July 6, 2023 Just Imagine…Enabling Everyone to Be a Star Steven Chen was born in Taiwan in 1978 and immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1985. He studied Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He worked for...
June 29, 2023 Just Imagine…The Refugee Father of Video Games Ralph Baer was born in 1922 to a Jewish family in Germany. In 1938, he and his family immigrated to American to escape the growing persecution of Jews in Nazi...
June 15, 2023 Just Imagine…Lifting Lives Dikembe Mutombo was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1966. His original career plan was to become a doctor, but his family encouraged him to explore a...
June 8, 2023 Just Imagine…Cultural Understanding through Fiction Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan in 1965. He grew up with a privileged background. When he was growing up, Kabul, Afghanistan was a modern city. His father was a...
June 1, 2023 Just Imagine…an Appreciative Approach to Problem Solving The Bunner’s Ridge Community Church was a nondenominational church that prided itself in its openness to all people. It had grown rapidly until the COVID pandemic. Although its services were...
May 25, 2023 Just Imagine…When It’s Time to Speak Up Gretchen worked in a factory that produced material used in filters for automobiles, air conditioners, and other items where filters were necessary to trap dust particles. The filters were made...
May 18, 2023 Just Imagine…Understanding Cognitive Differences John Langdon Down was born in 1828 in England. He was the youngest of seven children. As a young teen, he became an apprentice to his father, the village apothecary,...
May 11, 2023 Just Imagine…Overcoming Bad History Margot Stern was born in Chicago in 1941. She was five when her family moved to Memphis, and her experience growing up in a Jewish family in the Jim Crow...
May 4, 2023 Just Imagine…The Power of Encouraging Words Gordon Parks was born in Kansas in 1912. He had 14 older siblings. His formal education began in a segregated elementary school. His high school was integrated, but African American...