Achieving the impossible : stories of courage, caring, & community by Gibbs, Lois Marie instant download

Achieving the impossible : stories of courage, caring, & community by Gibbs, Lois Marie instant download

x, 145 pages : 23 cm, Presents stories about ordinary people creating extraordinary change in their communities. Celebrates people's willingness to engage in our democratic system of government and demonstrates people's courage, hope and acts of kindness, The march of the mutants: the Love Canal resettlement fight / Anne Rabe -- Learning Chinese: actress finds role of a lifetime / Jane Kaczmarek -- Talking to the toilet / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Celebrity road trip in Cancer Alley / Mike Farrell -- Canary in a coal mine / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Say what? \"Son, the army is not in the business of killing people\" / Craig Williams -- Chinatown task force / Peter Sessa -- Cathy the integrator / Sharon Franklin -- Where there is smoke, there is fire / Flecher Harper and Stacey Kennealy -- Citgo vs. the fly / Suzie Canales -- Groundhogs, towering toasters, and supersized SUVs: the prop-er way to send a message / Ralph Nader -- Potluck wisdom / Dick Clapp -- Cool is in the eyes of the beholder / Maryll Kleibrink -- No garden of Eden / Susan Varlamoff -- Terrorist targets and sitting ducks / Rick Hind -- Braving the storm / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Ed Wiley and coal river mountain: the walk to the White House / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Finding Dionne's smile / Dianna Wentz -- Franklin Gage: a pint-sized powerhouse / Ralph Nader -- Burn baby, burn / Charlie Cray -- The senator's new shoes / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Where are the young people? / Ralph Nader -- Hands across the river: people triumph over fear / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Kill the fish / Lois Marie Gibbs -- Scratch and sniff / Stephen U. Lester -- Let the chips fall where they may / Maryll Kleibrink -- LULUs, NIMBYs, and peanut butter / Charlie Cray -- Meltdown and the mansion / Gary Michael -- Biting the hand that feeds you / Roger Cook -- One in a million / Ginny Hoyle -- The science of perseverance / Luella Kenny -- Radio active funeral / Gary Michael -- A light in the storm / Sharon Franklin -- Toxic Texas tea / Suzie Canales --…