I write, convene, facilitate, build, cook, dance, swim in the ocean, listen to birds, hang out with my family and friends. And I like to sit doing nothing or swing in a hammock. I am obsessed with questions of community, equity, excavating hard truths, whiteness and racism, Palestine, welcome. Recently poems have appeared in Poet Lore and Women’s Voice for Change. My work is forthcoming Poetry and the anthology “Ghost Fishing.”

In 1983, with a group of women, I started MADRE. Since that time I started and helped start a bunch of projects, including The Hayground School.

I performed my elegiac long poem “The Lost Brother Alphabet” with dancer/choreographer Suchi Branfman at The Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, Calif in Dec. 2014.

I am amazed and inspired by the innovation and courage of young people and grateful for the leadership of #BlackLivesMatter and all those young people growing food thoughtfully.