Communities That Care Coalition
Promoting health, well-being, and equity among young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin
https://acdi.uct.ac.za/contacts/joyce-kimutai
Joyce Kimutai is a Research Associate in the Analysis and Interpretation of Climate Data for Extreme Weather. Joyce completed her PhD under AXA Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk as part of a multi-disciplinary team from the University of Cape Town and University of Oxford, working on research spanning climate, hydrological, agricultural, ecological and economic and adaptation science.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Eubanks
Christopher Eubanks (/ˈjuːbæŋks/ EW-bangks; born May 5, 1996)[1] is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Louis
Jeffrey Louis (born December 20, 1994),[1][2] also known mononymously as Jeffro,[2] is an American breakdancer. He has been breakdancing since the age of 12.[1]
https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/mens-water-polo/roster/max-irving/424
He is back for his second Olympic Games in 2024…A three-time All-American, he played at UCLA where he helped lead the team to the 2017 NCAA Championship…Continued on to play professionally in Greece and Italy…Went from redshirt at UCLA to National Team in just three years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyjah_Huston
Nyjah Imani Huston (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional skateboarder. With numerous sponsorships and competition prize winnings, Huston is one of the highest paid skateboarders in the world.[4][5]
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/8/2/lauren-scruggs-gold-medal-team-usa-foil-fencing-olympics
In the end, Lauren S. Scruggs ‘25 was never leaving Paris without gold.
Scruggs propelled Team USA to victory in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s team foil tournament on Thursday, holding off Italy’s three-time Olympian Arianna Errigo to give the United States its first-ever team gold medal in fencing.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s1-15238/julien-alfred-shacarri-st-lucia-paris-100m
Julien Alfred stuns Sha’Carri Richardson in 100m to win St. Lucia’s 1st Olympic gold
https://www.umass.edu/theater/about/directory/kyle-boatwright
Kyle Boatwright (she/her) is a director, actor, musician, and educator based in the Pioneer Valley.
Kyle is the co-founder of Rise Up Productions, a Valley collective of performing artists that produces shows to support social justice organizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Harris_(musician)
Anne Harris (born February 2, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, violinist, recording artist and actress based in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] She has independently produced and released six studio albums on her record label, Rugged Road Records: Anne Harris (2001), Open Your Doors (2003), Wine and Poetry (2005),[3] Gravity and Faith (2008), Come Hither (2015) and Roots (2019).
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/07/29/g-s1-13359/music-toumani-diabate-mali-kora
Toumani Diabaté plucked the kora’s 21 strings. The world fell in love with his music
“He played those 21 strings with love.”
That’s the great American banjo player Bela Fleck talking about his duets with Toumani Diabaté of Mali — including the crowd-pleaser “Dueling Banjos.”
Fleck called him “one of the greatest accompanists I’ve ever played with.”
It’s one of many heartfelt tributes to Diabaté, who died of kidney failure on July. Diabaté was 58.