by Gary Hume | Oct 16, 2014
May Chen, a licensed therapist, devoted her career to social service programs that bridge racial and cultural divides. When she turned 53, she wanted to do more – especially for small, forgotten populations of immigrants whose needs don’t fit neatly into...
by Gary Hume | Oct 16, 2014
Cowboy Fred Ortiz, 63, saw something in the youth of Lubbock, Texas that he recognized all too well, and it pained him. Ortiz grew up in an economically depressed area of South El Paso, Texas, and witnessed many of his peers failing to thrive and resistant to...
by Gary Hume | Oct 16, 2014
After retiring as Director of Academic Advising and Adjunct Faculty from The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York, Mildred Dandridge moved to California to develop her passion for engaging youth in their communities. In 2002, she launched Awareness for Communities about...
by Gary Hume | Oct 16, 2014
To Jerry Conover, a retired trial lawyer and mediator, the Social Security checks he began receiving in his sixties were nice but not necessary. Financially secure, he, like many of his friends, had no real need for the government entitlement. The challenges facing...
