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Philippe Cousteau - July 2013People assume that fame and fortune came easily to me because my grandfather was Jacques Cousteau, but nothing could be further from the truth. My father died before I was born and my sister and I inherited very little except our mother's indomitable spirit.... More |
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Wendy Chang - August 2013Justice is realized through moments in time - something you must see or experience to understand. There are two defining moments in my life that have shaped my view of social justice. When I was just about 5 years old, my family emigrated from Taiwan. We... More |
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Jessan Hutchison-Quillian - September 2013In 2007, at 20 years old, I got my first job as an engineer. When I opened the offer letter from Google, I realized that my starting salary of over $100,000 would be more than anyone I'd ever been close to had made. I knew for sure that I didn't... More |
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Joyce and Joe Ybarra - May 2013Joyce: Joe and I both grew up in West Covina, a city in Los Angeles County that is heavily Mexican-American and Filipino-American. I am Filipina and Joe is Mexican-American. Both of us come from families with high expectations for their kids; my parents... More |
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Terrence Meck - April 2013On my thirtieth birthday, my partner Rand was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He passed away just four months later, on Independence Day of 2008. Nothing in my life had prepared me to deal with such a loss. In the four years since his death, I... More |
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Laurie Emrich - March 2013In my twenties I inherited enough money to live without a paid job.
I had grown up in Denver in a culturally Jewish family that emphasized Tikkun Olam, the value of healing the world through economic and social justice. I took these values to heart and... More |
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Boris Yakubchik - February 2013Giving has become absurdly easy for me. I started giving when I was working part-time as a student: I'd give $30 any time I earned $300; then $50 when I'd earn $500. Now that I'm working full-time, every two weeks I glance at my paycheck and give... More |
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Cathy Raphael - January 2013The world is out of balance. We need to support the divine feminine parts of life that are much more loving and peaceful. When it comes to giving, that means breaking through the isolation and barriers that often exist between and among donors... More |