By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Alexandra “Sandy” Close, founder of the Pacific News Service, launched New California Media in 1996 to unite ethnic and youth media outlets under one news service, giving them far greater reach and economic viability. Youth media had been of interest to...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When Dave Hughes joined Agape House as its executive director in 2002, the small nonprofit was disorganized and underfunded. He brought a fresh vision that turned the organization into a leader in the community. Before joining Agape House, based in Hermiston, Ore.,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
A labor organizer for nearly 50 years, Chandler has been engaged with immigrant workers in the labor struggle since his teens. In 2000, he brought immigrants together with labor, religious, and human rights activists and organizations to form the Mississippi...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Bobbe J. Bridge, who served for two decades as a judge in Washington’s juvenile, superior and State Supreme Court systems, never forgot the troubled youths who had come before her bench in the early years. They often were foster kids with mental health issues who had...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 2000, when California created Cesar Chavez Day to honor the labor activist and founder of United Farm Workers of America, then-governor Gray Davis asked social policy advisers Carlos and Linda LeGerrette for ideas for activities. The San Diego natives had worked...