All People Making a Difference
Difference MakerHow Seattle cafe鈥檚 鈥榬adical hospitality鈥� serves recovery communityA cafe in Seattle doubles as a refuge for those in recovery from addiction. It鈥檚 part of a nationwide network serving around 1,500 people a month.
Difference MakerJob training that puts people 鈥� and their community 鈥撀燽ack on trackMarvin DeJear鈥檚 Evelyn K. Davis Center shows that social service organizations can strengthen whole communities 鈥� one person at a time.
Difference MakerTo save rare ponies, one couple gives up almost everythingAmanda Simpson and Stathis Katsarelias have given up almost everything to care for Skyrian horses on the island of Sk铆ros.
Difference MakerAn imaginative space that helps kids believe in stories 鈥� and themselvesThe nonprofit Grimm & Co. boosts literacy skills at its store and in schools, serving close to 3,000 children a year in Rotherham, England.
Village store revival? German towns opt for community over big-box retailersPeter B枚hmer reopened the village store in his German home of Farchant a few years ago, and it has been going gangbusters ever since.
Difference MakerHow a Chicago photographer uses art to bridge racial dividesSometimes art allows people to see in a fresh way. Tonika Johnson鈥檚 project has done that by connecting opposite sides of a long-segregated city.
He鈥檚 a reader on the run 鈥� a 56-mile runTo support school libraries, Marukgwane Moremogolo combines his two passions聽鈥� running and reading聽鈥撀燼t South Africa鈥檚 grueling Comrades Marathon.
Difference Maker鈥楻adical hospitality鈥�: Helping those on the streets get a showerTo address part of the homeless challenge, Doniece Sandoval started Lava Mae, a nonprofit that provides mobile showers.
Difference MakerAt a Georgia day care center, older neighbors find purpose, connectionLittle Steps Community Daycare in rural Georgia has transformed the lives of children, parents, and senior volunteers.
Difference Maker鈥榊ou can鈥檛 unhurt a young person.鈥� But you can help them thrive.At Hopeworks, Dan Rhoton helps at-risk youths find opportunity by coupling coding and computer training with聽life readiness coaching.
Difference MakerCan Europe be saved? One couple鈥檚 mission to mend, not trash, the EU.As nationalist and anti-Europe voices have gained strength, the R枚ders have organized pro-Europe rallies that encourage political participation.
Difference MakerLegal fights and threats to his life: an environmental activist in self-exileHe left Liberia for his safety and won the Goldman Environmental Prize fighting for land rights 鈥� and against governments and big corporations.
Difference MakerIndia has a big trash problem. TrashBot is trying to help.In Bangalore, India, a startup called TrashCon made a machine that helps manage waste by sorting mixed trash.
Four ways families can give back this summerThere are many ways to volunteer with family members. Try something different, maybe abroad or maybe in your own backyard.
Difference MakerA different lens on people facing homelessnessMark Horvath's videos help people understand homelessness. He's reached hundreds of thousands of viewers and sparked local volunteering efforts.
Difference MakerThe Venezuelan who鈥檚 feeding thousands of youths in his hungry countryRoberto Pati帽o is a Harvard-educated Venezuelan who has established more than 100 free dining halls around his country in the past three years.
Difference MakerFrom combat to cornfields: In farming, veterans find new purposeAir Force veteran Sara Creech found new purpose on an Indiana farm. Now she鈥檚 showing other veterans how to find this path, too.
Difference MakerWalking in their shoes: a Venezuelan expat鈥檚 humanitarian featAmid the Venezuela crisis, a grassroots effort to provide humanitarian aid has one woman in the Venezuelan diaspora shipping shoes to meet a need.
Difference MakerShe brings generations together for networkingCharlotte Japp saw how both younger and older people could benefit from cross-generational networking initiatives. Her organization's parties and cultural events serve the greater purpose of ending age segregation.
Difference MakerFinding their voices: Music feeds the soul for women facing homelessnessIt鈥檚 easy to forget that vulnerable populations need more than food and shelter. As musician聽Kristo Kondak莽i聽demonstrates, music provides respite, confidence, and joy for those in need 鈥� food for the soul.聽聽
