By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
A community and labor organizer, Cleo Silvers worked for decades to bring underserved communities better health, job access and social justice. In the 1990s, incensed at high rates of asthma and infant mortality from pollution in her South Bronx neighborhood, she...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1996, Terry Dickinson decided he needed to leave his successful private dental clinic because staying “would not fill my soul for the rest of my life.” In 1999, he was offered the opportunity to run the Virginia Dental Association. He accepted the job,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
As a founding board member of National Public Radio and creator of All Things Considered, NPR’s first news program, Bill Siemering understood that local radio stations could change lives and improve society. But his travels in developing countries showed him...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
May Chen, a licensed therapist, devoted her career to social service programs that bridge racial and cultural divides. When she turned 53, she wanted to do more – especially for small, forgotten populations of immigrants whose needs don’t fit neatly into...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1994, Betty Reiser volunteered at a local cancer organization in New York City to “give back” for her long term survival from both ovarian and thyroid cancer. She was 69 years old. A year later she was hired by the group to start the first direct...
