By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Before 2004, recidivism for inmates at Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, La., hovered at around 50 percent. So half of the prisoners who were released routinely landed back in prison. Then Michael Ellerbe showed up. A Southern Baptist pastor, Ellerbe stepped...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Jim Lientz Jr., a former banker, had been retired for a year when Georgia’s incoming governor called on him to become the state’s first chief operating officer. Taking the role in 2003, Lientz quickly realized that the state government had not been acting as a good...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Preserving Native American language, culture, traditions and land has been a central feature of Henrietta Mann’s work as an educator. But after spending nearly four decades in public higher education, Mann was weary of seeing the continuing achievement gap of Native...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Through The Kitchen Door International Inc., created by Daniel Nachtigal and his late wife, Liesel Flashenberg (shown in photo, right), helps recent immigrants and low-income families in the Washington, D.C., area find jobs, acclimate to new cultures and communities,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Parents who face the unthinkable – watching their children battle grave illness – have heartbreaking decisions to make. Often, parents will pursue aggressive, curative treatment to prolong a child’s life. “At Noah’s Children, we can step in and provide direction,”...
