by Matthew Hurtt | Feb 4, 2019
Earlier last month, Matthew Charles became the first inmate released under provisions of the First Step Act – a bipartisan bill championed by President Trump and reformers across the political spectrum that took modest steps to reform the criminal justice system and...
by Brandon Osgood | Jan 31, 2019
Brook Harless has chronic knee and neck problems stemming from a training accident with a grenade from her time in the Army. She has degenerative disk disease, a condition that causes severe back pain. And she has many more conditions on top of those, for...
by Brandon Osgood | Dec 14, 2018
Dane Best is only 9 years old. But he recently persuaded his town to lift a ban on snowball fights that had been in place since 1920. Even though he’s young, he taught everyone a lesson in what it means to be an activist. The ban was part of a larger town...
by Brandon Osgood | Nov 27, 2018
ICYMI: If you want to see some talented GLA activists in action, here are some highlights of their efforts to advocate for a society of equal rights and mutual benefit at a Missoula City Council Meeting in late August. The issue was a proposal by the mayor and...
by Grassroots Leadership Academy | Oct 10, 2018
On Sept. 26, Janisset Rivero shared her experience of living under Fidel Castro’s oppressive regime in Cuba. Rivero, a GLA trainer and curriculum specialist and a human rights activist, was speaking as part of a free speech panel hosted by Americans for Prosperity...
by Matthew Hurtt | Jul 13, 2018
The nostalgic feelings came rushing back as the opening sequence of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the Fred Rogers documentary, played on the big screen. Fred Rogers’ character impacted the lives of countless children, and his program taught viewers valuable lessons about...
