http://www.kftc.org/our-work/leadership-development/profiles-of-leaders en-us Plone 2.1 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/stories/sharman-chapman-crane My well is dry. What is left to say, to write? How does one turn a herd of 7 billion from their addiction to fossil fuels? We’ve traveled so far – so fast down this road. So much momentum. We need to turn our thinking – our thoughts. erik Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:15:59 -0500 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/leadership-development/npl/profiles/shekinah-lavalle erik Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/leadership-development/npl/profiles/cindy-shepherd erik Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/tax-justice/community-voices/dana-beasley-brown I grew up in a very poor family. My parents and my five siblings squeezed into a singlewide trailer, doing the best we could to get by. When I was very young, I realized how economic policies affected my everyday life. I decided then to devote my life to becoming a voice for the low-income community. In 2000, I received a Pell Grant to attend Western Kentucky University, and I plan on becoming an advocate for the low-income community after my husband graduates from seminary. erik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:57:27 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/tax-justice/community-voices/rully-urias I want a better future for my little girl, my wife and family and our community. erik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:54:58 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/tax-justice/community-voices/crystal-blackburn I am a 27-year-old single mother of a wonderful 5-year-old son. As we all know, young children need a mother’s love, nurturing, understanding and undivided attention to mold them into upstanding and stable adults. It breaks my heart to say that I could not provide this for my child. Not because I did not want to work, but because I came home from work too tired to. erik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:40:40 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/tax-justice/community-voices/cara I work hard, but with wages this low I’m really struggling. I try to give my daughter everything she needs, and by the time I’ve made sure that’s she’s healthy and has what she needs for school, there’s nothing left. erik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:32:21 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/stories/randy-wilson It’s coming to end folks, and it’s really soon. People need to be thinking about other ways to hook up to the juice, because it's leaving here. But they’ll continue razing these mountains until they get the last crumb of it. And then what? What are we going to do then? We need alternatives and we need to start thinking about it now. erik Canary Project Leader Profile Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:50:43 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/stories/carl-shoupe My name is Carl Shoupe and I’m a third generation coal miner- disabled coal miner. And I’m also a disabled union coal miner. You know, back in the day when my children were small I didn’t have the chance to really stand up and say what I wanted to say about certain things becauses I was too busy raising my children- working. But I’ve got grandchildren now and they deserve something better than what I had to put up with! erik Canary Project Leader Profile Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:50:43 -0400 http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/stories/sam-gilbert I’ve been in the coalfields all my life. In the 70s is when strip mining really became a fact of life for Kentucky. More millionaires were made in Pike County then ever was in the state of Kentucky- all from coal, all from stripmining. erik Canary Project Leader Profile Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:50:43 -0400