People We Love

People making change

People We Love :: Matthew LaClair

by Noah Grant

posted Oct 31, 2008

When his 11th-grade history teacher told the class that they would go to hell if they rejected God's salvation, Matthew LaClair thought the remarks crossed a line.

People We Love :: Michael Franti

by Noah Grant

posted Oct 31, 2008

Michael Franti, frontman of the band Spearhead, advocates for social justice in his music.

People We Love :: Bill Moyer

by Stephen Silha

posted Jul 30, 2008

Bill Moyer founded the Backbone Campaign to call on political leaders to take a stand.

People We Love :: Eloisa Tamez

by Layla Aslani

posted Jul 30, 2008

People We Love :: Erica Wheeler

posted Jul 30, 2008

Erica Wheeler leads workshops that help people connect to the land.

People We Love :: Hari Kondabolu

by Layla Aslani

posted Jul 30, 2008

Kondabolu uses comedy to point out hidden assumptions about immigrants.

People We Love :: Carol Bebelle

posted May 22, 2008

New Orleans Artists “Come Home!”

People We Love :: Tom Szaky

posted May 22, 2008

One Man’s Garbage, Another's Revolution

People We Love :: Ava Lowery

posted May 22, 2008

Ava Lowery launched peacetakescourage.com, a website showcasing her homemade antiwar videos.

People We Love :: Don Cheadle

posted May 22, 2008

Hotel Rwanda Actor Speaks Out on Darfur

People We Love :: Hal Taussig

posted Feb 03, 2008

Taussig has made a habbit of giving away all of his money. All of the profits of his current alternative tourism company for example go to the UnTour Foundation that provides loans to social justice projects.

People We Love :: Cheryl Honey

posted Feb 03, 2008

Cheryl Honey founded the Family Support Network International and now trains "Community Weavers" who take her model of neighbor support and skill sharing back home to strengthen their own communities.

People We Love :: Erica Fernandez

posted Feb 03, 2008

16 year-old Erica Fernandez received a 2007 Brower Youth award for her campaign to stop the building of a liquefied natural gas plant.

People We Love :: Daniel Levin

posted Feb 03, 2008

Daniel Levin's courageous work as assistant attorney general led to the House of Representatives passing a bill forbidding such interrogation methods as waterboarding.

People We Love :: Sophia Rabliauskas

posted Dec 15, 2007