It was June of 2013 and Leah Okimoto and her husband, Dan Schneider, had just lost their infant son, Aaron, to complications resulting from his premature birth. In the midst of their grief, the couple agreed they wanted to find …
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In 2009, while serving as student president at UMass Boston, Neil MacInnes-Barker began to organize civic engagement initiatives related to access to higher education in Massachusetts. His role in student government brought him face-to-face with legislators at the State House, …
Julie Lovely started riding horses at the age of ten. When she was eleven, she began volunteering with a therapeutic riding program at the urging of her Spanish teacher, who was also an avid rider. Therapeutic riding is a form …
After receiving several e-mails from Lawyers Clearinghouse about pro bono opportunities, Linda Groves, a partner at Bingham McCutchen, found one that touched her personally. As the business pro bono coordinator at her firm, she regularly promotes cases offered by Clearinghouse …
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