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2016 in Review: Nonprofit Leaders Who Tackle Big Challenges

CROSS EXAMINATION: As leader of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson has defended death-row prisoners and children sentenced as adults. Now the group is trying to spark public dialogue about America’s racist history to make progress on contemporary issues like poverty and education.
CROSS EXAMINATION: As leader of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson has defended death-row prisoners and children sentenced as adults. Now the group is trying to spark public dialogue about America’s racist history to make progress on contemporary issues like poverty and education.

People in the nonprofit world aren’t afraid to take on tough tasks. Bryan Stevenson is trying to spur a national reckoning with America’s racist history. Laura Callanan strives to make impact investing work for artists. John Hennessy helped Stanford University complete three billion-dollar capital campaigns.

Here’s a look back at some of the people tackling ambitious goals we profiled in 2016.