I currently work full-time as the Development Coordinator for an amazing organization- Sustainable Harvest International. In fact, I found the mission and programs of SHI to be so unique and effective in fighting poverty that I moved from St. Louis to downeast Maine to join their small, but very dedicated staff. Please visit our site at www.sustainableharvest.org and be sure to join our two groups on Razoo!

When I'm not busy with SHI, I also work as a international freelance journalist with a concentration on humanitarian affairs and volunteer my time as founder/director of Global Echoes humanitarian media and arts organization.

Practice compassion. We need more governmental emphasis on humanitarian aid and sustainable development, fostering cooperation and good-will among countries. Absolute poverty is a weapon of mass destruction and must not be ignored. I also believe human rights laws must be enforced by international courts and money must be taken out of elections to promote fairness and transparency in politics.

Ruth Gruber, Wangari Maathai, Howard Zinn and other change-makers