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Bridging a 'Digital Divide'
A teenager shares his love and knowledge of computers (12/13/2007)
Folk Art
A lifelong passion for music drives a charity leader (12/6/2007)
Giving Thanks
A nonprofit chief helps people who fought the Holocaust (11/1/2007)
Old and New Worlds
A Laotian immigrant bucks cultural taboos to help Hmong women (9/6/2007)
The Power of One
An educator learns the value of having a champion (6/28/2007)
Uniting Labor
A child of immigrants helps workers stand up for their rights (5/17/2007)
Creature Comforter
A former social worker finds a pet cause in rescuing animals (2/8/2007)
Leading by Example
A former mayor takes an unexpected path to a gay-rights charity
(1/11/2007)
Healing the Homeless
A physician makes 'house' calls to patients on the street (11/9/2006)
Seed Money
A former reporter spans the globe to aid small-business owners
(9/28/2006)
'No Margin, No Mission'
A former minister learns the power of asking for donations (7/27/2006)
Heartbreak and Healing
A 'clear path' led a lawyer to the charity that helped her cope with loss (6/15/2006)
Saving the Neighborhood
A quest to fight methamphetamine addiction began in one charity leader's backyard (4/6/2006)
Arguing for Equality
A search for 'meaningful work' fires up a civil-rights advocate
(1/26/2006)
Art and Commerce
An eclectic history leads to a new career in economic-justice work (1/12/2006)
Union Supporter
An unsatisfied lawyer finds fulfillment helping interfaith families
(12/8/2005)
The Power of Persuasion
A teacher learns to sell the public on protecting families from violence
(11/10/2005)
Happy Camper
The 'power' of Jewish youth fellowship inspires a dad to get more involved
(8/4/2005)
Shelter for Everyone
A commitment to diversity drives a Cleveland housing advocate (7/21/2005)
In the Driver's Seat
A paralyzing fall sets a woman on a quest to help others get better care
(6/23/2005)
A State of Independence
An aunt's plight inspires a quest to aid immigrant women (5/26/2005)
Northern Light
A public-radio reporter helps build Alaskan wilderness trails (4/28/2005)
Life In the Lab
A self-proclaimed nerd uses her passion for research to nurture others
(3/3/2005)
Street Wise
A one-time gang member helps vulnerable girls break the cycle of violence (2/17/2005)
A Teaching Moment
An educator's skills aid an effort to expose a 'hidden' crime (1/20/2005)
World Literature
A trip to Nepal leads to a new path for a former Microsoft executive (12/9/2004)
Acts of Faith
Catholic values spur a lawyer's passion for helping immigrants (11/11/2004)
Escape Route
A charity founder takes to the road to protect women from domestic abuse
(9/16/2004)
Finding the Right Role
A path that began on stage and in grass-roots organizing takes a nonprofit leader to Harvard (7/22/2004)
Parental Guidance
Patience turns a mother's quest for information into a $2.5-million charity (5/27/2004)
Growing Up Generous
A charity leader's love affair with nonprofit work began in childhood (5/13/2004)
Piloting a Mission
How a national crisis propelled a charity leader's career (4/1/2004)
Nurturing a Newcomer
Supportive colleagues in a university development office help a future fund-raising consultant find her niche (3/18/2004)
Designing a Future
A former lawyer pursues a lifelong desire to help people through art (12/11/2003)
Creating From Scratch
A grant maker draws lessons from her past as the founder of a nonprofit artists' collaborative (9/11/2003)
Helping Professionals
How a nonprofit human-resources manager learned the value of caring for employees (8/14/2003)
Making the Rules
A drug-abuse prevention group leader says principles learned in early jobs guided her (7/17/2003)
Small World
How the head of a group that promotes citizen diplomacy learned the art 'one handshake at a time' (6/5/2003)
The Road to Independence
How for-profit and government jobs led a single mother to help others become more self-reliant (5/15/2003)
School's In
A background in college administration prepares a Unicef official to help girls in strife-torn nations seek education (4/10/2003)
Battle Plans
How fighting bureaucrats for military families taught a Michigan grant maker to marshal her resources (3/13/2003)
A Resolve to Fight
How a California leader got the toughness she needed to rebuild a
community-services group(2/13/2003)
Tools for Tough Times
Lessons learned as a door-to-door fund raiser help a women's shelter director face today's economic climate (1/16/2003)
A New World
How a Canadian-born lawyer found a mission in helping immigrants attain liberty (12/12/2002)
Creating Diversity
A community-foundation head says an early teaching job honed his interest in promoting inclusion (11/7/2002)
Saving the Children
How a former government social worker found a better way to help troubled youth as a charity leader (10/10/2002)
Out of Africa
How a stint in the Peace Corps planted the seeds for a career in leadership education (9/5/2002)
Finding a Mission
A Florida homeless advocate tells how business skills led her into nonprofit work (8/8/2002)
A Place at the Table
How City Harvest's leader learned about hunger, community involvement, and creating change (7/15/2002)
Dreaming Up a Future
A former Upward Bound leader tells what she learned about the value of high expectations (5/31/2002)
Business Schooling
What her first nonprofit job taught a recruiter about the organization
of charities (5/6/2002)
An Education in Politics
How lessons learned while lobbying for Vietnam-era college students aid a school-reform advocate today (4/8/2002)
All Access How environmental work led to teaching businesses to make Web surfing easier for the disabled (3/1/2002)
Behind the Curtain
How lessons learned in theater help one woman build online volunteer networks for the United Nations (2/11/2002)
Better Beginnings
How a Planned Parenthood internship led to a job making grants to help
Vermont's children thrive (1/7/2002)
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