Think Remarkable

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THINK REMARKABLE’S TOP 10 PEOPLE OF 2009 – the first in a series, we cull through all that we witnessed to serve up the most remarkable people, books and experiences we’ve had circa 2009.  May you enjoy them too - Julie, Dean, Donna and Scott

Because these people are making indelible marks as humanitarians who mainstream the mastery of their particular craft and calling.

1. Will Allen, Founder, Growing Power
Because this farm-raised former NBA player is creating good jobs, good food, and even better community in Milwaukee—with towering authority that it can be done in one...

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And Invites Us to Talk on New Years Day! http://bit.ly/5EBovB

To me, he is a little bit like the Lone Ranger, or Wyatt Earp, a brave, dashing adventurous soul who will make the new frontier safer for the rest of us.  He rides alone but he shows up in our town just in the nick of time, and though we’re already on the border of the unknown, somehow, we feel better, more secure, because of his interpretations, his work on our behalf. He did it with Free Agent Nation (I’ll never forget him using Erin Brockovitch as an icon at a talk), he did it with Whole New Mind, which popularized...

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The Army has always trained its soldiers to be physically strong. With its Comprehensive Soldier Fitness it’s aiming to make soldiers and their families psychologically strong as well. Host Scott Simon and NPR’s Weekend Edition Interview with BG Cornum is part of a powerful new series exploring the human face of the war on terror.  Each story in The Impact of War is a powerful window into the experience of the people on the ground living through it, but the interview with Brigadier General Dr. Rhonda Cornum struck me as a very special moment and testament to A) a woman warrior who B)...

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11-15-09—Data is good.  Data is chilling.  Data can incite action. Only 9% of the kids in DC Public Schools will go on to college.  The number for my hometown, my beloved Chicago, is a depressing 4%. Secretary of Ed Arne Duncan calls the underserved schools of our nation “drop out factories.” He’s one of an unlikely but refreshing and remarkable trio that includes Rev. Al Sharpton and former Speaker Newt Gingrich.  “We are going backwards in a technological age,” states Sharpton, and “we have to go beyond our comfort zone.”  They have formed Race to the Top.  They’ve raised 4.3 billion...

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