Here is a non-comprehensive list of other volunteer opportunities for engineers. 1  Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (www.aidg.org) 2  Architecture for Humanity (www.architectureforhumanity.org) 3  Bridges to Prosperity (www.bridgestoprosperity.org) 4  Bridging the Gap Africa (www.bridgingthegapafrica.org) 5  El Porvenir (www.elporvenir.org)
Two months later, Rick James died of heart failure. There were reports that he had nine drugs in his systemâone of them, ironically enough, cocaine. However, Jamesâ death was still a shocking blow. Most fans viewed him through the same indestructible lens as the Rolling Stonesâ Keith Richards.
Rick James was simply being Rick James. After all, this is the same James Ambrose Johnson who in 1964 defiantly told the military draft board to kiss his ashy black ass and promptly fled to Toronto, Canada. From there his life resembled some rock & roll Bizarro World version of Forrest Gump.