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"to help people believe we can each do something positive everyday to better our world"

Kansas City, MO, USA
female, age 50
married, 5 children
Speaks: spanish, english
Joined Apr 23, 2007
What I Want to Do:
Causes: Corporate Responsibility, environment, global warming, pollution, poverty, Womens Rights, Christianity and spiritual wellness
Activities: prayer, cooking, volunteering, gardening


 
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Hometown Kansas City, Missouri 
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Birthday Jan 15, 1959  
Languages spanish, english  
About Me Unashamedly happy in the face of reality. Blessed beyond measure with a fabulous husband and beautiful, happy, healthy family. Wildly diverse background I see all coming together around health and the environment. Never could have created this life without divine intervention. Afraid not to be involved politically - they keep messing it up.
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Pets turtle, lizards, dog, cats  
Activist Aspirations
Political Leaning Moderate
Religions christian  
Eating Habits lots of water, LOTS OF TEA, Keep it Healthy  
Wild Fact About Me Doesn't seem wild to me - but I have a wildly bright and colorful mixed family which some consider unusual for a Missouri Bible-belt area. It's been a completely wonderful experience - and only wild because some of my white suburban childhood peers think I 'limited' my life and the wonderful irony is my life is bigger and wider than theirs will ever be.
My Philosophy The vast majority of people are good and groups will make the right decisions for thmselves given the time, tools and resources.
What Gives Me Hope 100th monkey effect on green - can't turn on tv or pick up print without seeing something on environmental issues, especially corporations going green - means they know consumers are demanding it. That gives me hope. It's also becoming an organic part of the fabric of life - not a short term media blitz.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by Tough - I'd have to choose children first - even over environment. I'd reallocate health and human service funds to prevention of disease vs. treatment. Health care community already knows how to do it - they just never have the money.
What/who changed my life and why Billy Jack - first time I realized we weren't always the good guys - I was about 12 - really woke me up.
What Bugs Me arrogance of this Administration, not stopping abusive people, debating politics but not voting  
Passions leaving the earth better than I found it, making KC better for those who need help, raising happy people, fairness and equity, living my life for God, laughter  
Inspirations Everywhere  
What Scares Me The Bush administration, Greed and self-absorption, Arrogant, self-absorbed policy makers  
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Role Models I learn something from everyone, My mother, my father, my Lord  
Quotation It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Interests Race Relations, Social justice, Environmental justice, Medicine / Health Care, gardening  
Books Power of the Praying Wife/Parent/Woman, Lost in the Woods - Louv, The World is Flat - Friedman, The Bible 365 Day is great  
Music Great Gospel choir music, Enya, Jazz, jazz and more jazz, Earth, Wind and Fire, Elton John - a moment of silence please, Motown classics  
Movies Happy Feet, Any Madea sp? movie - Tyler Perry, Singin' in the Rain, Undercover Brother, Anything Mel Brooks  
TV Shows CNN 360 with Anderson Cooper, CNN, Are you smarter than a 5th grader?, American Idol - now that Sanjya's gone!, 24- the best  
Favorite Foods crisp green salad, melt in your mouth scallops, A really good steak - again KC, BBQ - I live in Kansas City  
Favorite Places my backyard in spring, Puget Sound when I can't get to Chile, Chile - anywhere, sandy beach 78 degrees  
Can't Live Without my God, my family and friends  
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