By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Ever since childhood, I dreamed of going to Africa. In 2003, after four decades in ministry and counseling, I took a sabbatical, trekking to 18 countries, from Cairo to Capetown, with 21 young adults. We traveled by truck and slept in tents. Village women would ask,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
By 2008, I had enjoyed a long and fruitful legal career in insurance law. I was 62 and primed to make a change. Throughout my career, I had always had significant involvement in social or civil rights activities. Now I wanted the opportunity to do more. That year, I...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
I was reared on a farm in a poor, rural area, but my parents taught me and my seven siblings that family, hard work, education and belief in God were the stepping stones out of poverty. It worked for us, and I believe it will work in Gardere. The Gardere Initiative...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1998, I left my law practice to pursue a PhD in social work. One of my objectives was to influence policy that affects underprivileged communities. Part of my native Hawai’ian culture is the idea that as an individual, you can have an impact, but the greatest...
