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Northrup comptroller Jean-Francois Truong of Los Angeles CA refused to falsify reports on the company’s B-2 bomber, demanding a clean report on production delays and huge cost overruns. Locked out of his job, Troung took the aerospace giant to court for fraud and testified before Congress, exposing the company's corruption and misuse of taxpayer dollars.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Dep Tuany and Salva Dut were "lost boys" from rival tribes, both refugees from a civil war that devastated their country, Sudan. Now resettled in the US, Dut and Tuany have put tribal hatreds behind them to work together, raising funds to dig wells and help rebuild the nation that used to be their home.
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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Carrie and Dan Tucker of Tampa FL have adopted 12 children, all but one of them with severe mental or physical disabilities. Though their financial situation is precarious, the Tuckers can see that loving and care has given their children better, longer lives.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Carrie and Dan Tucker of Tampa FL have adopted 12 children, all but one of them with severe mental or physical disabilities. Though their financial situation is precarious, the Tuckers can see that loving and care has given their children better, longer lives.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Cora Tucker of Halifax VA has endured threats and arson in her fight against segregation and racism in her community. Tucker continues to work tirelessly and creatively for civil rights, in spite of the dangers and her own poor health.
Home when commended: North America, US, Virginia Home now: North America, US, Virginia Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Dan and Carrie Tucker of Tampa FL have adopted 12 children, all but one of them with severe mental or physical disabilities. Though their financial situation is precarious, the Tuckers can see that loving and care has given their children better, longer lives.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Michael Tufariello of Carollton TX, a career Navy chief with a chest full of medals, was harassed and demoted for blowing the whistle on fraudulent billing that was costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tufariello's testimony helped Congress pass new laws to protect military whistleblowers.
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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Mutang Tu’o of Borneo is fighting to preserve the rainforest in which the Penan and Kelabit hunter-gatherers have always lived. When Paren and his allies were unable to stop clearcutters with non-violent road blockades and petitions to the government, they overcame their fears of leaving their world for the first time, slipped past authorities, and embarked on an international campaign to tell the world their story. (See also Unga Paren, Andy Mutang, Thom Henley and Bruno Manser.)
Home when commended: Asia, Borneo Home now: Asia, Malaysia Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Abdullah Turner and Nero Graham of Bronx NY lead a block association that’s getting dealers off their street. They ignore drug dealers' threats while using a bullhorn to strongly suggest that they leave the neighborhood.
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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Ellen Turner of Knoxville TN retired from nursing and, with her twin sister Helen Asher, began feeding the homeless out of a church basement. Despite the sisters’ advancing years, ill health, evictions, uncertain financing, and the dangers of serving any and all comers, their Love Kitchen serves 900 people twice a week, many of them homebound.
Home when commended: North America, US, Tennessee Home now: North America, US, Tennessee Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Joseph Turner has been sued and threatened for his high-profile activism and his relentless campaign against the polluters of Pennsylvania’s waterways. His nonprofit sues polluters and turns settlements over to organizations that improve water quality. Turner spends long, tense hours in depositions and research despite a heart condition that caused his retirement from the police.
Home when commended: North America, US, Pennsylvania Home now: North America, US, Pennsylvania Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Writer Lynn Tylczak of Albany OR wants bittering agents put into common household poisons, so small kids won’t eat or drink them. Spending endless hours and thousands of dollars on her Poison Proof Project, Tylczak has been the force behind many manufacturers' decisions to use the deterrents, and has been pushing for state and federal laws mandating their use.
Home when commended: North America, US, Oregon Home now: North America, US, Oregon Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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