If it weren’t for Mr. Moss, that long ago man with no need for a first name, Rashad Amahad might not have been doing what he’s doing now.
Perhaps Amahad wouldn’t spend his afternoons carving out a space for the children of his community to play and learn safely. Maybe he wouldn’t be so committed to that loftiest of ideals – the ability to actually make a change.
But years ago a man chose to pat a little boy on the head, and send him off to school with shined shoes and a candy, setting in motion a belief in the difference someone who cared could make in the lives of others.
“I never forgot this man,” said Amahad. “Every day ...

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