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Healthy journey

"I couldn't figure out how to keep my insurance through the county, so I lost it. I'm not stupid and I have a lot of privilege, with advantages like a high school education, support [from family and friends], fluency in English."

Nora’s story

"Imagine what all of that cost everybody in the long run for not having access to the care that she needed up front."

Crop tenders

"They [immigrants] are key to our workforce. ...They work hard. They are well-liked workers and often they have family generations on the same farm."

Dairy diva

"I just wasn't cut out to work with plants. Living, breathing animals are just more my thing."

Shall we dance?

Kairos Dance Theatre encourages residents in elder-care facilities…

Environmental justice

"It's all about access. Buying LED light bulbs and buying organic, locally grown produce is an important first step. But how can we give everyone access to these solutions?"

Natural legacies

"I'm fascinated with people and why they do what they do."

Mercado mentality

"The market is an attractive environment for women business owners because it'." neighborly, friendly and offers a chance at consensus style decision-making."

Maryam’s mission

"Absolutely I'm a feminist. I am not a man-hater. That's not the point. It's the equality, allowing people to be all that they are."

2008 Changemaker: Margaret Anderson Kelliher

"We [women] tend to look at prevention as one of the most important lenses to see policy through."

Suzanne Koepplinger

"We can't move forward until we have more than anecdotal information. We've got to have the data."

2008 Changemaker: Wendy Rahn

"There's a core group that are really attached to the studio-and it's not just the studio, it's the community."