'Shindler's List' Oliwia Dabrowska is Helping Ukrainian Refugees on the Border
This feature is part of the ADA 30th Anniversary series, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I had the opportunity to interview 5 incredible disability advocates to share their personal challenges and how they continue to overcome them, even in a pandemic.
In this episode of Women on the Frontline, I interviewed a Dallas school cafeteria manager who is providing free meals for her community during the pandemic.
What does ‘shelter in place’ mean for those without a home? I spoke with the head of the team that provides care for the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.
As a teen with cerebral palsy, Matthew Walzer was unable to tie his shoes — prompting him to ask Nike for help. I sat down with Walzer to discuss his motivation behind the viral letter, how the developments with Nike have changed his life, and his hopes for a more inclusive future.
College, just like everything else in 2020, is straight up bizarre — especially for freshmen who are living away from home for the first time, in dorms, but can’t have visitors, eat in a dining hall, party with new friends or enjoy any of the perks of freedom that are staples of campus life. I checked in with five college freshmen around the country to get a sense of what this surreal semester is like so far.
‘Just the Two of Us’ writer William Salter talks about his newfound TikTok fame after his 24 year old granddaughter revealed his story on the platform.
Meet 'The Tree Twins,' the joyful couple whose mission is to cheer people up while encouraging the holiday spirit of saying hello to your neighbors. For the past five years, they hit the streets of San Francisco for the weeks leading up to Christmas Eve in their homemade costumes. Mindful of city and state restrictions, the two men have kept up their tradition of bringing holiday cheer by popping up around town and posing for socially distanced or masked photos.
Through storytelling, these Drag Queens are teaching kids about gender diversity and difference, building empathy, and giving kids the confidence to express themselves. Drag Queen Story Hour NYC is a nonprofit organization that provides a range of fun experiences for children and teens in both spanish and english. Due to the pandemic, LGBTQ+ youth are facing disproportionate mental health challenges due to being isolated from peers and school support systems.
Meet Madeleine Fugate, the 13-year-old who created the Covid Memorial Quilt in an effort to represent the many lives lost by the coronavirus. Although it started out as a history final for her eighth grade class, it has evolved into a global representation of healing.
Carver, a 5-year-old from Oregon, visited the store with his grandmother to shop for items to donate to the firefighters battling the West Coast wildfires. When he stumbled across the last Baby Yoda doll on the shelf, he knew it would be just what the heroes needed. He attached a note to go along with the gift: “Thank you Fire Fighters. Here is a friend for you, in case you get lonely. Love, Carver.” The Baby Yoda has traveled with various crews since then, lifting the spirits of those on the frontline.
For our hour long special, Reset Your Mindset, several frontline moms opened up about their experiences balancing demanding jobs, a suddenly changed childcare situation and fears of the virus. While many are hopeful about what’s next, they all admit it hasn’t been an easy year. Here are their stories.
In a welcoming reversal of roles, a group of high school freshmen is working to protect and keep health care workers safe. Eager to capitalize on their free time during the summer, the teens set out to make a positive impact. They founded a nonprofit organization that is raising money to protect heroes on the frontline with their homemade, high quality and reusable face shields.
Just weeks before the country issued shelter-in-place orders, Brianna Sullivan and her 14 year old daughter Cambyr, set out on a nearly 6 month mission to hike the Appalachian Trail. While the two remained disconnected from the world, they learned how to reconnect with one another. Although they’ve completed the hike, they still continue to apply the lessons they’ve learned on the trail to their everyday lives.
What does the future of recovery look like and how the pandemic is reshaping sobriety? Deni Carise of Recovery Centers of America, shares how recovery programs across the country have gone virtual, how these online services are beneficial to the recovery community, and some tips for people how may be struggling with sobriety right now.
When Joel Pace’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, he began a passion project to uplift his family and his whole community. In 2020, Pace has figured out a way to carry out a beloved holiday tradition while keeping things socially distant for COVID-19 health and safety purposes.