People

Kayla Montgomery: Young runner’s brave battle with MS

Source: CNN

Champion runner Kayla Montgomery refuses to let Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis halt her running career. Read about her here.

Bitter Sweets

Source: The New York Times

Bill Cheng writes about what it is like to be an A.B.C.: an American-Born Chinese. Read about his struggles to belong and feelings of being an outsider.

Cesar Chavez

Source: Biography

Labor organizer Cesar Chavez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to improve working and living conditions for migrant farm workers. Learn how he found the courage to speak out, organize a farm workers’ union, and lead nonviolent marches and boycotts of California table grape growers.

Navajos share stories about their past, the world

Source: The Arizona Republic

In Phoenix, Arizona, a new program allows people to learn about Navajo traditions and stories. Children and their families hear traditional Navajo stories that help them learn more about their roots.

“We got you:” How four teen surfers rescued drowning swimmers from a rip current

Source: Washington Post

Four teen surfers rescue two swimmers fearing for their lives.

How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable

Source: TED

Journalist Ida B. Wells was as civil rights activist during the late 1800’s. Her tireless struggle for justice helped spark the movement for equal rights.