Lawrence McRae

Lawrence McRae

As a black man who survived prostate cancer, McRae had beaten the odds. In the United States, African American men have the highest mortality rate for that form of cancer of any racial or ethnic group. (They die at a rate 2.4 times higher than their white...
W. Frederick Shaw

W. Frederick Shaw

Shaw had been an elementary school teacher and a college professor before he began a 40-year career in international development. He was a faculty member at the School for International Training in Vermont when he was offered the opportunity to implement development...
Jay Davidson

Jay Davidson

Jay Davidson was a high-functioning alcoholic with a 20-year career in the military until the day when his commanding officer told him to conquer his addiction – or else. Finding stability, community and spirituality in a 12-Step program, Davidson eventually...