By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When John Sage’s sister was murdered 18 years ago during a robbery gone wrong, he learned well the devastating fallout of violent crime on both victims and their families, and the desire for vengeance. But Sage chose a different path with Bridges To Life, the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Raised by his grandmother in Chicago’s public housing, Phillip Jackson spent most of his childhood learning to hustle on 43rd St., moving through 11 Chicago public schools and dropping out of college. That was until a young philosophy professor mentored him, helping...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Hochendoner has transformed The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium, a nonprofit that specializes in HIV/AIDS testing and care, into a global enterprise bringing knowledge to populations that are disenfranchised, underrepresented and hardest hit by HIV/AIDS. Through the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Writer and former English teacher Maggie Shannon knew she wanted to spend her golden years on Maine’s “Golden Pond.” In childhood she had spent every summer on Great Pond, which inspired the play and movie, and her heart drew her back. So when she was in her 60s, she...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
More than a third of female-headed, single-parent households with children younger than 5 in Massachusetts live below the federal poverty level. Those most affected by this poverty – children – have a fierce advocate in Mary Reed. Her own mother was the first black...