September 1, 2022 Just Imagine…the Building Blocks of Society Haji Hassan Al-Aali was born in Bahrain in 1921 to a poor farming family. Since he was the oldest son, he had to help his family on the farm. He...
August 25, 2022 Just Imagine…the Gift of Sight Patricia Bath was born in Harlem, NY, in 1942. Her father was from Trinidad. Her mother’s ancestry stemmed from enslaved African Americans and the Cherokee nation. She was strongly supported...
August 18, 2022 Just Imagine…Saying No to Resentments and Yes to Contributions Virginia Apgar grew up in a family that faced medical challenges. One of her two brothers died of tuberculosis and the other had chronic health problems. Her family’s health issues...
August 11, 2022 Just Imagine…It Just Takes One Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician, discovered the impact of germs on proper medical treatment and proposed that doctors scrub their hands before conducting any procedure. By implementing the then-innovative practice...
August 4, 2022 Just Imagine…Repairing Past Racial Harms Callie House was born in 1861 as an enslaved person in Tennessee. She was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. She married at age 22 and went on to have six...
July 28, 2022 Just Imagine…the Injustice of Taking Governments need the ability to acquire property for public purposes. Without it, we'd have no public roads, buildings, parks, schools, national forests, military bases, etc. In the US, this power of...
July 21, 2022 Just Imagine…Cascading Influence for Peace Marguerite (Maggy) Barankitse was born in Ruyigi, a city in Burundi, Africa. Maggy’s father died when she was six. Her mother never remarried but Maggy’s family grew as her mother...
July 14, 2022 Just Imagine…Developing Women’s Talent Many low- and middle-income nations face a problem of having millions of people whose talent is undeveloped and whose potential is wasted. Peru is one example. One in five young...
July 7, 2022 Just Imagine…Writing for Justice Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 but was freed when President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Ida was one of the few African-Americans who was able to...
