Videos
American Trustees Video Collection – Below is a collection of short 6-8 minutes documentaries about ordinary citizens making a difference in their communities:
Cathy Bonner – In 1996, there were 8,000 museums in the world but there was not one comprehensive women's history museum. Cathy Bonner went about to change that and founded The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future.
Barbara Brown – At the age of 12, Barbara Brown founded a motor oil recycling program aptly named Don't Be Crude. Because of her work, 50,000 gallons of used motor oil are recycled and more than 500 miles of coastline are protected.
Charles Clymer – The youngest known council candidate in Central Texas history makes $6 an hour taking pizza orders, wears braces, lives with parents and cast his first ballot in the Nov. 2, 2004 general election.
Barney Flores – An immigrant farm worker, a man struck by tragedy, Barney Flores uses his talents as a boxer to support young men and women in his neighborhood by keeping them off the streets and out of gangs.
Craig Flournoy – Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Craig Flournoy, uncovered the separate and unequal housing conditions nationwide. Today, he dedicates himself to this same cause locally in Dallas, Texas.
Dan Gattis/Patrick Rose -- State Representative Dan Gattis, a sixth generation Texan, serves the people of House District 20 (Georgetown area) as their voice at the Capitol since first being elected in November 2002. Representative Gattis serves on the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee for Health and Human Services. State Representative Patrick Rose is serving his third term in the Texas House of Representatives and is the Chair of the House Committee on Human Services, and a member of the Higher Education Committee. He represents House District 45 that includes Blanco, Caldwell and Hays Counties.
Bernard Rapoport – Starting out with a $25,000 loan, Rapoport built a company, American Income Life Insurance, into a business worth $1 billion! The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation contributes more than $2.5 million annually to education, social services, and the humanities.
Annette Strauss – The first elected female mayor to the City of Dallas, Texas, Annette Strauss was not only a leader but a civic saint.
Marian Ward – Doe v. Santa Fe held that pre-game prayer is unconstitutional and violates the separation of church and state. Marian Ward challenged this ruling. School districts may never promote, sponsor or support prayer at sporting events, but Marian’s activism added to the debate on whether student-initiated, student-led prayer at high school football games are within the law.
Amy Wong Mok – Born without a vote in her native, colonial Hong Kong, Amy has made her voice heard in this nation by establishing the Asian American Cultural Center, a space where east meets west.
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