Who Does She Think She Is!

Warrior for Women

Speaker, Consultant

Author

Executive Director, Women’s Centers International

Member – Intl Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)

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NEW BOOK by Susan Burgess-Lent

Trouble Ahead: Dangerous Missions with Desperate People

These are the stories of a woman’s fifteen solo journeys to places that, for awhile, riveted public attention because of their terrifying and elaborate violence: Rwanda, Darfur, the slums of Kenya. Witness, enabler and critic, Susan worked just outside the corporate web of humanitarian aid. Her journals explore ‘what happens after’ a crisis – the grief, resilience, and astonishing aspirations of people struggling to recover. She reveals, through unblinking observations, the nuances of cultures and tragedies that have defined the world of humanitarian relief

Out of these missions grew the author’s inspiration for Women’s Centers International, a movement to respond to the global wildfire of women’s needs.

Trouble Ahead offers new ways to think about how we can help when it’s needed. And compassionate help is always needed … somewhere.

Available at Amazon in paperback and e-book.

Biting the Hand that Needs a Shake

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in Baraka Women's Center, Strange days

In past periods of famine in Africa, relief organizations often flew in food staples from America and Europe at enormous cost. Regional suppliers seldom were tapped, depressing prices, consigning African agriculture to low output. Rather than build the economy of the nation in distress, helpers tended to co-opt their means of recovery. The same appears … Continue reading Biting the Hand that Needs a Shake

Running the Gauntlet of Funding for Women

June 19, 2020 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in About Women, WCI

The domain of funding for “women’s issues” has long troubled me. Statistics vary concerning the percentage of money earmarked for women’s programs; the numbers are always in low single digits. A tragedy, given the often repeated truth that women are society’s best game-changers. Women’s funds like to point out how they are collaborating with other … Continue reading Running the Gauntlet of Funding for Women

Public and Private Reparations

June 14, 2020 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in Racial Justice, Strange days

Many more of us than ever before are beginning to imagine ways out of the dismal swamp of racism in our cultures – in the US and around the world. Cruelty no one could deny shoved us out of complacency. ‘The Spark’ had to be brutal and captured on video. Most of us white folks … Continue reading Public and Private Reparations

Momma had no clue there’d be days like this

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 by Susan Burgess-Lent, posted in Strange days

We don’t know if the virus is slowly killing us or if we’re gaining traction subduing it. Some of us are doing the prudent thing: laying low. The less prudent are engaged in a sort of Russian roulette with a lethally unknowable adversary. The President is taking a potentially dangerous medication; perhaps he will manage … Continue reading Momma had no clue there’d be days like this

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