When the pandemic threatened to keep older poll workers away, young people raised their hands to facilitate the 2020 election.
Doris Griffin, an advocate for older people 鈥� at nearly 90 years old 鈥� knows how to speak for, and about the needs of, Texas seniors in the pandemic.
Former kindergarten teacher Stan Tucker launched his Read 鈥檔鈥� Roll bookmobile to promote literacy. But it鈥檚 become a vehicle for kindness too.
In Baltimore, the nonprofit Black Women Build takes vacant homes and shows trainees how to refurbish them. Redlined neighborhoods are a focus.
Sikia Cafe in Jinja, Uganda, which is staffed by deaf waiters, aims to change attitudes toward the deaf community.
In Canada, one First Nations group is trying to reclaim their story by publishing their own children鈥檚 books and magazines.
Young people are most vulnerable to human trafficking. Mona Al-Hayani鈥檚 curriculum has trained thousands to recognize it.
When the Soviet Union industrialized, it destroyed much of Russia鈥檚 peasant life. Anor Tukaeva is helping to make sure that history isn鈥檛 lost.
For Vermonter Jane Curtis, patriotism means protest. The centenarian activist has spent her life fighting for the causes and country she believes in.
At a time when many rural towns are fading, one small New England village is thriving thanks to a transformative arts center.
Blanket the Homeless volunteers are Ken Newman鈥檚 concertgoers, who hand out blankets and his packages of small essentials to people on the streets.
For Zhor Rehihil, Muslim curator of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism in Casablanca, the shared past provides a path to a better future.
Cooking for Community of Portland, Maine, saves some jobs as funders enable restaurants and volunteers to make and deliver meals to whoever is hungry.
Swami Agnivesh is an Indian social activist known for his campaign against modern-day slavery and support of interfaith understanding.
For decades, a Red Cross physiotherapist has helped those wounded in Afghanistan鈥檚 wars walk a path from despair to hope.
Herb Chasan shows what it takes to launch an after-school program in Massachusetts 鈥� and how the rewards can be big.
Quidditch isn鈥檛 just make-believe. John Ssentamu brought the Harry Potter game to Uganda, where it鈥檚 giving women a new chance to compete as equals.
Dream Catchers, a therapeutic horseback riding center, helps people with disabilities build trust and confidence.
Greater adjutant storks, once common in India, are now endangered. But a small army of women led by Purnima Devi Barman is out to change that.
Investigative journalist Ivan Golunov became a rallying point for Russians opposed to police corruption when he was arrested in June 2019.
Tie designer Will Howell joins other Americans with disabilities finding independence through self-employment.
Nirut Chomngam shares his knowledge with villagers in the Southeast Asian nation, where snakes frequently cross paths with humans.
After going through his own transformation from logging company owner to conservation advocate, Mark Baker aims to pay it forward with nature tours.
Going underground, a nonprofit stages a monthly food pop-up for indigenous Latino farmworkers in the U.S., a vulnerable class of working poor.
Carla Curran is working to ensure that visually impaired people have an opportunity to make contributions in science.
