Where others saw empty lots, Quilen Blackwell saw potential. His nonprofit Southside Blooms, transforms vacant lots on Chicago's South Side into flower farms and gives at-risk youth in Chicago jobs. He's turning adversity into promise for our youth. Congrats on being named CNN Hero of the Year! 🙌🏿

Julius Campbell is a WWII veteran who turns 100 next month and still walks to his post each day to help Milwaukee students cross safely. That's 30 years of protecting children and showing what service truly means. We honor him and give him his flowers while he can receive them.

This mother’s emotional reaction to passing the Bar Exam NEVER gets old! 🙌🏿 Last yr, Rhiannah Gordon, a mom of 2, shared she passed the CA Bar Exam on her first try — and the joy on her kids’ faces says it all. When you accomplish your dreams, you show your children they can achieve theirs too!

Pennsylvania is now the 28th state to ban hair discrimination! Gov. Josh Shapiro just signed the CROWN Act into law, protecting natural hairstyles like braids, locs & twists. Our hair is professional. Our hair is powerful. Our hair is OURS. ✊🏿

Our roots shape our resilience. Shedeur Sanders' journey led him to this moment — becoming the first Browns starter to win their debut since 1995. When you walk with purpose and with God, nothing can break your spirit.

“A lot of people want to see me fail… It ain’t gonna happen.” Powerful words Shedeur Sanders rising above doubt and pressure. When you know your worth, no setback can define you. Keep showing up. Keep shining King!

9 Black women say they were kicked out of a VA restaurant following a fight they had nothing to do with, and were told, “you all like to fight.” To be treated like a problem because you share the same skin color as those involved is unacceptable. This level of humiliation was wrong & dehumanizing!

The family of a mother in active labor says she was turned away from an Indiana hospital—told to come back later. Just eight minutes after being discharged, she gave birth in a car. This should NEVER happen. No woman should be turned away when she’s in need of care.

A Baltimore officer has been indicted after video showed him chasing a man with his police cruiser — facing charges from second-degree attempted murder to assault. This could’ve been another deadly headline. When those sworn to protect weaponize their badge, accountability must follow.

A mistake cost Maria Florina Rios Perez her life. Now her children will grow up without their mother. The 32-yo mother of 4 was shot through a door after arriving to work at the wrong address for a cleaning job. We cannot accept a world where a wrong address equals a death sentence.

Hundreds of Chicagoans flooded the streets after ICE agents stormed a daycare and violently detained a teacher in front of children and parents. How can any child feel safe after watching their educator dragged away? We stand with this community demanding dignity and decency!