By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
For more than 30 years, I have been an artist, cultural worker and arts educator in Boston. I believe art is an essential part of life – and a catalyst for social change. In the ’80s, I started an artist-run space for contemporary art that drew kids away...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Two tumultuous decades in the telecommunications industry took a toll on Charles Fletcher’s income and his spirit. When he retired in the 1990s at the age of 58, he found some peace of mind through volunteering at a Dallas-area equine therapy center for children...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 2005, the Rev. Richard Joyner had a realization. He had presided over too many funerals at a church of just 300 members. In one year alone, 30 congregants younger than 32 years old had died. “We had at least 20 funerals per year, and a lot of the deaths were...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
As a high school teacher in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, one of the most violent neighborhoods in the U.S., I worked for decades to foster peace among students caught up in gang violence. When seven local students were murdered in 1989, I created a peer court for...
