Generosity, courage, and connection in real life.
Frank Davis and Aaron Hicks went into Wisconsin’s Racine Correctional Institution as teachers. The formerly incarcerated men created ECHO, a nine-week course covering identity, relationships, work […]
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Terry was diagnosed with bulbar-onset ALS, a form of the disease that made his speech increasingly difficult for the people closest to him to understand. As […]
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At 16, one soccer player started a mentorship program for children whose families could not afford the usual costs of youth sports. The effort gives young […]
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Neighbors gathered to help an owl tangled in barbed wire. Their attention brought the bird out of a dangerous situation and connected it with people who […]
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A group of Cherokee girls helped advance legal rights for the Oconaluftee River, a first-of-its-kind all-female effort in the United States. Their work joined youth leadership […]
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A mine-clearance effort in Libya has removed more than 14,000 abandoned explosives from a city and nearby farmland, according to the current inventory report. The work […]
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When a North Carolina woman could no longer afford pet-friendly housing, she had to give up the dog who had been with her for 10 years. […]
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New York City is extending late-night soccer at five fields across the five boroughs, giving night-shift workers and other late-day players more chances to join a […]
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An emergency kit is not about predicting exactly what will happen. It is about making the first few hours less chaotic if the power goes out, […]
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