But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.