Written by a dear friend who was just granted an awesome fellowship as a Social Entrepreneur!
(congrats, girl.)

I am the dying hospice patient teaching others to honor life
I am a giggle and the love all things chocolate
I am the heart that says "Let's March on DC"
I am the Palestinian who hates the US but loves MTV
I am the citizen against terror that thinks Iraq is the key
I am the book that must be burned
I am the echo of Jim's crow
I am the child of apes praying to the flying Spaghetti monster
I am the twelve year old forced to kill, for diamonds?
I am the unskilled farmer that got his land back from the white man
I am the profit of risk and the punishment of failure
I am the discrimination that you pretend no longer exists
I am the choice of HIV treatment for myself or food for my kids
I am the ceiling hitting women's heads, trading derivatives
I am the dignity in poverty and courage in chemotherapy
I am the believer that is jailed for prayer
I am the fear of disease borne of one bite
I am the challenge to make a difference
I am the challenge to make a difference in this world
I am lost
I am rolling up my sleeves to go to work
I am necessary
I am you and you are me.