Giraffe Heroes Database
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Jenna Johnson of Elon College NC encountered resistance from townspeople who said there was no need and no problem when she proposed a shelter for battered women. Sure that there were domestic violence victims with no place to go, Johnson left her teaching job to work at the shelter she created, which was immediately full all the time.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Kaneeseha Sonee Johnson of Hawthorn CA stood up against her fellow African-American fifth-graders to champion Asian classmates who were being harassed and shunned. Johnson tutored kids who didn't speak English, faced down the bullies on teir behalf, and got them included in playground games.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Kory Johnson of Phoenix AZ, responded to her sister's toxin-caused death with an envirornmental activism so dedicated that Greenpeace joined in to help this young volunteer fight a proposed toxic waste facility.
Home when commended: North America, US, Arizona Home now: North America, US, Arizona Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Kristin Johnson of Woodinville WA rallied fellow students to help save the rainforests. Kristin raised funds, gave slide shows, and organized both a conservation club and a recycling program at her school, devoting all her earnings and free time to this cause.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Washington Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Lenwood Johnson of Houston TX led the fight to save a housing project, a hospital, and the entire historic Fourth Ward of Houston from over-zealous developers. A resident of the project himself, Johnson has a helping hand for everyone, devoting his efforts to countering what he considers imperious treatment by local officials of the poor, the old, and the politically powerless.
Home when commended: North America, US, Texas Home now: North America, US, Texas Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Linda and Ed Johnson of Bellingham WA poured all their time and money into their "Youth Ambassadors International,” an exchange program for young Americans and Soviets that included homestays, conflict-resolution skills training and leadership camp.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Texas Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Linda and Ed Johnson of Bellingham WA poured all their time and money into their "Youth Ambassadors International,” an exchange program for young Americans and Soviets that included homestays, conflict-resolution skills training and leadership camp.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Texas Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Growing up poor gave Patricia Johnson of Washington DC the determination to make life better for as many people as she could. She gave up her paying job and worked endless hours to make Christmas in April a national movement. Christmas in April volunteers in nearly 500 cities across the nation install new roofs, wheelchair ramps, paint walls and repair plumbing in the homes of the elderly, the disabled and the poor.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington DC Home now: North America, US, Washington DC Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Roosevelt Johnson of Selma AL, a high school student and founder of the Selma chapter of 21st Century Leadership, enlisted gang leaders in confronting racism, defusing it, and pressuring slumlords to improve housing. Johnson also led evening study groups, voter registration drives, and counselling sessions.
Home when commended: North America, US, Alabama Home now: North America, US, Alabama Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Judith Johnsrud of State College PA, a former geography professor, lost her academic advancement, her health, and her own financial well-being to write, speak and testify about the dangers of radiation. Called the best informed anti-nuclear activist in the US, Johnson called for increasing radiation protection standards and controlling radioactive wastes.
Home when commended: North America, US, Pennsylvania Home now: North America, US, Pennsylvania Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Reporter David Johnston of Ocean City NJ used to write investigative stories for the LA Times. There he uncovered fraud in the United Way's use of donations and reported on the Board of Education's hiring of an accused child molester as an ethics teacher. Threats did not stop Johnson; being repeatedly pulled off stories did. He reported no such constraints on his new job as a reporter for a Philadelphia paper.
Home when commended: North America, US, New Jersey Home now: North America, US, New Jersey Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Robert and Susan Joki of Saratoga Springs NY stood up for the constitutional separation of church and state by pressing for removal of a Christian-themed mural from a public high school. Isolated by townspeople and threatened by the KKK, the Jokis nevertheless won a court case, and the mural was removed.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Robert and Susan Joki of Saratoga Springs NY stood up for the constitutional separation of church and state by pressing for removal of a Christian-themed mural from a public high school. Isolated by townspeople and threatened by the KKK, the Jokis nevertheless won a court case, and the mural was removed.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Susan and Robert Joki of Saratoga Springs NY stood up for the constitutional separation of church and state by pressing for removal of a Christian-themed mural from a public high school. Isolated by townspeople and threatened by the KKK, the Jokis nevertheless won a court case, and the mural was removed.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Tristan Jones, record-setting sailor, taught sailing skills and the courage to surmount all obstacles to disabled young men in S.E. Asia, taking them on grueling, pride-building journeys, despite their disabilities and his own—Jones had lost both legs to war-time injuries.
Home when commended: Asia, Thailand Home now: Asia, Thailand Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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