Giraffe Heroes Database
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Reverend A.B. Short and his wife, Ann Connor, have been sharing their Atlanta home with street people since 1982. They are the founders and ongoing hosts of Cafe 458, a restaurant where the menu is enticing, the waiters friendly, the food free, and only the homeless can get reservations.
Home when commended: North America, US, Georgia Home now: North America, US, Georgia Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Surgeon Bernie Siegel of New Haven CT broke ranks with the medical establishment by speaking out for a more loving, spiritual and patient-centered approach to cancer treatment. He founded ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients), a support system for cancer patients and their families.
Home when commended: North America, US, Connecticut Home now: North America, US, Connecticut Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Mimi Silbert has devoted her life to a program that takes in former prison inmates and turns out hardworking, responsible citizens who do not return to prison. Silbert's "Delancy Street" has spread from its home base in San Francisco to other cities, where the tough love and hard work Silbert prescribes are changing ever more lives.
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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Sue Silbert, a sociology professor at CalState Northridge, teamed up with food broker Jack Berlin to provide over 25,000 real Christmas feasts for needy families in L.A. Silbert's organization, One Voice, soon had over a thousand supporters who help her provide clothes and food year-round.
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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George Simkins of Greensboro NC risked his livelihood and his safety to successfully lead efforts to integrate public facilities in his town. President of the local NAACP chapter for 25 years, Simkins got minorities a voice in Greensboro’s government.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Art Simon of Washington DC has devoted his life to directing Bread for the World, a network of Catholic and Protestant activists who lobby Congress for legislation on behalf of the hungry.
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington DC Home now: North America, US, Washington DC Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Gloria Simoneaux of San Rafael CA visited a hospital for terminally ill kids and was shocked to find no art supplies. For years after that, Simoneaux, an artist herself, brought art supplies and a listening ear to dying kids in several hospitals. Despite warnings that she would burn out and despite having no funding for years, she extended her work to kids in 16 homeless shelters.
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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James Simpkin and Casey Ruud risked their careers to blow the whistle on safety problems at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington State when they both worked there. Their Congressional testimony resulted in Hanford's nuclear reactor being shut down for safety violations. Simpkin and Ruud were harassed and theatened with demotions, eventually leaving Hanford to try restarting their careers in South Carolina.
Home when commended: North America, US, South Carolina Home now: North America, US, Idaho Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Donald and Sandy Simpson of Charlotte NC put all their time and money into "Mission Air Ministries," a free air ambulance service covering 38 states. Paid pilots and medical staff are augmented by hundreds of pilots, mechanics, medical personnel and business people who volunteer their time and gear.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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A "graduate" of a women's shelter, Candice Slaughter of San Antonio FL was harassed in her community for publicly insisting that wife abuse was widespread there. Despite the flak, she opened a women's shelter that proved to be sorely needed. She pushed the Florida courts to review cases of women imprisoned for murdering their husbands and to pardon those who had been defending themselves.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Ohio Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Curtis Sliwa of Brooklyn NY founded the Guardian Angels, organizing young people from poor neighborhoods to protect citizens in subways and other city danger spots. Sliwa and his wife, Lisa Sliwa, worked years for little or no money, running the organization and going on patrols themselves. The Guardians grew to operate in dozens of cities in five nations.
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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Curtis Sliwa of Brooklyn NY founded the Guardian Angels, organizing young people from poor neighborhoods to protect citizens in subways and other city danger spots. Sliwa and his wife, Lisa Sliwa, worked years for little or no money, running the organization and going on patrols themselves. The Guardians grew to operate in dozens of cities in five nations.
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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Lisa Sliwa has worked with her husband Curtis Sliwa to run the Guardian Angels, young people from poor neighborhoods who protect citizens in subways and other danger spots. The Sliwas worked years for little or no money, running the organization and going on patrols themselves. The Guardians grew to operate in dozens of cities in five nations.
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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As a student Andy Smith of Southfield MI devoted all his free time to speaking out for justice, working against apartheid, protesting the nuclear weapons race, and working to alleviate hunger and homelessness.
Home when commended: North America, US, Michigan Home now: North America, US, Michigan Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Anna Smith of Perkasie PA is a long-time environmentalist who spent nearly a year fighting a school that was dumping toxic trash in a woodland marsh. Though shunned by her community, Smith got the dumpsite monitored by the state and went on to fight for a clean water supply for a low-income housing development.
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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