One evening on the streets of Joplin, Missouri, Ralph—a chronically homeless man—offered James Whitford half of his sandwich. At that moment, both men were living on the streets, though Whitford’s situation was temporary—a voluntary experience to better understand the people his ministry served. The simple act of sharing would later reinforce a profound shift in…
At National Heritage Academies (NHA), a network of 100 charter schools serving 65,000 students across nine states, Chief Learning Officer Nick Sheltrown guides the educational philosophy of an organization committed to both academic excellence and character development. But the seeds of Nick’s transformative work were planted years ago, during a summer internship at the Acton…
There is a passage in Frederick Douglass’s autobiography that business professor Rachel Ferguson never forgets. Douglass describes how, when he was a slave, his owner’s wife started teaching him to read. When Douglass’s owner found out, he was furious and “proceeded to unfold to his wife the true philosophy of the slave system,” Douglass writes….
“Inever wanted to be anything else but a historian,” says Dr. John C. Pinheiro, new Director of Research for Acton Institute. Pinheiro joined Acton Institute in the fall of 2022, leaving Aquinas College—where he’d been a history professor for 18 years—to lead Acton’s research team. His mission at Acton is clear: to illuminate the foundations…
John Hern spent his entire professional life doing the things that needed to be done. When he stepped down as CEO of his law firm after 19 years of tremendous growth, Hern decided it was time to focus on the things he felt like he’d been putting off: pursuing his long-time dream of creating music…