Having achieved every imaginable goal from a player's perspective, Magic Johnson embarked on another basketball-related ambition in 1994 when he began his first year as the Lakers' Vice President. Magic Johnson's illustrious playing career, which consisted of hundreds of highlights, is most accurately summarized with a single word- winner. Magic Johnson was the guiding force behind championship-winning teams at every... read full bio

When it comes to taking personal responsibility for the environment, few individuals can match the record of actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. Known for turning up at Hollywood events on his bicycle, he has served as chairman of the Environmental Media Association and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, Begley became... read full bio

Edward's powerful message has captured the attention of cities, states, national foundations, the youth service community, and hundreds of thousands of young adults. Edward DeJesus is a recognized authority on youth engagement Often referred to as Mr. "Youth Cultural Competence (YCC), Edward has delivered this message to diverse audiences across America. Edward empowers programs to take a... read full bio

Edward Norton is an Academy Award winning actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer. In addition to acting, Norton is an environmental and social activist. After high school, Norton worked for his late grandfather's Enterprise Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides affordable housing for low-income people in large cities. Norton now serves as a trustee for the organization in which his... read full bio

Throughout the last four decades, Elaine has been committed to and organized significant efforts toward effecting progressive change in the United States. In addition to Black Panther Party leadership, which included editing the Party's news organ, running for public office in Oakland, and leading the Party as its Chairman, since that time Elaine has actively worked for such social... read full bio

Elie Wiesel and his wife, Marion, established The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity soon after he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace. The Foundation's mission, rooted in the memory of the Holocaust, is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through international dialogue and youth-focused programs that promote acceptance, understanding and equality. The Foundation runs multiple programs both domestically... read full bio

Elizabeth Winthrop is a female author whose work is largely children's fiction. She is the daughter of Stewart Alsop and currently resides in New York City. Her book The Castle in the Attic was awarded the 1987 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. She also wrote a sequel to The Castle in the Attic - The Battle for the Castle.... read full bio

Ellen Burstyn's illustrious career encompasses film, stage, and television. In 1975, Ellen Burstyn became only the third woman in history to win both the Tony Award and the Academy Award in the same year, for her work in Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year on Broadway and in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, for which she also received... read full bio

Ellen Goodman has spent most of her life chronicling social change and its impact on American life. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist she was one of the first women to open up the op-ed pages to women's voices and became, according to Media Watch, the most widely syndicated progressive columnist in the country. She continues that from her observation post... read full bio

After being seriously injured in a traffic accident in Reno, Erin Brockovich moved to Southern California with her children and hired Jim Vititoe of Masry & Vititoe to handle her car accident case. It was not long after her case was resolved that she was hired to work at the law firm as a file clerk. As a result... read full bio

Erin Gruwell is an American teacher known for her unorthodox teaching method, which led to the publication of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The 2007 film Freedom Writers is based on her inspirational story.... read full bio

Ethan Zohn is the 2002 winner of the reality television show Survivor. With his 1 million dollar prize money, Ethan co-founded Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that trains professional soccer players to teach African children, through a tailor-made curriculum, about HIV/AIDS prevention. Since its founding GRS has caught the attention of (and now partners with) the Gates Foundation, FIFA Futbol... read full bio

Award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler toured the nation with her newest play The Good Body. The Good Body addresses why women of all cultures and backgrounds - whether undergoing Botox injections or living beneath burkhas - feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in, to be accepted, to be good. Ms.... read full bio