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Do you believe in magic? We do, so much so that when we launched a new initiative and decided to create a video about it  - a very short piece in which the pictures would speak at least as loudly as the words - we went with a concept that at first seemed somewhat odd. It involved a magic trick of sorts, and one that was truly unique.As anyone who's made a video knows, such...

I grew up in Cambridge, Mass, a city rich in diversity and on the leading edge of political and social thought. My parents fully embraced progressive thinking, with values that encompassed human rights, equality, and the importance of community. Each demonstrated a firm understanding of compassion and personal integrity that, at that time, was regarded as unconventional and monetarily uncertain. Their faith and belief in helping others became a guiding and fundamental principle in my...

Fame itself has never impressed me, maybe because in my career as a journalist I met so many "personalities". But when I meet someone exceedingly inspiring and generous, I have been known to get star struck – or, rather, "hero struck". It happened several years ago and again last week with Nell Newman, when we worked together shooting a video for Give Something Back and Boise Inc's Paper=Food initiative. P=F donates $1 to an area...