Stand Up Against Poverty

A Child

A Room of Their Own
We piled out of the van in urban Lusaka, Zambia. The women of Chikumbuso greeted us with everything they had. Their smiles, their song and their joy. Chikumbuso is a home, a community center, a school, and a safe house for women and their families who are infected and affected by poverty and HIV and AIDS. It used to be a brothel. Where women were abused and used. "Mama Linda" bought it and redeemed it and created Chikumbuso. Today it is a place of safety and life to women. The brothel rooms down the alley now are clean bedrooms for families, a storage unit free of rats for their books, and a nursery where new moms can find safety, a crib and a locked door.

Who Am I To Make A Difference?
“I don’t think I ever want to travel to Africa,” my friend says while blowing into the foam on her cappuccino.“Why not?” I ask, adding, “It is a big time commitment and airfare isn’t cheap, that’s for sure. “ Jackie and I are sitting on our local Starbucks taking a litt

A Generation In Agreement; U2 Chicago
I was at Cubs game a couple of weeks ago with my husband and three kids. It was a beautiful sunny Chicago day and it was made even lovelier by the fact that the Cubs were soundly trouncing the Mets. I grew up going to Cubs gam