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2011 Changemaker: SlutWalk Minneapolis

"[the SlutWalk] message isn't telling people 'don't get raped,' it's telling people 'don't rape.'"

2011 Changemakers: ‘Women Making Change’

"If you don't like something, work to change it."

2011 Changemaker: Monica Nilsson

"Most people think they have nothing in common with a homeless person, ... Any way that we can build a bridge, to see that we have more in common than we have difference."

2011 Changemaker: Global Women’s Leadership Convening

"The bold question [for the café conversation] was 'how do we prepare and propel more women into leadership roles in public life and civil society?'"

2011 Changemaker: Safe Harbor legislation

"While this is huge, we are by no means close to being done."

Labor unions adapt

On average, women covered by a union contract earn almost 34 percent more than those who are not, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Pan-African women and power

"The full development of women and girls is fundamental to the success and sustainability of any community. If women and girls are weak our communities are weak."

Girl talk

"The main thing that has not changed is the media. And I think it is worse. It is a backlash."

‘Cultivate 2012’

"I wanted to explore the linkages among health, poverty, agriculture and our food system. Immigrants are critical to our food system and they cannot be left behind in the local food movement."

Sermons on the tractor

"Sometimes when I am weeding or driving the tractor, I am rolling a sermon around in my head."

Co-op women

"We may look like a bunch of grocers, but, really, we come to work every day with the intention of saving our world."

Labor of love

"I'm obsessed with continuing to learn. ... What if I'm out in public and somebody asks me a question? I don't want to look dumb."