Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

The organization I founded in 1993, Camfed (the Campaign for Female Education), was in large part inspired by the generosity shown to me by a community in a village in Zimbabwe. During my visit to Mola to research girls' exclusion from education, the people of Mola fed me, shaded me, walked and talked with me for hours each day. ”

I want to be a voice for the thousands of women in our community who work hard, play by the rules, and still are struggling to get ahead. ”

Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women. ”

It's the nature of an actor to have to use sense memory. ”

My father, John Marcellus Huston, was a director renowned for his adventurous style and audacious nature. ”

I live my life not to please my pastor or my church or fellow Christians. I live my life according to my own convictions and morals and core values and principles, and a lot of times, that's not going to add up to other Christians. ”

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in. ”

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value. ”

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community. ”

Despite his South Indian connection, my husband Rohit doesn't have an accent at all. ”