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Amy Newman is a senior lecturer emerita in management communication at the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business. She is the author of two textbooks about communication and character, and most recently the book "Recovery at Work: Twelve Step Principles for Professional Success." Amy talked about hope in recovery from addiction. Her words speak to us all: 鈥淚n recovery, I have found for the first time in my life a real community of others. I believe recovery programs work best when there鈥檚 a shared experience and a sense of belonging. We hear others with years of sobriety who seem quite well adjusted and happy, which gives us hope for a more positive future for ourselves. We think, 鈥業f they can do it, perhaps I can do it too.鈥� There鈥檚 an expression in 12-step programs: 鈥楥onnection is the opposite of addiction.'"

Cruz Marcelo Soch Batz is the pastor at Iglesia de Cristo Ebenezer in Scipio Center. He was born in Guatemala and during his life in America he met his wife, raised three children who attended Southern Cayuga schools and continues to work with his wife at a local dairy farm. Marcelo deeply understands the need for hope in immigration: 鈥淚 feel the biggest challenge to immigration is that many people do not understand the struggles and the reason why people choose to leave all they know and cross very dangerous places to come here. The majority are not bad people, the majority are struggling and there is not a clear path for a poor person to come work in the United States. However, I am hopeful because more and more people are stepping in to help stand up for Hispanic people in the communities around us. They are with us to keep us safe and to keep our families together. There is also greater opportunity for the younger generation to go to school and many of them are continuing their education at universities. This allows them to discover their full potential and contribute to our community in a wonderful way.鈥�

River Hunter Vooris is the assistant director of the multicultural life and diversity office at SUNY Cortland. They are a queer, non-binary white person and speak about hope through community. 鈥淭his sense of community is particularly important for the LGBTQ folks or others who are part of a marginalized community. It can be hard to fight anxiety and depression when society is telling you that you don鈥檛 matter, and your lives and rights are under attack. But we are never alone. There are people who care about us! I encourage people to reach out to each other in this community 鈥� to check in on one another 鈥� and to remind each other that we aren鈥檛 alone.鈥� River reflects on the importance of nature in supporting mental health. 鈥淏eing outside has always been the place that I feel most comfortable, and it reminds me that I am part of a larger world and a larger timeline than my own life. I am part of the 鈥榝amily of things,鈥� as Mary Oliver says in her poem 鈥榃ild Geese.鈥欌��

Lili MacCormick and David Hayden, our 2025 Difference Makers, are pictured with this column by the Anne Frank Tree. It was taken on a Saturday morning, when they both volunteer with the King Ferry Food Pantry located at the Southern Cayuga Central School.

David鈥檚 last four years at the Southern Cayuga High School include the highest academic honors, an impressive athletic career highlighted by the Brad Sanford Scholar Athlete Award, and roles in a variety of dramatic productions, including "The Addams Family," "The Last Lifeboat," "Freaky Friday," "Matilda," "Mamma Mia!" and "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical." David is currently working on an independent adaptation of "Hamlet" where he serves as rewriter and director, and plays Hamlet. I asked David that if Hamlet would speak words of hope, what they would be. He responded: 鈥淭o be or not to be, that was the question. However, we know it is nobler in the mind to suffer, for the slings and arrows are what give life its meaning. By taking up arms against that sea of troubles, we enable ourselves to end them.鈥�

Over the past 67 years Lili taught art in our school district, worked at homeless shelters and correctional facilities, and is a member of garden clubs, Cornell Botanic Gardens, her Aurora church and literacy efforts. Lili lifts her voice in a quote from Marcus Borg: 鈥淟ife is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us. So be swift to love and make haste to be kind. And the blessings of God, Creator, Christ and ever-present Spirit go with you this day and forever more.鈥�