Activist Inspiration

While listening to NPR tonight on the car radio, I heard an interview with a most amazing woman. She is Nobel Peace Laureate, Jody Williams, who is a Human Rights activist and the leader of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines. Even though she works for human rights and I've chosen animal rights, her message of how even one person can make a difference in this world applies to both.

She, along with most of us, share the same dream for a peaceful world without violence and war. If we could end these atrocities between humans, could we really have a peaceful world when violence and terror still exist on our farms and in our slaughterhouses? I believe that non-violence does not just apply to people, but to the animals whose bodies we unnecessarily use for food, fur, and testing.

As an activist, it can sometimes feel hopeless when you work alone towards what you believe in. Jody Williams believes that the only way to bring about change in this world is to take action. In Ms. Williams words, "I believe that if enough ordinary people back up our desire for a better world with action, I believe we can, in fact, accomplish absolutely extraordinary things."

Read an interview with Jody Williams:
When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things