(Marko De Francis) Who doesn’t like a guy who can bust a grove?
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WATCH: White Protesters Kneel Before Black Protesters, Ask For Forgiveness; Black Protesters Respond By Joining Them In Prayer
(Amanda Prestigiacomo) During a protest over the death of George Floyd, dozens of white protesters knelt before a group of African American protesters and asked for forgiveness from past sins of white people, which the leader described as “years and years of racism, of systematic racism.” In response, the black protesters knelt with their white counterparts and joined them in prayer.
GOODNESS: Neighbors From All Walks of Life Hit Minneapolis Streets to Help Clean Up After Days of Unrest
(Elias Marat) The volunteers appeared to be from all demographics, with Black, brown, white and Muslim residents all seen participating in the collective clean up effort.
GOODNESS: Black Men Form Human Shield to Protect Police Officer During Protest
(Nicole Duncan) A group of Black men formed a human chain to protect a police officer from a rebellious crowd.
GOOD PEOPLE HELPED Black Business Owner Who Invested Life Savings Into Looted Bar, Inspiring Response
(Justin Deschamps) The tragedies of Minneapolis are daunting. But as all tragedy tend to do, it awakens the goodness in others. Case in point, the business owner who lost his bar has had hundreds of people donate to a campaign to help with his hardship.
Heartwarming: Pianist Plays Piano For Blind Elephant (Video)
Heartwarming: Pianist Plays Piano For Blind Elephant (Video)
Goodness: Landlord Waives Rent for 36 Tenants: ‘I Really Don’t Care About Money Now, I Care About You’
(Robert Jay Watson) As the global pandemic continues to rage forward, millions around the world have lost their jobs and access to basic necessities like food and groceries. Faced with such an unprecedented crisis, many have struggled with the thought of how they would manage to pay for rent.
Pay It Forward: New Jersey Landlord Cancels 3 Months’ Rent for Tenants, Urges Them to Pay It Forward to Small Businesses
(Catherine Bolton) As the pandemic swept the globe and left entire communities sheltering at home to slow its spread, hundreds upon thousands have found themselves without a way to work and pay their bills. But for a handful of residents in Montclair, New Jersey, a particularly empathetic landlord has made sure that there’s no added stress in their lives by canceling rent for the next three months.
Heartwarming: This Chinese Millionaire Went Broke To Build A Shelter To Save Thousands Of Dogs From The Slaughterhouse
(Mayukh Saha) Wang Yan, a steel manufacturer has gone broke three years after buying and turning a dog slaughterhouse into a rescue shelter.
Readers Have Reported So Many Good Deeds, We Can Barely Keep Up; Here’s 10 to Get You Through the Day
(Good News Network) Since the hardships of COVD-19 began to simmer in people’s psyches and in communities for weeks, the creativity inevitably boiled over into new projects or ideas about how to ease the worry and how to soothe the loneliness.
Goodness: Masked Man Hands out Free Toilet Paper, Hand Sanitizer, and Cannabis
(Cassius K) In July 2019, a couple of people in Manchester, UK set up shop in a public space and started handing out cannabis, which was illegal in the country. The masked men engaged in a protest against United Kingdom cannabis laws by handing out an approximate £800 of it in Piccadilly Gardens, amid news that cannabis might be legal by 2025 in the UK.
Brooklyn Landlord Cancels Rent for Hundreds of Tenants So They Can Buy Food Instead
(John Vibes) The world needs more people like this!
This Is Our Destiny, If We’re Brave Enough to Become the Hero: Coronavirus Is Proving The Human Race Can Come Together, For Anything, At Anytime
(Justin Deschamps) During times of great chaos and uncertainty, fear of the unknown can cause us to slip into a paranoid, irrational, and socially toxic version of ourselves. During the pandemic, some have hoarded medical supplies, coughed on people in an attempt to spread the disease, and even taken advantage of others through theft and fraud. But not everyone is walking the path of the villain. Some are doing the reverse. Some have risen to become the hero and raise the bar for what it means to be human for the global culture. And I contend, this is the very thing that will propel us to the prophesied golden age. During times of great chaos and uncertainty, fear of the unknown can cause us to slip into a paranoid, irrational, and socially toxic version of ourselves. During the pandemic, some have hoarded medical supplies, coughed on people in an attempt to spread the disease, and even taken advantage of others through theft and fraud. But not everyone is walking the path of the villain. Some are doing the reverse. Some have risen to become the hero and raise the bar for what it means to be human for the global culture. And I contend, this is the very thing that will propel us to the prophesied golden age.
Goodness: People Are Stocking “Little Free Libraries” With Food And Supplies For Neighbors
(Mandy Froelich) Trials and tribulations may befall the human race, but our species will never lose its resiliency. This has never been more apparent than in the current age of Covid-19. Yes, fights over toilet paper have been documented around the world. But, plenty of positive action has also been witnessed in the wake of the pandemic. For instance, many good Samaritans are stocking Little Free Libraries with food, toilet paper, and other supplies for neighbors.
Warm Your Heart With These Inspirational Stories Of Extraordinary Human Kindness
(Michael Snyder) Despite all of the horrible things that we read about in the news, the truth is that there are still people out there that are making great sacrifices in order to do good for others. My hope is that these extraordinary stories of human kindness will inspire others to act likewise.