Sickened by mass shootings and politicians’ “thoughts and prayers,” take heart from the dedicated volunteers fixing our biggest problems, from AIDS to poverty to human trafficking.
Thomas F. Sheridan is the author of Helping the Good Do Better: How a White Hat Lobbyist Advocates for Social Change. His career spans more than 30 years and has touched nearly all of the transformative social issues of our time, both domestically and internationally, from the AIDS pandemic with Bono to 21st century social innovation. He is a social worker by profession and a rare "white hat" lobbyist by trade. Tom is married to Vince Walsh. They live in Washington, D.C., and Lewes, DE with their two dogs and two horses.
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In the late ’80s, getting Congress or the White House to fund anything having to do with AIDS was a non-starter. Advocates needed a miracle. And they got one.