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 [...]