RE Log - Fall 2020

36 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2020 For the Record REal Heroes Carlos Watson ’87 , CEO of the media company OZY, produced and moderated “The Time is Now: Race and Resolution,” in partnership with A&E and the NAACP. The hour-long town hall, now available online, featured social justice figures discussing systemic racism, implicit bias and economic inequality – and the path forward to a more equitable society. Joshua Williams ’18 , the founder of Joshua’s Heart Foundation, remains dedicated to the fight against global hunger and poverty. Joshua’s Heart has been helping the most vulnerable members of the Miami community during COVID-19, and working to extend its reach and feed an additional 5,000 families. Joshua’s organization also made substantial donations to RE’s Feed the Grove program, supplying hundreds of cartons of pasta, produce, milk and meat to the weekend meals initiative. Neal Shipley ’79 was featured in US News and World Report for his work leading 52 urgent care clinics through the COVID-19 peak in New York. At the beginning of March, Dr. Shipley unexpectedly found himself at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Shipley said in the article, “We all knew the toll this battle was taking, but we had to remain focused on the task at hand: to provide the best possible care for our patients despite the risk.” Carson Stanton-Sharpless ’23 spent weekends cleaning up Bird Key in Biscayne Bay, loading his kayak with tires, beverage containers and other trash and removing the debris from the bird rookery during the pandemic. His efforts were featured in a June 10 Miami Herald story.