She was a pioneer in so many ways in terms of integrating the team with the community, in terms of using her opportunities with baseball to push forward a civil rights agenda.

She learned early on not to be overlooked.

While Abe had the money, she was really the one running the show.

(People not of the Hispanic community) perceive it as being rude or not listening when really it's just a cultural difference.

Days like this are important because we have a sense of community as well as teaching our children about honorable people who have set good examples.

Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties.