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Eric Liddell: The Olympian Who Chose His Children
Weihsien Campยท 1943-1945
Olympic gold medallist Eric Liddell sends his family to safety during WWII and spends his final years caring for children in a Japanese internment camp,...
Susannah Wesley: Raising World-Changers in a Crowded Rectory
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susannah Wesley raises ten surviving children through poverty, house fires, and an absent husband โ her disciplined kitchen-table education produces John...
How a Teenage Refugee Named Yusra Swam for Her Life and Then for the World
Aegean Sea / Berlinยท 2016
Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini swam for hours to save a sinking refugee boat, then competed on the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Games.
Gary Haugen and the Raid That Started International Justice Mission
Washington D.C.ยท 1997
After investigating the Rwandan genocide, Gary Haugen founded International Justice Mission in 1997, which has since helped rescue over 100,000 people from violence worldwide.
The Birmingham Children Who Changed America
Birminghamยท 1963
In May 1963, over a thousand Black schoolchildren marched in Birmingham, Alabama, facing fire hoses and police dogs, catalysing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
How Daniel Ellsberg Changed a War with a Photocopier
Washington D.C.ยท 1971
Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing two decades of government deception about the Vietnam War and reshaping press freedom in America.
The Innocence Project and the DNA Revolution in American Courts
New York Cityยท 1992
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992, used DNA evidence to exonerate over 375 wrongfully convicted people and transformed the American criminal justice system.
Christine Caine and the A21 Campaign Against Human Trafficking
Thessalonikiยท 2008
Christine Caine founded the A21 Campaign after seeing missing persons posters in a Greek airport, growing it into a global anti-trafficking organisation...
The Pastor Who Went to Court for Feeding People
United Statesยท 2024
Fined for feeding homeless residents, a pastor fought the city and won โ but the real victory was that opposition multiplied the ministry from one church to seven, reaching five times more people.
Esther's Three-Day Fast: When a Queen Risked Everything
Susaยท 5th century BC
Facing the annihilation of her people, Queen Esther called a three-day communal fast before risking her life to approach the king.
Rachael Denhollander: Breaking Cycles of Abuse and Silence
Michiganยท 2016-2018
Rachael Denhollander, the first to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, broke a generational institutional pattern of silence around abuse, drawing on her...
Erin Brockovich and the Hinkley Groundwater Case
Hinkleyยท 1993-1996
A filing clerk with no legal degree, Erin Brockovich uncovered PG&E's contamination of groundwater in Hinkley, California that was causing cancer in...