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Maybe God Has a Purpose for Me Here

March 22, 2007 – 6:01 pm

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From The New York Daily News

By HEATHER ROBINSON
Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 9:02 AM

When Bizu Riki Mullu was a girl, the people of her village of Mauri, in northern Ethiopia, would come out …

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Helping Mexican Immigrants Find Dignity — and a Better Life

March 3, 2007 – 4:56 pm

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From The New York Daily News

By HEATHER ROBINSON
March 3, 2007
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Joel Magallan

Former Brother Joel Magallan has headed the Association Tepeyac for 11 years.

“Our Lady of Guadalupe is an icon of dignity,” says Joel Magallán, the head of the Asociación Tepeyac de New York, explaining the …

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‘It Was Skin and Bones’: Soldiers Remember Auschwitz

January 17, 2007 – 4:05 pm

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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
By HEATHER ROBINSON

January 17, 2007

When they were young, they fought the Nazis, and then bore witness to the extreme depravity of which human beings are capable.

Now in or nearing their 80s and 90s, the Allied soldiers who liberated the concentration camps of Europe are recounting their memories …

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Internal Riches

May 31, 2006 – 12:52 pm

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From The New York Daily News
by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Anita J. Raizman will never forget the day when, on her way to work at Project Ore, a kosher food bank, she saw someone abusing a homeless woman.

“I was coming to work here, and there was a black …

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Rising to the Occasion

May 17, 2006 – 11:10 am

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From The New York Daily News
by HEATHER ROBINSON

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“When you rise to the occasion, there’s no ‘just getting by,’” says Thabiti Boone of his efforts to be a strong black male role model to inner city children. “My best is connected to my family, my future, …

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Ned O’Gorman: A Ray of Hope

May 8, 2006 – 12:58 pm

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From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

“Forty years ago, when he was thirty five years old, a man I know pretty well came to this neighborhood and built a school,” Ned O’Gorman said recently to a roomful of his preschool students in Harlem. “He’s a very interesting fellow, this …

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Steve Mariotti: Thinking Big About Small Business

April 11, 2006 – 12:47 pm

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From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

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“Every child should learn how to start a business, especially children who are having difficulty in school,” says Steve Mariotti. “Let them be exposed to the concept of self-ownership.”

With his easy banter and warm smile, Mariotti seems more …

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All in the Game: Steve Huston is Serious About Bronx Kids’ Fun

March 28, 2006 – 1:05 pm

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From The New York Daily News
by HEATHER ROBINSON

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“Basketball, softball, football tournaments—no matter how tired I was, I enjoyed playing ball with the kids.”

Steve Huston smiles and leans forward, gently bearlike, as he remembers the days before recreation was his full-time job. On evenings and weekends …

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Breaking the Chains: Former Slave Simon Deng Marches for Freedom

March 21, 2006 – 4:21 pm

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From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

March 21, 2006

“As a child, I was abducted and taken into slavery, at a time most people assumed slavery was a thing of the past,” says Simon Deng, 45, to a reporter over coffee in an upper East Side cafe on …

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Lessons in Life

February 27, 2006 – 3:48 pm

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From the New York Daily News
February 27, 2006

“I try to wear a suit most days,” says Frank Jump, explaining why he looks dapper. It’s not the uniform you’d expect for a teacher at an elementary school in a gritty section of Flatlands, Brooklyn.

For Jump, 46, who teaches science and technology …

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