In a way, activism is really in my genes. My mother worked at the United Nations and always instilled in me a sense that it was important to give back to the community.<\/p>\n
I started out doing a lot of community service in High School, but my real political education began when I did a stint with a Catholic Worker community in Upstate, NY, called St. Francis Farm. The Catholic Worker movement is a movement which highlights the social justice teachings of the Catholic Church and aims to live them out in places called \u201chouses of hospitality.\u201d There, I was introduced to concepts of social change through nonviolent resistance and agitation.<\/p>\n
Ever since then my work has focused on antiwar, economic justice and migrants\u2019 rights issues. Alice Walker once famously said, \u201cActivism is my rent for living on the planet.\u201d That sums up my philosophy. The other quote which inspires me is an old Kikuyu proverb: \u201cI am only well if you are well.\u201d I don\u2019t believe that it is possible to grow as an individual without caring for the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a way, activism is really in my genes. My mother worked at the United Nations and always instilled in me a sense that it was important to give back to the community. I started out doing a lot of community service in High School, but my real political education…<\/p>\n