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Jannie Harriot

Jannie Harriot

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Seeing black children disconnected from their heritage, Harriot set out to recognize and preserve the cultural richness and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.To Harriot, the accomplishments of black ancestors can powerfully affect black children:...
Mary Peterson

Mary Peterson

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

At 18, Geraldine (Dene) Peterson left her parents and ten siblings to join a convent. She ultimately chose to leave the religious order, but her spirituality remained deeply rooted. In 1995, at age 65, she created the ElderSpirit Community in Abingdon, Virginia....
Gloria Jackson Bacon

Gloria Jackson Bacon

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

After decades heading up a health clinic in Altgeld Gardens, an impoverished community of 3,500 in Chicago, Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon decided that the children she saw as patients needed much more than traditional health care to succeed in life. So in 2004, at age 67,...
Carole Sumner Krechman

Carole Sumner Krechman

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

As CEO of Recreation World, Carole Sumner Krechman and her husband Sheldon owned and operated the Ice Capades and 22 ice-skating and roller-skating rinks around the United States. After retiring, Krechman, then Chair of the Board of Friends of the United Nations was...