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Oasis Founder Clifford Martinus has a contagious passion for sport and community. This is evident in the work done at Oasis Place with his belief that the connection to a team, fair play and sport can support an individual in overcoming the odds, both personal and social. This South African non-profit creates positive personal development opportunities for youth from marginalised backgrounds.

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FEBRUARY 2025 MAGAZINE

Social justice never goes out of fashion. In our cover story this month, Yonkers Historian Mary Hoar writes about Tuskegee Airman Ivan McRae. Dr. Peter Corning’s Antidote for Lies and Liars is reminiscent of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter. Tim Girvin assembles a touching and artistically brilliant tribute to his mother, the artist Lila Lee Shaw Girvin. Going back to basics is a good thing. In The Many Faces of Our People, I’ve noted what our mission was fourteen years ago and what it is today: We want you to be inspired and we want you to fall in love with the beautiful diversity of humanity. – Patricia Vaccarino


Words Matter

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.”    –Mahatma Gandhi


The Many Faces of Our People

Our publication is now going into its fourteenth year. Our aim is, as always, to recognize people who are making a difference in the world. Through the years we have covered the full range of humanity regardless of color, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, age, religion, class, economics or politics.


An Antidote for Lies and Liars

Lies have significantly influenced the course of human history – sometimes for the better, but very often only for personal/political advantage.  In fact, lying is not even a uniquely human trait, although we are the masters and the most prolific practitioners. Here is a review, and a suggested “antidote”.


January 2025 Magazine

In our cover story this month, Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about H. Morgan Hicks, the owner of a yarn shop in Des Moines, Washington. In Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species, Dr. Peter A. Corning argues that we are on a road to collective self-destruction unless we make a radical course change. Annie Searle takes a look at all of the fires that are burning in her article The Fire This Time. My essay, It’s Too Bad, Tommy Wooten, is about a Yonkers teen who died long ago, tragically and foolishly. Profound, heroic, or tragic, there is more than one way to make your mark in life. – Patricia Vaccarino