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September 17, 2025

Amanda DuBois: Getting Lives Back on Track

I came up with this idea that we would have workshops, and we would have formerly incarcerated people come to the workshops, and we would teach them about organizing and…

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January 11, 2025

Dr. Solanges Vivens: An Audacious Act

Age tells us one thing: the day you were born and the day you will die, and there's a dash in between. And you know what? That dash is ME!…

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December 10, 2024

Karen E. Osborne: A Novel Recipe

What I really wanted to do was to show a strong, flawed woman - a hundred years ago! - dealing with the same issues that strong, flawed women are dealing…

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April 2, 2023

Pamela S.K. Glasner: Fighting for Fairness

Getting my Masters at Harvard at age sixty-nine, I hope that I'm inspiring other women that there are no limits. There's absolutely no limits except for those you place on…

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June 19, 2016

Former Northport teacher impacts students decade after retiring

Updated June 18, 2016 10:18 AM By Joe Diglio joe.diglio@newsday.com The biggest piece of advice Frances McGarry gave students over the course of her 30-year teaching career -- take risks…

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