By: Chicago Public Schools

Thousands of children in Africa are abducted into war every year by corrupt soldier militias. These child soldiers are placed into extremely violent situations and girls are frequently abused and forced into unimaginably heinous acts. As 8th grade students living in Chicag…

By: Exhibits

A plane left Spoken Word Artist Sofia Snow’s hometown on September 11th, never reaching its destination.

By: Beyond Green

Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own back…

By: Beyond Green

19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal.  After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern …

By: Beyond Green

16 year-old David Were lives in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.  Basic facilities like the bathroom become an enormous chore as the family uses buckets and plastic bags to dispose of human waste.  The b…