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Community Leader Heroes
6 community leader heroes honored by the people whose lives they changed.
Quilen Blackwell
Chicago, IL
CNN Hero of the Year who turned Chicago's vacant lots into flower farms that employ at-risk youth
Read their story →Tess Reasor
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene mental health advocate who founded a recovery nonprofit and was surprised with a Hometown Hero award
Read their story →Roy Griggs
Shreveport, LA
Led the campaign to build northwest Louisiana's first Ronald McDonald House
Read their story →Arita Bohannan
Kenner, LA
Raised over $500,000 to build Louisiana's first all-inclusive playground for kids with disabilities
Read their story →Jacqueline Broxton
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena nonprofit leader who has awarded over $700,000 in scholarships to Los Angeles County foster youth since 2018
Read their story →Joanne Gerson
Cincinnati, OH
Mobilized 100+ Cincinnati faith communities to act on climate and sustainability
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