only two in the state. Moriah houses almost 200…
These 500 women call themselves Kung Fu nuns, because they’re strong as heck and there’s no telling them what they can’t do. These Buddhists cycled more than 2,400 miles from Nepal to Northern India. To put it in perspective – that’s like biking the California coast three times! “People think that because we are nuns, we are supposed to stay…
Philly college student Samera Paz is only 22. But that’s more than enough life experience to realize that women in America still have to struggle to be heard. Instead of waiting for society to get their act together she got her hands dirty and created spaces where young women can come together and—wait for it—speak without being cut off, talked…
They might not be fancy but Baldwin, Michigan found a way to send every kid in town to college. It’s called The Baldwin Promise. The deal is that, if you graduate, you are guaranteed $5,000 a year for college tuition, for up to 4 years. This isn’t an easy task for any community, and it’s especially tough when 1 in…
