Episode 158: Steven Johnson, Executive Director, Purple Heart Homes

Podcast: ChangeMakers with Katie Goar · Katie Goar

Opublikowano: 2026-10-27

What happens when a soldier comes home from war and can’t get through his own front door? November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, and this special episode of ChangeMakers, Katie Goar talks with Steven Johnson, Executive Director of Purple Heart Homes and a 27-year U.S. Army veteran. Purple Heart Homes was founded by Dale Beatty and John Gallina after their vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in Iraq in 2004. Their community built Dale an accessible home, and that experience became a national nonprofit that has completed about 1,800 projects for roughly 4,000 service-connected disabled veterans. St...