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Harvey Matthews remembers spending time in Moses Macedonia African Cemetery as a child growing up in the vibrant River Road community of Bethesda, Maryland. Hundreds of formerly enslaved Black people and their descendants are believed to be buried in the cemetery. But as Matthews got older, he watched developers bulldoze the area, bury the cemetery […]
In a record year of disasters that upended lives across the country, thousands of people answered the call to help through the American Red Cross. Volunteers — who comprise 90% of the Red Cross workforce — are critical to ensuring families receive care and hope in the face of more frequent and intense disasters. In […]
With the theme of this year’s #BlackHistoryMonth being ‘Saluting Our Sisters,’ we thought there was no better way to celebrate it than by highlighting two of our amazing volunteers, Benny and Olaseni. We caught up with them at our Glasgow office to discuss why they got involved with Diabetes Scotland, the work they do as […]
CARTHAGE, Tenn. (Aug 29, 2023) – Volunteers from the Upper Cumberland Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association recently partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Cordell Hull Lake to host a trail maintenance day at Defeated Creek Park on the Bear Wheels Mountain Bike Trail. Volunteers equipped with tools and safety gear worked hard to […]
Alabama native Kenyatta Spiller discovered early on that service was her calling. This two-time AmeriCorps member and two-time Peace Corps Volunteer has been tenacious in her drive to serve communities since she was a teenager. Spiller was inspired by her mother, a U.S. Army veteran who served for 22 years and raised two daughters as […]
Michael Stuemky adjusts the U.S. flag hanging above the Western Slope Veterans Coalition office in Glenwood Springs.Ray Erku/Post Independent Michael Stuemky fed 75-pound rounds into a 54-caliber artillery gun mount astern. As a gunner’s mate, he also readied 50-caliber machine guns every time a foreign vessel approached. These were his busy days serving aboard the […]
We are seeing numerous instances of humanitarian efforts happening on San Diego’s side of the U.S.—Mexico border in the wake of Title 42’s expiration. Dozens of volunteers continue to show up to help migrants seeking asylum in any way they can. Migrants’ cell phones cover the surface of a table on San . . .
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In March 2021, the driver of a wildlife tour company saw vultures circling over the bush in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. He wandered off track to investigate, thinking a lion must have killed something. Instead, he found six lions dead, dismembered, and decaying. They had been poisoned by poachers, who stole their body parts […]
(CNN Business) After some of the hundreds of Black students stranded in the besieged city of Sumy, Ukraine, released desperate pleas for help on social media earlier this month, a grassroots group of volunteers sprang into action to help them safely evacuate the war zone. Black Women for Black Lives, a new coalition focused on […]