by Carolyn Ashworth | Jul 17, 2020 | Heartivist Of The Week
Like many of us, Miracle Adesina watched the COVID-19 pandemic spread through the lens of social media. As a healthcare professional, what he saw coming through his social feeds gave him great cause for concern. “I watched and just shook my head at viral videos from...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jul 3, 2020 | Heartivist Of The Week
Lucas Akol’s infant son, Martine, was constantly sick. He never seemed to get better, and ultimately they took him to the hospital in their native Uganda. “He tested positive for Malaria, so we thought that explained it,” says Lucas. “But the malaria treatment didn’t...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jun 26, 2020 | Heartivist Of The Week
In some ways, the story of the Minnesota Black Community Project is a tale of two men named Walter Scott. The first Walter Scott is someone you likely read about in the news. He was an unarmed Black motorist killed in 2015 by a white police officer in Charleston,...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jun 19, 2020 | Heartivist Of The Week
For Eric Miller, the path to a young person’s potential runs through the yard of a neighbor in need. “My mother’s name was Deloris Miller. She was a special ed teacher who always said every young person had the capacity to learn, but we all learn through different...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jun 12, 2020 | Heartivist Of The Week
“I used to be heavy,” she started […] It was a story not about physical weight, but of mental weight, of generational trauma, of carrying your burdens and your family’s, and of learning to let go of it.”-An excerpt from writer Tatyana Tandanpolie, describing a “Soul...
