Madelaine Adelman, co-founder and co-chair of the Phoenix chapter for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which aims to improve safety in schools so that students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, are treated fairly.
Donald Campbell, who has spent much of his life helping to educate inner-city youths. His work has included volunteer efforts at Project Challenge, a program that educates high-school dropouts.
Dr. Wil Counts, a psychologist, who founded the Terros drug-rehabilitation center in the 1970s and later helped create a scholarship program, Juneteenth, for inner-city kids and adults. He also helped found South Mountain Community College.
Adam Lopez-Falk, a governing-board member of Alhambra Elementary School District in west Phoenix, who has advocated for minority and immigrant students and their families. He also co-founded the Granada Neighborhood Partnership, a block-watch program to end prostitution and other crimes in the community.

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