![]() The pair later showed up at a Maricopa County Community College board meeting during talks of tuition hikes for undocumented students, where they heard Tony Valdovino, a fiery young man speaking boldly in opposition to the inevitable increase. During a visit to Grand Canyon University in search of new recruits, he found Viri Hernandez. It started with a young, but experienced, organizer named Joseph Larios working with the Maricopa County Democratic Party. They're known as Team Awesome: a crew of young people from different walks of life, brought together by a burning motivation to end an ongoing campaign in Arizona to criminalize their existence.This army of activists pushed Latinos in a West Phoenix community to increase their voter turnout by nearly 500 percent, successfully electing a second Latino to the Phoenix City Council in 2011.How these kids found each other is almost as amazing as the work they do on a daily basis - registering new voters, inspiring dormant voters, explaining to both why their vote matters, and spreading the word about worthy candidates to potential voters across the Valley. But he and Brenda seem to be everywhere doing good works. ![]() We desperately miss Kurt as a player, and the Cards miss him even more. The couple have built homes with Habitat for Humanity, nail by nail. Their foundation, First Things First, has helped dozens of Valley kids and families financially and, to hear them tell it, spiritually (it's a "Christian-based" charity). Besides Kurt's slightly askew appearance on Dancing with the Stars and a new autobiography by Brenda ( One Call Away), the couple has continued unabated with charitable work here and around the nation. ![]() But the Warners, who are the parents of seven children, have given new meaning to the old saw "giving back" to the community. With Kurt's departure, it seemed we'd seen the last of wife Brenda, one of the more visible and chatty football spouses around. One year (and another concussion or two) later, he finally retired from the game that brought him fame and fortune. Though it seems long ago, it's been just a few years since the great Arizona Cardinals quarterback came within one play of leading the formerly pathetic local franchise to a Super Bowl win.
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