The human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives, they will. For too long, we've looked at needing to "save" these people - with an emphasis on "these people" - rather than removing the constraints keeping them from solving their own problems.

I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.

Nothing important happens in life without a cost.

As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

To be part of building a movement, you have to keep moving.

There is power in creating a small model, and then you can create an alliance of other small models.