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11years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Jon Schull, ‘MHP’ Foot Soldier

This week’s ‘MHP’ footsoldier is Jon Schull, for building a community of volunteers who design, create and donate prosthetic hands made with 3-D printers

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet two runners fighting the global hunger crisis

A running clothing company is trying to fight global hunger and drought. Its founders, both “MHP” Foot Soldiers, spoke to msnbc about their mission.

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Roger Ross Wlliams, exposing America’s exported intolerance

Director Roger Ross Williams was honored as a “Foot Soldier for his new film looking at American evangelical Christians traveling to Uganda.

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Chris Nee, creator of Disney’s ‘Doc McStuffins’

Chris Nee had been writing kids television for years before she had a child of her own. When her son’s asthma made doctors visits a regular routine,

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Tanya Fields, fighting food insecurity with a big blue bus

The MHP Foot Soldier this week is Tanya Fields, who saw environmental injustice in her community and decided to do something about it. She has created a mobile

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Children’s author Boynton: ‘I think of myself as mostly writing for people’

Sunday’s edition of the Writer’s Corner on Melissa Harris-Perry featured author and songwriter Sandra Boynton, who has written and illustrated dozens of books

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Madison Kimrey, 12-year-old voting rights activist

Twelve-year-old Madison Kimrey may not be old enough to vote, but she is determined that North Carolinians should be able to do so without any kind of

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Rebecca Davis, bringing ballet to post-genocide countries

The Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier this week quite literally uses her feet–and arms and legs, to be fair–to make a difference. Rebecca Davis turned her lo

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Debbie Sterling, building toys and women engineers

Two conversations stand out in Debbie Sterling’s explanation of her career path. The first is from high school, when a math teacher suggested she consider majo

12years ago
Melissa harris perry

Meet Temar Boggs, rescuer of a kidnapped little girl

Temar Boggs is a 15-year-old student who lives in Lancaster, Pa. He loves playing sports, hanging out with friends, skateboarding and biking.