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What motivates someone to work across lines of color, class and gender is varied, but in the case of Terri Johnson, it is definitely personal. "I have a responsibility to...

At 15, Juan Gomez committed serious crimes against a peer in a rival gang and was sent to prison for seven years. It was during that time he began to learn about his past...

For Madeline Janis, the sessions were equally powerful, but for different reasons. Janis, a community organizer and executive director of the Los Angeles Alliance for a...

Judith Browne-Dianis, co-director of the Advancement Project, says the organization is a civil rights organization that addresses structural racism. "Most recently...

Barbara Ferrer, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, is leading one of the forward-thinking health departments of any jurisdiction in America.