
Big words such as Famine, Genocide, and Epidemics carry the weight that none of us can bear and many governments refuse to. We are left to wonder... "What can ONE person really do?" and "Can my life really make a Difference?" What if we harnessed all the energy we use on awareness and channel it to practical solutions? Could we change the course of someone's life and will it change the larger issue? These are the questions that ran through my mind after spending time with state and federal officials pleading for justice, reform, and sanctions while begging newspapers to run stories and pleading with corporations to divest. All the awareness I had raised only elevated the feeling of hopelessness until I had discovered that the immediate needs of humans happen to be the easiest to obtain, but require the most work to fill. There is much talk in our world about "Creating Awareness" and "Activism," however, there are few opportunities to personally change the world around us.
