How Tim Robbins Is Using the Arts to Transform CA’s Prison System

Prison and whatever led them to prison is not and never is the whole of the person. - Tim Robbins Every week in Maria’s newsletter publication The Sunday Paper, we honor individuals who use their voices, their hearts, and their minds to Move Humanity Forward. This week, we honorÂ...

New Film Paints Humanistic Portrait Of Life After Prison

I believe truly dimensional portrayals of the most vulnerable members of our society can be a core strategy to advancing social justice. - Daniel Beaty, actor & co-screenplay writer At a time when the United States’ incarceration rate is the highest in the world, it’s important ...

Is It Time For a Reset?

I love this advice from one of the smartest minds on the planet. You can get out of a black hole, Hawking wrote, but you must look up. Be curious and don’t give up. Hawking was speaking about the black hole of depression, but this advice can be applied to anyone who feels hopeless ...

A Q&A with Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York

I’m constantly being amazed by the lives and narratives of randomly chosen people. - Brandon Stanton Every week in Maria’s weekly newsletter publication The Sunday Paper, we honor individuals who use their voices, their hearts, and their minds to Move Humanity Forward. This week...

The President’s Surprising Impact on My Household

On this Presidents’ Day weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about our founding fathers, the foundation they built, and yes, the president overseeing that foundation today. Donald Trump has unleashed something that few other politicians have been able to do. He did something in my o...

How This Director Is Using Music to Awaken Individuals with Alzheimer’s

It’s Michael’s mission to reimagine how our society views the elderly and to foster a culture of empathy and acceptance. Every week in Maria’s newsletter publication The Sunday Paper, we honor individuals who use their voices, their hearts, and their minds to Move Humanity Forw...

Architect of Change of the Week: Rev. Andy Bales

Recreating community is the biggest step toward ending homelessness. - Rev. Andy Bales Every week in Maria’s newsletter publication The Sunday Paper, we honor individuals who use their voices, their hearts, and their minds to Move Humanity Forward. This week, we honor Rev. Andy B...

Sunday Paper Exclusive: Tom Brady on the Mind of a Champion

I believe that what we get out of our bodies is a direct result of what we put in. - Tom Brady Tom Brady has done it again. On Sunday, The New England Patriots’ quarterback led his team to an incredible fifth Super Bowl championship. The odds of a win seemed slim for most of the ...

The Two Things You Need to Achieve a Winning Mindset

When we form habits, those habits form us. As players from the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons walk into Houston’s NRG Stadium on Sunday, it will, for many of them, be the culmination of a life’s effort both on and off the field. Meanwhile, as millions of us settle...