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Our EveryAction Hero: Girls Inc.

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This Women’s History Month, as we celebrate women’s historic achievements and recognize how their lives have shaped history - both past and present - we’re also looking towards the future at the next generation of fearless leaders. I can’t think of a better organization to speak with during Women's History Month.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

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I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and both sets of my grandparents came from rural Mississippi. But, as an adult, the moment that catalyzed my work was when I was in graduate school at NYU studying history, and I learned about the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast for Children program. What was the inspiration for the cookbook?

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Making Meaningful Connections: Inspiring New Report from Irvine and Helicon

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Our work to transform the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History into a participatory and community-centered place has been heavily supported by the James Irvine Foundation. If you are reading this report in Manchester or Malaysia or Memphis, you will find meaningful and useful content. This report could come from--and go--anywhere.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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Three and a half years before we adopted Jonathan, Cathy and I had sat together, tears streaming down our faces, when we heard the news that Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. Racism has been in every culture ever since. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.