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Champions for Change

Champions for Change

Champions advancing health care

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    He was told there were no treatments for his disease, he saved his own life by finding one 4:06
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    Abby Phillip explores how a doula is transforming maternal care in the Bronx 3:41
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    One woman’s fight for better mental health and housing 3:52
    CNN’s Dana Bash looks at how social worker Ann Chauvin is expanding the reach of Woodley House, a DC-based nonprofit, that provides mental health support and housing to people in need.

Empowering the next generation

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    More than just a coffee shop: This small business is helping Cuban Americans find careers and achieve their goals 3:55
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    Drumroll please: Melissa Walker is making dreams come true with jazz 3:43

Moms defending the planet

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    Video Kara Hartigan Whelan is turning land conservation into ‘healthy food and stronger kids’ 4:11
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    Video Meet the woman driving America’s school buses into the future 3:39

Champion’s mission to end child hunger

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    Video Meet the man producing a food product that has saved millions of children from severe malnutrition 3:52

Turning points

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    Video This is the moment that changed Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s career 3:01
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    Video Why Laura Coates quit lawyering to become a journalist 3:23

Past Champions

  • <p>Keith Hayes directs the recovery program at 5280 High School, a special secondary school pioneering a peer-based method to tackle addiction. 5280 is one of the country’s largest recovery-centered high schools and one of the few tuition-free programs of its kind.</p>
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    This high school is centered around helping students overcome addiction 4:02
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    NFL player, Dion Dawkins, is a champion for some of Buffalo’s most impoverished neighborhoods 3:30
  • An accident almost wiped out surfer Jesse Billauer's dreams. But then he got back on his board and helped spark a worldwide movement for adaptive sports.
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    On wheels or on waves, life rolls on for the ‘Godfather of adaptive surfing’ 3:45
  • <p>Dr. Dondre Simpson provides dental care to the people sometimes forgotten by society: those in prison, in juvenile detention, and in foster care. He's interviewed by Laura Coates – herself the daughter of a dentist who dedicated himself to community service.</p>
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    ‘Like a therapist’: Why patients say this dentist is different 3:36
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    The Black Legacy Project is using music to spark collaboration and bring communities together in harmony 3:57
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    How a custom designed home for an injured vet allowed him to give back to others 3:51
  • <p>Annette Rubin is pioneering the use of polystyrene foam to construct storm-durable and environmentally responsible homes in hurricane-prone areas. Her designs promise lower production costs with a fraction of the usual carbon footprint.</p>
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    This surprising material is being used to build hurricane-durable homes 3:40
  • As a child, Muriel Saenz survived political unrest in Central America. As an adult, she now helps those who have had to flee their homelands for safety.
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    Asylum-seekers fleeing violence find an ‘angel’ of mercy 4:21

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