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Don’t Gain the World and Lose Your Soul
Text By: Nupa Agarwal & Craig MartinCraig Martin, Co-Host The Good Road – So Nupa, thank you for allowing us to come and be in your office here. Where are we? What’s your office? What do you do? Nupa Agarwal, Principal and Attorney, Agarwal Law Firm – Sure. I am...
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Text By: Anthony Gomez, Angel DeJesus & Craig MartinCraig Martin, Co-Host The Good Road So, guys, Anthony…Angel, thank you so much for coming out and hanging with me. We're going to have some good Cuban food, not Puerto Rican food, but you know, it's close enough,...
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Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Dr. Andrew Kahn I’ll be the first to say that being neurodivergent isn’t easy. Growing up with ADHD in the ’70s, I was constantly called “lazy.” My teachers in the New York City public schools told me that I “needed to work...
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I turned on CNN in the early morning days ago and was shocked to watch the news from Uvalde, Texas. It happened yet again. Another devastating school shooting in America. I know I processed it all as most of my fellow Americans probably did. This has happened again?...
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Angela Mack’s vision for the Gibbes Museum of Art
If you are going to present the South honestly in an artistic context, you can’t ignore the cruelties of white supremacy and the experiences of the enslaved.
Empower Women, Eliminate Racism
[Recorded on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2022] Craig Martin – Co-Host The Good RoadWe haven’t known each other long but everything about you inspires me. Tell me about the passion you have for your music and your community, why am I so inspired? Rupa Murthy,...
It’s Time to Talk About AAPI Mental Health
The rate of mental illness among young Asian American adults is on the rise. And yet, they are the least-likely ethnic group to seek mental health services—three times less likely than white people and half as likely as the national rate
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The “Stay Out of Haiti” Opinion article has prompted reader responses from around the globe. Native Haitians weigh in to add more depth and context to the ideas and thoughts Lisa Hyatt shared in her piece.
Creating a buzz – how a beekeeping programme in Pakistan is generating change
Bees are an essential part of the earth’s ecosystem and play a key role in pollinating over 70% of the crop types used to feed the majority of humans and animals. In the Kashmir region of Pakistan, a community of farmers backed by UK NGO Human Appeal are working to foster the practice of beekeeping and protect a native bee species.
YWCA Greater Charleston’s LaVanda Brown forges ahead with anti-racism work
When it was founded 115 years ago, the YWCA Greater Charleston was a safe space for Black girls and women during a period of institutionalized racism and discrimination. By 2017, LaVanda Brown’s first year as executive director, the organization needed an upgrade.