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Leaders & Legends: Louise Radloff

In the parking lot of a building that bears her name off 316 in Lawrenceville, Louise Radloff gets out of her car. It’s rainy and cold out this morning, but she’s unhindered by these kinds of things. She’s 86 but feels good. She still runs four and...

Leaders & Legends: Manfred Sandler

Some of the best ideas come along when we least expect. Lt. Manfred Sandler was 23 years old, serving compulsory time in a South African military hospital when he embarked on an idea.  Quickly, he scribbled in a notebook plans for a medical center...

Leaders & Legends: Wayne Hill

Some call them moments of lucidity – those fleeting, crystal clear glimpses that sum up a situation or circumstance in a way not previously seen. In a lifetime of public service, leadership and decidedly humble beginnings, Wayne Hill, now 80 years old, says it...

Leaders & Legends: Dr. William L. Sheals

There’s a framed illustration on the wall outside the office of Dr. William L. Sheals. It’s a rough pencil sketch of a church building and adjoining architecture on the back cover of a legal pad. Across the roof of one building are the words “ED. BLDG,” and...

Interviewing My Inspirations

Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School An inspirational person to you can be hard to find. To find someone who you look up to and want to follow their footsteps...

Heroes Project 2022: Sandra Strickland

There is a moment that repeats itself in the lives of people all over the world. It’s a moment that divides time – cutting a clear path that creates two distinct portions of one’s life: the time before and the time after it occurred. 

Days in Destin: My Family Vacation at the Beach

Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School My family is known for taking beach vacations. There was one year where we took five in one year! There is something at the...

Mother Says: Expect Nothing to Gain Everything

Written by Micah Xu, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Junior at Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology (GSMST) Expectations are a concept that we as humans place a lot of stock in when we do something. Anything, even...

Addressing Inequity in the Fight Against Cancer: Free Resources...

Cancer impacts everyone, but it doesn’t impact everyone equally. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is working to ensure everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat and survive cancer. No one should be disadvantaged in their fight against cancer because...

Leaders & Legends: Nick Masino

Ask Nick Masino about the importance of human connection. Masino – a man to whom conversation seems as natural as the next breath, who strings words together with effortless aplomb, who assembles spoken sentences and paragraphs, hands gesturing in vigorous punctuation all the while...

Leaders & Legends: Louise Radloff

In the parking lot of a building that bears her name off 316 in Lawrenceville, Louise Radloff gets out of her car. It’s rainy and cold out this morning, but she’s unhindered by these kinds of things. She’s 86 but feels good. She still runs four and...

Leaders & Legends: Manfred Sandler

Some of the best ideas come along when we least expect. Lt. Manfred Sandler was 23 years old, serving compulsory time in a South African military hospital when he embarked on an idea.  Quickly, he scribbled in a notebook plans for a medical center...

Leaders & Legends: Wayne Hill

Some call them moments of lucidity – those fleeting, crystal clear glimpses that sum up a situation or circumstance in a way not previously seen. In a lifetime of public service, leadership and decidedly humble beginnings, Wayne Hill, now 80 years old, says it...

Leaders & Legends: Dr. William L. Sheals

There’s a framed illustration on the wall outside the office of Dr. William L. Sheals. It’s a rough pencil sketch of a church building and adjoining architecture on the back cover of a legal pad. Across the roof of one building are the words “ED. BLDG,” and...

Interviewing My Inspirations

Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School An inspirational person to you can be hard to find. To find someone who you look up to and want to follow their footsteps...

Heroes Project 2022: Sandra Strickland

There is a moment that repeats itself in the lives of people all over the world. It’s a moment that divides time – cutting a clear path that creates two distinct portions of one’s life: the time before and the time after it occurred. 

Days in Destin: My Family Vacation at the Beach

Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School My family is known for taking beach vacations. There was one year where we took five in one year! There is something at the...

Mother Says: Expect Nothing to Gain Everything

Written by Micah Xu, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Junior at Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology (GSMST) Expectations are a concept that we as humans place a lot of stock in when we do something. Anything, even...

Addressing Inequity in the Fight Against Cancer: Free Resources...

Cancer impacts everyone, but it doesn’t impact everyone equally. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is working to ensure everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat and survive cancer. No one should be disadvantaged in their fight against cancer because...

Leaders & Legends: Nick Masino

Ask Nick Masino about the importance of human connection. Masino – a man to whom conversation seems as natural as the next breath, who strings words together with effortless aplomb, who assembles spoken sentences and paragraphs, hands gesturing in vigorous punctuation all the while...