Kindness begets kindness. So, wanted to create a space to share and amplify stories of kindness with the hope that it inspires a chain reaction.

Christina Weinmann

The Idea of My Sassy Bag Read more>>

Tracey Laguerre

Embracing Innovation: From Google Art Director to Cartoon Network Creator Read more>>

Lana Kerr

Like most things that I get passionate about, it starts with a problem that I have solved for myself. This new innovation was no exception. In my late 40’s I recognised a change in the quality of my intimacy with my husband. I spoke to my Gynecologist about it and she informed me that as women get older, their vulva/vaginal tissue gets thinner, blood flow decreases and so you can lose sensitivity as well as eventually get drier. Read more>>

TY-44

I started off as an independent musician, however after a year, I began to have interests in modeling. I began to collaborate with upcoming streetwear brands. I saw músic and fashion as synonymous, and I saw it as my responsibility to try to merge the two as closely as possible. Read more>>

James Vander Schaaf

My answer is multi-faceted, but basically, it’s self-innovation. Over my entire career path, I’ve had many different jobs that I enjoyed. But while at each job I was always preparing myself for 3 jobs ahead. While it is virtually impossible to predict the future (except if you listen to the daily talking heads on the media), it is possible to discover trends Read more>>

Hilary Edwards

I’d say one of the most innovative things I’ve done for my business is the use of a projector to cut out my patterns. It is a fairly new use of technology in the sewing world. And to some it seems intimidating. But I knew that it would be a game changer for my business. It definitely was a learning curve for me. And I’m pretty sure that it took me almost 2 weeks of frustration to initially set it up and calibrate it with my space and my computer. Read more>>

Wani Iris Manly, Esq.

The most innovating thing I’ve ever done is becoming an entrepreneur in 2008 with starting my first business and never looking back. Read more>>

Kathy Sims

I had a major life changing event that put me on the road selling soups. I was broken, tired, and disheartened as I hit the road but determined to find my way. This was a major change from the corporate world and turns out it was a change I desperately needed. I sold my house, traded in my small SUV for a long bed dually pickup truck with RV and hit the road Read more>>

Bradley Bennett

It would be too long of a story to outline the incredibly nice thing that people have done for me over the years. I certainly wouldn’t have had the ability to launch Pacific Pickle Works without the stack of those kind generous acts backing us up. Read more>>

Amanda Marie Barr

When I was in college, I had the opportunity to go to Japan for a study abroad. It was a little over two weeks. This was for a communications course I was taking, and I knew literally two phrases in Japanese. Read more>>

Brandon Ellis

My boss has let me stay in one of her nearby properties to cut down my travel expenses because I only Uber around I don’t drive or own a car. Lol I’m a typical native New Yorker. Read more>>

Airyes

As a kid, my passion for writing grew as I went along my academic career. I look back fondly at the reception I received through varies educators, but two stand out greatly. When I discovered that my papers were received with complimentary observations, something within myself lit up. Read more>>

Kyaivah Henderson

I like to believe everyone apart of my creative team has been the kindest to me. I don’t know what I’d do without my producer, supporters & fashion clients. Everyone who believes in my vision and supports Me unconditionally and organically, I can honestly say are the kindest. I’m always being treated well and elevated by my friends and family. They’re the reason I continue on. I want to spread love through my music and encouragement through my fashion, internationally. Read more>>

Del Howison

Dark Delicacies (my store) was having to leave its location due to rent hikes (rent was doubled). We found a suitable place but the building was basically trashed. It needed almost $40,000 to bring up to snuff. A friend talked us into GoFundMe, for which we had our doubts. On the third day Director Guillermo Del Toro saw it and put out a post telling the Horror community that it would be a shame to lose their beloved Home of Horror. Within 2 days of his announcement there was $33,000 in the fund. Read more>>

Steve Flintoff

When my life completely fell apart and was devoid of any meaning, I experienced one of the best acts of unconditional love one can truly know. A few hours removed from telling my family about my substance abuse, Mom, Dad, and me sat in the living room of my childhood home and planned what to do next. Read more>>

Neikia Johnson

The simplest gestures can go such a long way and leave a lasting impression. There were two things that will always stick out and I will forever hold dear to my heart. Read more>>

Jennifer Glass

To paint the picture of the kind of thing anyone has ever done for me takes a lot to be able to actually put it down on paper. Read more>>

Jon Reece

This one is easy, my parents take the cake. They gave me a second chance, when no one else would. At a young age I was very accustomed to rejection, due to both of my birth parents walking out on me, and leaving me for “the system”. Growing up in foster care is harsher than most realize with lasting effects that I still deal with today, but on one fateful day two people just happened to be there to adopt another little girl (my sister). Read more>>

Iyanifa Shondra Cheris

I know that my response is going to be unconventional. It also may mot be the chapter or entire novel response I like to give. However, I feel it is on divine time and the right message for those reading this at this very moment. Let me explain . Read more>>

Jerome Chester

One of the kindest things that anyone has ever done for me was around Artscape 2015 I believe. I went to see the artist that lined the festival of Charles st. There was one artist that stuck out to me the most which was Clare Elliot her work was so colorful, captivating, and overall amazing. Read more>>

AnjimPlays

There is alot of kind people who done nice things for me. I can’t name them all haha but I had people donate to be on my birthday. Along with other streamers being viewers to live stream. I had someone message me on a video game called Animal Crossing New Horizons telling that “I was the best streamer out there”. Read more>>

Chantavy Tornado

My name is Chantavy Tornado, and I am a first-generation Khmer woman on a mission to fight for equity through grassroots narratives and sustainable healing. Growing up in Santa Rosa, CA, I experienced firsthand the challenges faced by marginalized communities, and it ignited a deep passion within me to drive positive change. Read more>>

Erica Rice

Of the times I have been supported by other professionals in my career, one memory sticks out as truly formative. In another job, I earned the trust and respect of a mentor I deeply admire. This individual broke through stereotypes and expectations wherever he went, all to support the people around him. He was there when I faced difficult decisions. Read more>>

Kat Spearman

The kindest thing anyone has ever done for me has got to be believing in me when I was at my lowest points in life. I wasn’t always able to work in this field due to the need to survive in our world financially as a young parent. There are very few people who have known me since those earliest stages of adulthood where all I had the time for was to wistfully look at my sketchbook. Read more>>

David Hauser

My cousin Andrew purchased me a drone as well as a custom PC. One day, he asked me to come over to smoke with him. After he finished rolling up, he reached in the back seat of his car. He told me to close my eyes and when I opened them there was a DJI mavic 2 pro drone sitting on my lap. That was one of the first times someone seriously invested in me without asking for anything in return. Read more>>

Kelsey Green

My grandfather, Lawrence Countryman has been the biggest supporter of my small business. At first, when discussing my idea of owning and operating an escape room experience, he was skeptical that people would pay to do such a thing and didn’t believe I had paid to do them myself. I tried for over four years to get him to do an escape room with me! Read more>>

Nakia Cheeks

Starting my business, I had (or thought I had) an idea of my target market! I was targeting women in their late 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s who catered brunch events, hosted afternoon teas/tea parties and/or looked for unique experiences to enjoy. Although this remains one portion of my target segment, I soon learned that there was another segment that I didn’t even know was attainable! Read more>>

Thea Jensen

During the upheaval of Covid shutting down salons, I had a lot of time to think about what wasn’t working in my business. In what turned out to be a huge blessing, I was able to have the time to slow down, to see how burned out I was. Luckily, I found Destroy The Hairdresser. Read more>>

Nicole Sabrina

I am currently rebranding and I personally think this is a huge thing for me in my career. I am moving away from my trademarked name of Boujieboss over to Nicole Sabrina. Boujieboss has paved such an amazing path for me but as I continue my walk in the industry you learn to shed things that could be holding you back from the future you really want. Read more>>