In 1945, a young man’s family moved from the segregated farming town of Hillsboro, Texas to a land of new opportunities found in central California. In the central California town of Kingsburg, a principal at Roosevelt Elementary School handed students a two-inch by three-inch paper called the “Roosevelt R,” which was meant to remind them to be …
His Best Foot Forward: Olympic Gold Medalist Rafer Johnson’s Legacy Read More »
The first steps from adolescence to adulthood are challenging for most. With adulthood comes new struggles: Earning enough income to support daily necessities, balancing a budget for the first time, finding furnishings for a new apartment, and maintaining balance upon being granted a significant amount of freedom. Most young adults stumble a bit as they …
San Diego Padres Pitcher Luke Gregerson’s Strikes for Foster Care Youth Event Read More »
If Noah Webster was working furiously in 2011 to define the words to be compiled into his first Am American Dictionary of the English Language, after hearing this story, he’d likely rethink his definition of “ambitious.” Most people in this world aspire to have one career. Some never even get that far. Thus, it’s aspirational …
This Professional Athlete Balances Training And Play With Working As An Attorney Read More »
Beach volleyball should be the most popular sport in the world. The sport’s name boasts a reason in and of itself why beach volleyball should be regarded as the world’s most popular sport: it’s played on the beach. Players and spectators alike enjoy the sounds of crashing waves nearby and work on perfecting sun-kissed tans, …
Jason Heyward. Andruw Jones. Dexter Fowler. As a former professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs organization and current CEO of Diamond Directors, C.J. Stewart has helped develop some of today’s biggest names and brightest young talent in Major League Baseball. However, if anyone, Stewart recognizes that the fees associated with the services he provides to clients …
Former Chicago Cubs Player C.J. Stewart Creates Opportunity In Atlanta Through Baseball Read More »