Purpose statement

This blog will provide a record of my activities while participating in the Pacific Century Fellows program; starting up Kuleana Micro-Lending; assisting Rep. Jessica Wooley, Common Cause Hawai'i and Voter Owned Hawai'i in their legislative initiatives; and working with the Clarence T.C. Ching PUEO (Partnerships in Unlimited Educational Opportunities) program. I've also included excerpts from books and magazines I've read, along with presentations and lectures I've attended that address relevant topics and issues.


Not everyone can be famous, but everyone can be great because everyone has the capacity to serve.
— MLK

Thursday, April 7, 2011

The Blue Sweater, Chapter 4, Basket Economics and Political Realities

"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."
— Marian Wright Edelman

...only when women control money will they have the power to walk away from being hurt.

...most big dreams originate in someone's living room (or a bar or a bus) with a small group of people, regardless of where they come from or how they are dressed.

The real problem with big donors was that the money usually came with strings attached— they wanted us to carry out their projects and typically wanted the money spent in a year...

We have to show them that we care: This meant hanging in there with the tough questions and holding our clients accountable even if the rest of the world didn't.

One of the lessons of start-ups, though, is that whenever you think things are going well, something happens to hand you back your humility. (Sounds like what Peter Drucker also said. The key is to be prepared for those eventualities.)

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