The world could use more people like Edith Prentiss
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The world lost a leader last month. Outside her home community of New York City, the loss of her flame was hardly noticed. Yet she and disability advocates across the nation have had and continue to have impacts far beyond their recognition.
On March 28, 2021,
The New York Times reported the tragic death of Edith Prentiss at the age of 69. Prentiss began using a wheelchair in her late 40s because of worsening medical conditions. A social worker who spent her career facilitating equity for others suddenly found herself advocating to remove barriers she was personally encountering.
One of the last Negro League players persisted for the love of the game
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Pedro Sierra, hired to play for the Indianapolis Clowns, threw a fastball as sharply as Kid Gavilan’s bolo punch, a combination of a hook and uppercut that sliced through the air like a machete through sugar cane. He has lived near Atlantic City since 2004. Photo by Arlene Schulman.
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By Arlene Schulman
Pedro Sierra poses on a concrete mound facing an imaginary batter. He tucks a baseball into his palm, hands as large as catcher’s mitts, setting up pitches based on physics, syncopation and deception. As his windup begins, his dark 82-year-old eyes fix on his intended victim like a cat ready to ambush a mouse.