Everyday Heroes: Because Of Them We Can

Alicia Keys crusades against HIV/AIDS, Game shows his heart.

Big Stars That Are Doing Great Things

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Big Stars That Are Doing Great Things

Alicia Keys Crusades Against HIV/AIDS - When the Grammy Award winner isn't writing hits, performing or on mommy duty, she's at the forefront of the battle against HIV/AIDS. Keys strives to increase access to treatment, nutritious food, education and support to children and families living with and affected by the deadly disease in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and India, through her organization, Keep a Child Alive.  (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Gillette)

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Alicia Keys Crusades Against HIV/AIDS - When the Grammy Award winner isn't writing hits, performing or on mommy duty, she's at the forefront of the battle against HIV/AIDS. Keys strives to increase access to treatment, nutritious food, education and support to children and families living with and affected by the deadly disease in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and India, through her organization, Keep a Child Alive.  (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Gillette)

Snoop's Kid Titans - Snoop provides youth from various backgrounds the opportunity to learn discipline, integrity and teamwork through football via the Snoop Youth Football League Foundation.     (Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Airbnb)

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Snoop's Kid Titans - Snoop provides youth from various backgrounds the opportunity to learn discipline, integrity and teamwork through football via the Snoop Youth Football League Foundation.     (Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Airbnb)

Serena Williams - Seventeen-time Grand Slam champ, tennis extraordinaire Serena Williams not only continues to break barriers in her sport, but for Black girls around the world who have a dream. She teaches us how important resilience, tenacity and drive can take us in our lives.  (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Fighting the Aftermath of Violence With TLC - This formidable tennis pro founded The Serena Williams Foundation with the mission to provide assistance with housing, counseling, food and education to youth whose families have been affected by violence.  (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Robin Hood for a Cause - Game shows that he has a heart with charitable donations and events through his Robin Hood Project, which is geared toward the needs of children and their families. (Photo: Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

Kerry Washington on performing awkward sex scenes: - "They're hard to do. You're doing things that you're supposed to do with only certain people in your life. Because this is not your real partner in life, doing that is awkward. And then doing it in a room full of people is awkward."(Photo: Frazer Harrison/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Art for Life  - In 2013, DoSomething.org named Kerry Washington as one of the most charitable celebrities of the year for her work with President Obama's Presidential Committe on the Arts and Humanities and advocating for arts education.   (Photo: Frazer Harrison/BET/Getty Images for BET)