by Amelia Lorrey | Sep 9, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
Mill Hill Elementary School’s outdoor classroom began as a response to coronavirus guidelines, but it has – quite literally – grown into something much more significant for the community of Fairfield, Connecticut. For Elly Fatehi, the leader of the PTA’s Green...
by Amelia Lorrey | Sep 2, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
Robin Valenzuela had spent years researching the intersection of child welfare and immigration enforcement in the U.S. when, in 2016, the election prompted her to take action. “I wanted to do something more than just write about these issues,” she recalls. She started...
by Milena Fraccari | Aug 26, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
“When teachers and students work authentically together to promote early literacy in communities that are underserved and under-resourced, they can help equalize education for all children.” Chris McGilvery is an educator, connector, and kindness crusader. He...
by Amelia Lorrey | Aug 11, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
Growing up, Robin Singh was an animal lover, but as he remembers “in India, when we say you’re an animal lover, we mean just dogs.” Defying this sort of thinking, he became a vegetarian in 1997 and years later, after learning more about animal agriculture, he went...
by The Pollination Project | Jul 22, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
When Alagie Ndow was only nine, his parents divorced leaving him to be looked after by his aunt who lived in a poor, remote village. As he struggled to complete his secondary education, Alagie connected with various volunteer service programs that not only helped him...
