Franziska Kabelitz
Germany

“For my B.A. thesis I traveled throughout Germany, researching the challenges, opportunities, and limits women living without documents face when accessing health care services.”
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Consider the following scenario: Yara* from Kosovo has been legally living in Germany for more than ten years. After having witnessed her three and five-year-old grandchildren facing continuous physical abuse by her son-in-law, she finally decided to take them with her to Germany. Ever since, the children have been living undocumented in Germany. Yara is now trying to obtain exceptional permission …

Huong
VietNam/USA
“Now that the health care bill has passed, it is time to listen to each other. It has been fun to . . .  see the way people react to an exhibit that presents voices from both sides, all sides, equally.”
I have four projects in hand right now. One is the Obama Mural. I unveiled it the day after President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, to capture the excitement and the controversy. It is now touring Florida (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, all the chief cities) on its way around …

Pillar of Peace: Conflict Transformation, Health and Well-Being

Commentary by Alicia Simoni
Community Manager and Staff Writer
It’s a peaceful spring day in Washington, DC. A steady stream of bright sunshine flows through my window, accompanied by a picturesque view of budding trees and the melodious sound of birds chirping.
With this as the backdrop it’s hard to imagine that I live in a country actively engaged in two wars; in a city that less than ten years ago was known as the “murder capital” and currently has violent crime rates three times higher …

Pillars of Peace: Health and Well-Being, Environmental Sustainability
- Commentary by Mary Liston Liepold
It’s World Health Day. World + Health. The occasion impels me to reflect out loud because what’s been missing from our health care debate in the US―which continues even now the legislation is signed―is any real awareness, even in the liberal media, that health care issues are not just personal but also national and planet-wide.
At least that’s what I’ve been saying to myself and anyone else who will listen for the past year or so. Because I don’t …