Meet the Authors

 Kimberly Burge is Senior Writer/Editor in Bread for the World’s national office, where she has worked for 11 years. She’s also a contributing writer for Sojourners magazine. These are a few of her favorite things: Johnny Cash’s music, traveling (South Africa, Australia, Costa Rica), ginger limeade, E.B. White’s essays. (Give Strunk and White another chance. Seriously.) She’s currently slogging her way through an MFA in nonfiction writing at George Mason University; her thesis is a series of essays on Africa. 

Brian P. Duss is the Multimedia Associate for Bread for the World in Washington, DC.  He graduated from Messiah College in 1998 with a B.A. in Communications.  When he’s not taking photos, shooting video or recording for podcasts he’s playing with his ‘math rock’ band, IBID.  Brian is also a board member of We Are Family, a senior services organization in DC.

Holly Hight is the Field Organizer with Bread for the World's California Regional Office. She graduated from Scripps College in 2004 with a B.A. in Religious Studies. Holly is passionate about faith, advocacy, justice and drinking good beer. She loves to cook delicious food and spend time with her husband Joel. 

Carlos Navarro volunteers as state coordinator for Bread for the World in New Mexico and has been a member of the organization since 1983. He earned a BA in Journalism/Communications from Loyola University in New Orleans and an MBA in International Trade from Laredo State University (now Texas A&M International University) in Laredo, Texas. Both those degrees are very useful in his job as writer-editor for SourceMex, a weekly newsletter on political and economic issues, published by the Latin America Data Base at the University of New Mexico.  In his spare time Carlos grows chile peppers (and enjoys their byproducts) and rides his mountain bike in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. He is also an avid fan of the New Orleans Saints.

Robin Stephenson is a Field Organizer for the Western Region and is based in Portland, Oregon.  After graduating from UC Berkeley and a career as a contract archeologist, Robin began working at Bread for the World as an organizer with the strong belief that justice requires the voice of the people – speaking loudly and in unison.  When not community organizing, Robin enjoys Portland’s incredible array of happy hour cuisine.  Her favorite things include baseball games on warm nights, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, her kitties and being Goo Goo to her niece and nephew in China.

Comments

[Britt Bravo]

Hello Bread Blog Authors!

I just wanted to let you know that I have profiled your blog on http://www.netsquared.org/campus-bread. If you know of other nonprofits using blogging, podcasting, RSS feeds, wikis, tagging or other social technology to create social change, please take 15-20 minutes to profile them. All you have to do is register, log in, go to http://www.netsquared.org/participate/put-your-voice-in-the-mix, click on "submit case study" and fill out the form.
Thanks! Britt

[Mary Duvall]

Hi,

I'm trying to get in touch with Kendra Rinas. Kendra, I want to hear about the amazing work you all are doing and want to catch up with YOU! Email me, I miss you!

Be well,
Mary

[Ginny]

Hey there! We'd love to get added to your blogroll.

The ONE Blog - www.theoneblog.org

(I especially loved your "how to call you rep" video.)

Ginny

[Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America]

Catholic Charities USA launched the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America in January of this year and now have a blog about it, we'd love to be added to your blogroll.
We do believe that poverty is a threat to the common good and that all people of good will should learn more, act, and hold each other and our leaders to the task of cutting poverty in America.

http://povertyinamerica.typepad.com/

[Amanda Watts Benefit]

Hi folks,

Please consider linking to the Amanda Watts Benefit in your sidebar, and writing a post about our project. I'd be glad to talk to you more about it, and put you in contact with the benefit organizer.

http://www.amandawattsbenefit.org

Thanks!

[Jon Wood]

i think you guys are the greatest! i'll have my friend send along his dissertation on blogging for development; you would enjoy it, i think.

ciao!

[Monica Castillo]

Hi all,

Please join us at Poverty in America: Beyond the Numbers

www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty

[Christopher Calder]

The new biofuel bill will skyrocket food prices around the world, which will hurt the poor and people on fixed incomes the most. This new Bush biofuels bill is a worse disaster than the Iraq war, and it will have a higher body count due to starvation. That is why UN food officials have called it a "crime against humanity." Respected scientists have called it a "scam."

SEE: http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html

THE BIOFUEL HOAX IS CAUSING A WORLD FOOD CRISIS!

[Pam Pohly]

I'd like to recommend our group blog for inclusion on your "blog roll."

Our group site is largely focused on social justice, including issues of economic justice, social justice, poverty, equality and other issues of peace and justice. We'd be honored if you would list our site here. Thank you.

Our Site:
Everyday Citizen
everydaycitizen.com
http://www.everydaycitizen.com

Thank you.