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
Memories of caring for her grandfather as a pre-teen – giving him medication, even bathing him – often return to Connie Siskowski. She learned firsthand that managing the well-being of relatives at a young age leaves little time for homework or friends and brings...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
As a seminary student in 1995, Tarry-Chard traveled to a conference in South Africa hosted by Desmond Tutu, then archbishop of Cape Town. During a church service, she heard an inner call to help the women and children she encountered in the squalor of the townships....
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
“If you don’t like the news, then go out and make some of your own. That’s what I vowed to do,” explains Sims, who left his job with a large seafood company to found an enterprise focused exclusively on artisan and sustainable seafood –...
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...