Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

You can't marginalize more than half of the globe's population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

As many as half of Ethiopias girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.

If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.

The environmental community has an opportunity to create and leverage partnerships with the development community on social issues, rather than trying to develop new expertise of its own.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

What keeps me motivated is going out to the field and seeing programs that incorporate a focus on both people and the planet, and seeing how mutually reinforcing they can really be.

When a child is starving, a family may not be able to think about long-term sustainability or damage to ecosystems that support endangered species.

You can’t afford to leave your happiness to others. Create what you wish to experience.

Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.

Though cultures differ and times change, the Word of our God stands forever as an unchanging source of answers to all of life’s problems.

Fly free with me.

the contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

What we expect, that we find.

My message is believe in yourself. Have courage in your capacity. Listen to your inner voice. And then the critical component of all this is, do the work.

When I was a kid... I don't know which was more embarrassing, when I was really into The Beatles or when I was a hippie.

The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.