Chip Jones hopes his book The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South about Bruce Tucker, a Black factory worker who was the…
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Growing up, Ariel Brown didn’t want anyone to know she had type 1 diabetes, but now she is telling her story as a way to help others with diabetes cope…
Broadway performer Mary Page Nance is thrilled to be back in her home city. She’ll share her talents and glimpses of her life and career in the kickoff of Richmond…
Ed Clark’s weekends with his uncle in southern Pennsylvania sparked his lifelong career in conservation. Clark began spending every weekend with his uncle and aunt when he was very young. He…
Visiting Dignity Village, a homeless community in Portland, Oregon, motivated Madison Argyle to help others.“I knew I wanted to go back and help them,” says Madison, a rising Junior at…
Stay-at-home mom Sarah DeShazo always dreamed of having her own bakery. Now that dream is reality. In 2019, she and her husband, Jon, opened Sugar Sweet, a bakery and boutique…
Dr. Danny Avula is leaving his position as director of Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) to accept Governor Glenn Youngkin’s appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services.…
Life isn’t only what happens to you, it’s mainly how you respond to it. That’s the belief that Sister Lea Lahoud puts forth in her newest children’s book, Got Celiac?…
A former math middle-school teacher, Petra Glover loves helping people in any way she can. That’s why she was thrilled to be named the 2021 Richmond Christmas Mother.“I thought it…
Winning a Food Network show is a great boost for business. Just ask Rabia Kamara who has seen the lines at her ice cream shop Ruby Scoops steadily increase after…
Valerie James Abbott didn’t know how common early hearing loss was until her daughter Bridget was diagnosed at the age of two.“When she was born, she passed the newborn hearing…
Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson has always had a strong, innate sense of self that has helped propel her to the corporate boardroom and beyond. Johnson is founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels…
