Helsinki When our forest fighter, Yveyenia, (www.ecmo.ru) explained to our Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) delegation where she had gotten her organizational inspiration and sense of tactics, she unhesitatingly said she followed the advice of British nature advocate Gerald Durrell to “take action every day!” Huh? Gerald who? Could you repeat that more slowly, was …
Category: Personal Writings
Membership Lists Too
Helsinki In one of our last meetings in St. Petersburg we met with a brilliant young lawyer who had made a specialty of the new non-profit laws as the director of the Center for Education and Research Programs. Maria Kazankova had a doctorate in law and was making it her mission with precision …
Anna’s Tears
St. Petersburg We had been riding the jitney bus on Nevsky Prospect through the solid traffic even though it was way after 8 PM. Our translator pointed out lights on the 2nd story of the Press Building as we slowly passed on the other side. That was the office of Anna Sharogradskay, who …