A Peek Inside the May/June 2017 Issue of 'Pacific Standard'
Stories from our revolutionary ideas issue.
After 80
Conny Caruso's Love for Her Homeboys and Homegirls
Besides raising money, organizing events, and getting Hollywood bigwigs involved with Homeboy Industries, Caruso spends hours each week with reformed ex-convicts.
Estella Pyfrom's Drive for Brilliant Ideas
Pyfrom used her retirement money to buy and customize a bus and outfit it with computers, creating a mobile classroom that she called Estella's Brilliant Bus.
Jaime Yrastorza's Surgical Philanthropy
In his work for the non-profit Uplift Internationale, Yrastorza has personally done about 100 facial surgeries, many on preschoolers.
Wilhelmina Perry's Intersectional Activism
Perry's proactive work in the intersection of gayness, religiousness, and blackness won her an Encore Purpose Prize fellowship, a competitive award for seniors.
Kitty Williams' Powerful Connection to Judaism
After almost three horrific months in Auschwitz, Williams volunteered for a task force and did hard labor for the rest of World War II.
Betty Taylor's Energetic Advocacy
Since 1996, Taylor's political focus has been mainly on the environment, civil liberties, and renters' rights.
Visionaries Doing Their Most Important Work After Retirement
These change-makers are proving that you're never too old to make a difference.