neighbors
CONNECTING WITH THE WORLD Students in the West Side School chapter of HighschoolNGOconnect at the United Nations last May.
HE’S LOOKING TO EXPAND HIS
NONPROFIT. Mintz hopes to start
working with other schools in the
future, but is happy with the prog-
ress he has made so far. “You can’t
change 15 years of being disadvan-
taged, but I feel very moved that I
can do anything that gives them a
sense that they can be part of this
world,” Mintz says.
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HE HAS WRITTEN FOR THE
ECONOMIST GROUP AND WORKED
WITH TIME INC. Mintz wrote
for the Economist Group of
publications for seven years, and
focused on corporate finance for
CFO Magazine. He later switched
to Time Inc., where he created
custom magazines for the New
York Stock Exchange and Fidelity
Investments.
HE IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR,
AND HELPED WRITE A PBS
TELEVISION SPECIAL. In 1995 he
released a book called Five Eminent
Contrarians: Careers, Perspectives
and Investment Tactics that broke
down how contrarian investors go
about their professions. The inves-
tors included Humphrey B. Neill,
John B. Neff, Dean LeBaron, David
L. Babson and Michael Aronstein.
He also co-wrote a book called
Beyond Wall Street: The Art
of Investing, which eventually
became a PBS television special.
“Beyond Wall Street was a won-
derful collaboration,” Mintz says.
HE WANTS TO FIGHT THE PER-
CEPTION ABOUT PEOPLE FROM
AREAS WITH FEWER RESOURCES.
Mintz says that the students who
grow up in areas like Paterson
and Newark face a unique set of
challenges that shape them. They
look out for each other and show
compassion to others, something
people may not see from the out-
side. “They’re on the front line
of humanitarian challenges,” says
Mintz. He hopes to be a pillar of
support for the students in under-
privileged communities, and to
help them overcome their circum-
stances. “You cannot help but be
moved by these children.” ■
Oranges in East Orange.
“You cannot help but be moved
by these children and by their imagi-
nation and compassion,” Mintz says.
“The only thing that is lacking is the
resources.”
Students working with the foun-
dation recently connected with
members of a foundation based in
Nigeria, where they compared sculp-
tures called Animodules that they’d
all made, and added designs from
each other’s creations.