The Biggest Risk

For the past four years, I have wondered when this moment would come. In April, I saw it happen to two friends who run an organization for girls in Nepal. One day, they woke up to go about their work, to do the same thing they had been doing for several years, and suddenly everyone was asking them…

Bias for Action

You have skillz. Now make a difference.

Shrity: The Dreamer, The Teacher

Standing in a doorway to the alley, Shrity brushes her teeth before sitting on the bed she shares with three other people. Here, she finishes her homework and eats a quick…

The Luxury Of Safety

The Lie That Keeps Us From Engaging A Messy World

Ending Gender-Based Violence

It’s now 20 years since the famous United Nations Beijing Conference for…

Pamela Wandzel: “Right here at home.”

People outside of my job often ask me what exactly it is I do for a living. When I respond with “I manage and develop pro bono opportunities for lawyers,” it often draws a blank stare. However, when I add “I herd cats and connect dots,” many people get this and…

Try to Praise the Mutilated World

Elaine Scarry writes about how pain “exhausts and displaces all else, until it seems to become the…

What’s a white man to do?

Anyone who knows me or follows me may have noticed a sharp increase in my writing about race and gender equality…