Krista Benson
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Areas of Focus
Permaculture
(1875 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2485 people) | Arts Activism
(1408 people) | Literature
(1137 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(1086 people) | Child and Youth Protection
(1084 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(966 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(2451 people) | Youth Leadership
(1379 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(2325 people) | Community Participation
(2368 people) | Community Resources
(1308 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1633 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1385 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(1912 people) | Language Revitalization
(487 people) | Currency Exchange
(353 people) | Fair Trade
(1908 people) | Globalization Impacts
(1541 people) | Good Governance
(838 people) | Institutional Accountability
(775 people) | Ecological Footprint
(1771 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(759 people) | Environmental Justice
(1521 people) | Ethnic Equality
(727 people) | Rights and Equality of LGBT
(498 people) | Social Justice Education
(1283 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1280 people) | Prison Reform and Policy
(335 people) | Restorative Justice
(398 people) | Militarism and Violence
(418 people) | Military Disarmament
(364 people) | Affordable Housing
(1134 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2059 people) | EcoVillages
(2023 people) | Sustainable Communities
(2831 people) | Urban Ecology
(1251 people) | Sustainable Building
(2140 people) | Gender Equality
(1233 people) | Women's Empowerment
(1245 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(709 people)
About
"Am I reaching out for you in the only language I know? Are you reaching for me in your only salvaged tongue? If I try to hear yours across our difference, does that mean you can hear mine?"
~ Audre Lorde
I am a program associate at The Berkana Institute and the North American Illuminator. My work touches all of the Berkana programs, including technical and communications support. I received my Master’s of Arts in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research from the University of Manchester in 2005 and continue my work with women and the voices of the oppressed in my personal life and at Berkana.
I come from a grassroots, DIY culture, getting my political and activist footing as a punk in the 1990s. It has always been clear to me that we start with what we have and go where we can and it is exciting to see other people taking their own ideas and running with them.
"Forget not that the earth likes to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair."