Courtney Heard

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Hometown

Richmond, BC, Canada

Homepage

http://www.genpop.org

Birthday

July 25, 1977

Languages

english, spanish

About Me

I'm a prison activist with a 5 month old son, a very good friend in prison and a wanderlust that has me living in Playa Del Carmen Mexico right now.

Introduce yourself to Courtney

Lifestyle

Pets

1 Dog

Activist Aspirations

Enthusiastic

Political Leaning

Very Liberal

Religions

Eating Habits

Almost anything... :)

Wild Fact About Me

i once partied with thomas ian nicholas, the guy who played kevin in american pie, at his house in hollywood shortly after my cousin's wedding to cybill shephard's daughter.

My Philosophy

there is good in everyone.

What Gives Me Hope

right now? barack obama

If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by

create jobs, now matter how useless they may seem, to employ every last person in my jurisdiction who is able to work. it may cost money at first, but when every single person has spending power, it stimulates the economy and brings people closer to being on equal ground with each other. every human being has a right to the basics of life, whether they have money or not, whether they are educated or not. they all have a right to make a decent and livable wage.

What/who changed my life and why

mike changed my life. he was there for me through very difficult times, is the only person on earth who can put up with me, and when he went to prison, he opened my eyes to a world of suffering, of human rights abuses and to a profound epidemic occurring in the usa: wrongful convictions.

What Bugs Me

people who let others push them around, Any one that would hurt a child, any one that would hurt a woman, Any one that would hurt an animal, apathy, George Bush, hate, People who can't be their self, people who WON'T use t

Passions

lowering the cost of prison calls, abolishing the death penalty, ending wrongful convictions, prison issues, writing

Inspirations

wrongful conviction survivors, my children, strength/grace in the face of adversity, endurance, mike, joseph campbell, tom robbins, jack kerouac, herman melville

What Scares Me

Losing the ones I love

Favorites

Role Models

Harvey Milk, bono, Angelina Jolie, Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, John Lennon, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Abbie Hofmann, zach de la rocha, Barack Obama

Quotation

"...the death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. The legislature couldn't reform it. Lawmakers won't repeal it. But I will not stand for it. I must act." george ryan, former governor of illinois

Interests

trivia, Travel/Adventure, Spirituality/Philosophy, reading, Mythology / Folklore, philosophy, pets, music, history

Books

A People's History of the United States, Tom Robbins, moby dick, joseph campbell, kerouac, TRUE CRIME, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Music