Insight / Emergency Response / Humanitarian Emergencies
“For the time that we are here, we will build this country. When we go home we will rebuild our own civilization.” – Isra, Syrian refugee, Lebanon When crisis hits, international humanitarian organizations respond – bringing in food aid and other material support. This first response is important, but it…
Insight / Climate Justice
The roots of injustice here in the United States, and many countries around the world, can be traced to colonization. White people settled in lands far from their own, carved out a life on a new patch of earth, and in doing so violated Native people’s rights. And our country…
Insight / Women's Rights
Earlier this week, Donald Trump revived the Global Gag Rule. The executive order that he signed on his first official working day, surrounded by a group of old white men, bans any organization that shares any information on abortion from receiving U.S. government funding – even if that part of…
Insight / Climate Justice / Economic Justice
On Monday night, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to back Rex Tillerson, President Trump’s pick for Chief Diplomat, clearing the way for approval by the full Senate. Every nominee for the State Department’s top job in the last four decades has been approved overwhelmingly by votes from both sides,…
Insight / Women's Rights
Today, I joined thousands of people in Washington D.C. and many more around the world for the Women’s March on Washington. I marched because I stand against the racist, sexist and authoritarian behavior and rhetoric that Trump has adopted. I reject the culture of corporate collusion that he’s promoting –…
Insight / Climate Justice
Earlier today, after weeks of speculation, President-elect Trump confirmed Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, as his choice to be the next Secretary of State. I have chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, to be Secretary of…
Insight / Climate Justice
There was nowhere better to recover from the elections than bouncing across the dirt roads of western Kenya. With dust and wind in my hair, and the sun on my back, I was off to visit ActionAid’s work with local women farmers. I came carrying anxiety about what the elections…
Insight / Climate Justice / Land Rights
Do you know that feeling of being called? Like a force has taken hold of you and is pulling you towards something? Well, that’s how I came to be at Standing Rock in frozen North Dakota. And those of you that know me can confirm I hate the cold! As…
Insight
The usually bustling Kigali streets are remarkably empty this Saturday morning, but it’s not quiet. It’s the last Saturday of the month – community work day. On my way to join some of my colleagues and take part, I walked past public parks where people were weeding and taking care…
Insight / Economic Justice / Emergency Response / Humanitarian Emergencies
New Year’s Day has always been important to me. It‘s a moment to look back and reflect, take stock and then envision what could be in the year ahead. Although our world seems to bounce from crisis to crisis, I am lucky enough to work with ActionAid, and looking back…
