Changemakers recognition is usually given to people who tend to be unknown outside of their immediate communities, and who have not yet appeared in our pages. This year we wanted to give recognition to two people for lifetime achievements as they step into retirement (Sue Abderholden and Pamela Zeller), Nekima Levy Armstrong and the impactful Target boycott protesting their pullback from diversity pledges, and the PFund Foundation for trans health.

“WFPC is a means to an end. As we make these transitions, our goal is to sustain the work of the revolution as a whole, and our community’s work, and not the nonprofit organization itself."

"By sharing vulnerability, we build deeper relationships. We need deep relationships to face what’s coming — floods, heat waves, climate refugees.”

From a student, to a school administrative manager at Minneapolis Public Schools Hmong International Academy, to chairwoman of the St. Paul Board of Education, Xiong was an advocate for education.