Krista Benson
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Areas of Focus
Permaculture
(1441 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2011 people) | Arts Activism
(1132 people) | Literature
(926 people) | Biocultural Diversity
(774 people) | Child and Youth Protection
(859 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(788 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(2048 people) | Youth Leadership
(1123 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(1946 people) | Community Participation
(1948 people) | Community Resources
(1051 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1336 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1157 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(1540 people) | Language Revitalization
(369 people) | Currency Exchange
(260 people) | Fair Trade
(1571 people) | Globalization Impacts
(1278 people) | Good Governance
(680 people) | Institutional Accountability
(634 people) | Ecological Footprint
(1434 people) | Distributive and Economic Justice
(631 people) | Environmental Justice
(1256 people) | Ethnic Equality
(582 people) | Rights and Equality of LGBT
(395 people) | Social Justice Education
(1060 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1015 people) | Prison Reform and Policy
(274 people) | Restorative Justice
(310 people) | Militarism and Violence
(332 people) | Military Disarmament
(296 people) | Affordable Housing
(905 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(1669 people) | EcoVillages
(1595 people) | Sustainable Communities
(2303 people) | Urban Ecology
(1016 people) | Sustainable Building
(1727 people) | Gender Equality
(987 people) | Women's Empowerment
(969 people) | Women's Safety from Violence
(564 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."