Wendy Jameson, CEO of the "greentech" company Colnatec, epitomizes the entrepreneurial spirit that can drive the American economy forward. Her woman-owned company has received an award from the Department of Energy, in addition to a grant from the Arizona Innovation Challenge that has allowed Colnatec to grow and market itself globally.
Wayne Gatewood Jr., Marine Corps veteran and founder of Quality Support, Inc., explains how a network within the Veterans community helps other fellow Veterans receive mentoring and seek employment.
Justin Constantine, a Marine Corps veteran who works with the FBI, Cause, and the Wounded Warrior Project, believes that it is in local communities that civilians can make the biggest impact for veterans.
Frederic Maxik, Chief Scientific Officer of the Lighting Science Group Corporation, explains the importance of leading the LED lighting revolution, which holds implications for the way we live, work, grow our food, and even the ways we heal and treat illnesses.
R.J. Scaringe, founder of Rivian Automotive, works with the Florida Space Coast and believes an economically stable future can be achieved by creating strong, competitive US companies mindful of the environment.
Carlos Monje, Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff of the White House Domestic Policy Council, welcomes the week's NASA Champions of Change, whose work is at the cutting edge of space exploration and technology.
Mary Polk, Service Program Manager for Delaware’s Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families, works on initiatives to engage fathers and male mentors in families with little or no paternal family support.
Jonathan Mayo, Internship Coordinator for Year Up Atlanta, believes in the importance of mentorship programs that support and prepare urban youths for professional careers and higher education.
Steve Crawford, a principal who has been in education for 13 years, highlights the involvement of men in the community with their schools through a national father and father-figure program.
Alfred Plummer, who volunteers for All Pro Dads in Indiana and helps struggling fathers in prison become mentors, highlights fathers as role models for their children.
Thabiti Boone, inspirational public figure, speaker, and a college basketball Hall of Famer, encourages fathers to step up and be engaged in the lives of their children every day.
Dr. Roderick Mitchell, founder and pastor of the New Life Church, uses community projects and programs to encourage fathers and survivors of abuse to break the generational cycle of domestic violence.
June 24, 2011 at 8:50 AM ET by Dr. Roderick Mitchell
Carlos Duran, founder of Hombres de Palabra, believes that loving, caring fathers are key to successful families, which helps future generations build a healthy nation.
George Gordon II recounts his journey from becoming a single father to learning to take care of his son and mentoring other young fathers at his church.
Joshua DuBois, Executive Director of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Co-Coordinator of the President's Fatherhood Initiative, honors the sacred role of being a dad and the impact fathers have in their own lives and in their communities.
Eric Schurz, a father who had his life turned around by a fatherhood program in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, gives a personal narrative of overcoming life's obstacles and the power of self-transformation.
Juan Salgado, President and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino, emphasizes investing in education for the next generation of scientists and healthcare professionals from the Latino community.
Ivye L. Allen, President/CEO of the Foundation for the Mid South, stresses the need to invest in people and strategies that promote racial, social, and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Dorothy Stoneman, President and CEO of YouthBuild USA, Inc., recounts the expansion of a program dedicated to involving low-income young people in producing affordable housing over the past three and a half decades.
Marta Urquilla, Senior Policy Advisor to the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, honors the service work of fourteen individuals making a significant impact in their communities, whether through disaster relief, youth education, or reintegrating veterans.
David Korelitz, a student from the General Motors Automotive Student Service Educational Program, shares his story on the benefits of investing in training our workforce to compete for manufacturing jobs and strengthen the economy.
Beri Hull, Global Advocacy Officer for the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, examines the spread of HIV/AIDS from a global perspective, especially for women of color.
Ron Simmons, Ph.D., who served as Executive Director of Us Helping Us, looks at how far we've come since the early days of HIV/AIDS and analyzes the implications of new infection statistics on prevention efforts.
June 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM ET by Ron Simmons, Ph.D.
Jury Candelario, Director of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, encourages coalition building and reaching out to oft-marginalized communities to strengthen the AIDS movement.
David Munar, President/CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, looks to federal health reform, U.S. global leadership, and community organization as key elements to the future of defeating HIV/AIDS.
Dee Dee Chamblee, Executive Director and Founder of LaGender Inc., commemorates the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by highlighting gender identity education and equal rights for every American.
Cleve Jones, founder of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, reflects on lessons from the darkest days of HIV/AIDS as we enter the fourth decade of the pandemic.
Hadiyah Charles, advisory board member of The Center of HIV Law and Policy, presents the facts and statistics about HIV/AIDS, and the impact those numbers have on communities.
