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In 1997, Richard Rosenkranz founded the Interfaith Call for Universal Freedom of Worship and for Human Rights in Tibet. He intended the…
Greg Cowan had wanted to be a Big Brother for a long time but decided to wait until his own kids were…
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Founder and Director of Minneapolis Recreation Development, Inc. (MRD), Allan E. Law, has dedicated his entire adult life to teaching, mentoring and…
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Robert “Bobby” Blankenship has spent his entire childhood and adulthood in Columbia, South Carolina. He worked his way to success at what…
Gussie Hammock is a retired factory worker who has dedicated her services to the Prosecutor’s Volunteers for Victims Program since 1996. Service…
Since 1887, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee has served children from disadvantaged circumstances with quality after-school programs. 1999 was…
Established in 1994 through a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant, the Center for Social Responsibility and Community (CSRC) emphasizes an opportunity-oriented approach…
Anna Panayiotou is the founder and chairwoman of Bayonne 2000: Cleaner and Greener, the City of Bayonne’s voluntary community forestry and clean-up…
Public high schools in northern New Jersey’s inner cities are in a state of disarray. Some of them are graduating as few…
Tinker Cooper, Executive Director of Families Against Drugs (FAD), formed this nonprofit organization after her son died from a drug overdose in…
As identified in its bylaws, a major objective of the University of Tennessee BSSW Student Social Work Organization (BSSW-SWO) is to “facilitate…
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Despite Sister Anita Marie’s success as a mathematics teacher, it is her position as BETA chair for the past twelve years that…