"Becoming homeless was the biggest blessing in my life. When I was living a mainstream life, I got caught up and I wasn't aware of people's concerns."
—Community Resource Exchange Fair Dialogue Participant

"I get back much more than I give."
—RSVP and Solid Ground Dialogue Participant

"There's a lot of community going on!"
—Community Matters Campaign participant

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Education for a Global World of Competition and Collaboration "If you look back over the history of every major crisis in our country, education has been the answer...until now. In the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Morrill Act which created land grant universities. In World War 1, the Vocational Ed Act created vocational agriculture and vocational home economics. World War 2 [generated] the G.I. Bill; Sputnik [generated] the National Defense Education Act. And then we had 9-11, and what did this government do? Nothing. We built barricades. We should have built bridges. The basis of the history of this country is accepting and welcoming people around the world."
—J. Michael Adams, President, Fairleigh Dickinson University

"I changed my mind about who I'm supporting for President."
—William Ruckelshaus, Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group - 2007 Year In Review

"If you look at the WASL test statistics, it's not a good picture for the future as you look at what kids are learning about science today."
—Peter Wilson, Chief Engineering Director, Google - 2006 Year In Review

"A conversation I had confirmed and reemphasized and made vivid my own convictions about the impending bankruptcy of the United States of America."
—William H. Gates Sr., Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 2005 Year In Review

"There's this concept of tolerance which I struggle with a little bit. I think tolerance is not enough in terms of inclusion - I think it's gotta be respect, more than it's tolerance."
—William H. Neukom 11/14/08 "A Conversation with William H. Neukom"

"I'm one of those people that has predicted 12 of the last three recessions."
—Michael Kinsley on the unpredictable nature of economic crises 12/12/08 Year in Review