The Birth of An Activist

by Karolyn Hart
Over the past several weeks I’ve been spending a great deal of time reading the stories of people who have been key in transforming the world, and in particular rescuing the helpless. Two people have continued to jump out at me - they couldn’t be more different yet their ultimate result was the [...]

Leymah Gbowee | Changing the World For Good

by Karolyn Hart
I sat mesmerized watching my local PBS station. Bill Moyers was interviewing a woman named Leymah Gbowee.  I had been channel-surfing when her presence leaped out at me.  Something about the way she held herself told me I needed to tune in and I wasn’t wrong.
Who is Leymah Gbowee?
She is the woman who single-handily [...]

A Universal Voice Within Us All

by Jackie Savi-Cannon
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close I felt it necessary to end it on a note of hope and strength. Usually people ask me to share my story as they find it inspiring. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a pretty good one but I feel compelled to begin with a [...]

Are your children’s clothes made with blood?

by Karolyn Hart
I am looking out over a perfect fall day on Lake St.Clair. The sun is warming, the seagulls are playing in the wind, and the only word to describe what I am witnessing is “peace”. Yet my mind is a thousand miles away and flooded with images of children.
Children who should be laughing, [...]

The Silly Thing about Racism

by Karolyn Hart
From the first time I became aware of the fact that people made a big deal about each other’s “race” I thought it was silly.  My parents, god bless them, never made judgemental comments about anyone.  I mean never. Not  even when we had the most annoying guests over to our  home. As [...]