>http://www.dennis4president.com/meet-elizabeth/
>
>Strength Through Peace
> Meet Elizabeth
> You will understand Elizabeth Kucinich better if you
>answer these
> questions. How many 18 year-olds do you know who leave
>their
> comfortable homes to travel alone to India to work with
>Mother
> Teresa's charity? Or another? How many 14 year-olds do you
>know who
> have lobbied their national legislature? Or a last one?
>How many
> 28-year olds do you know who have traveled to five
>continents to
> work on and organize humanitarian projects?
>
> The answer to those questions give a sense of who
>Elizabeth Jane
> Kucinich and the dedication to service and social justice
>that
> drives her.
>
> To say that Mrs. Kucinich cares about humanity's problems
>is an
> understatement. It has been a central part of her life
>since she was
> a child. It led her to complete a BA in Religious Studies
>and
> Theology and an MA in international conflict analysis. It
>led her to
> find a life-partner Dennis Kucinich. Together they share
>the same
> vision: to provide leadership to a more peaceful world, to
>see the
> rights of all living beings and environmental
>sustainability as
> guiding principles.
>
> Her life has been that of a peacemaker in the midst of
>poverty and
> war. The search for methods to alleviate suffering. The
>BA in
> Religious Studies and Theology and MA in International
>Conflict
> Analysis, mentioned earlier, came from the University of
>Kent, U.K.
> She has completed vocational training in U.N. Human Rights
> Fieldwork, disaster response, and in child protection.
>Elizabeth is
> also credentialed in conflict transformation studies
>through the
> University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in Appreciative
>Inquiry at
> Case Western Reserve University, USA and in Peace and
>Reconciliation
> Studies at Coventry University, U.K. Before coming to
>America, Mrs.
> Kucinich was a volunteer British Red Cross refugee
>caseworker and a
> support worker for detained asylum seekers, while working
>for the
> 150 year old nonprofit organization, the Mission to
>Seafarers.
>
> Mrs. Kucinich's work has taken many forms. She is engaged
>in policy
> and humanitarian issues such as human and animal rights as
>well as
> showing how businesses can be agents of positive change in
>the
> world. Elizabeth is actively involved in the Congressional
>Human
> Rights and Holistic Health Caucuses in the House of
>Representatives.
>
> It was in India where she began to develop strategies to
>bring about
> change. In a community divided by social castes, Elizabeth
>created
> an educational project providing a welcome space for
>children of all
> backgrounds to socialize and learn together; a place to
>break down
> the barriers that separated them.
>
> Elizabeth joined the VSO (Volunteer Service Overseas, the
>British
> equivalent of the Peace Corp) and worked in Tanzania.
>Because of her
> experiences living with a subsistence farming community in
>East
> Africa (2002-2003) and working in education, HIV/AIDS
>prevention,
> appropriate water technology and a micro bio gas energy
>project,
> have helped in research for models that could be used in
>under
> served communities in the United States.
>
> Elizabeth worked with the Forum for Stable Currencies at
>the House
> of Lords, London, and organized the American Monetary
>Institute's
> first international conference in Chicago. For Elizabeth,
>the
> problems she has seen in Africa and India can start to
>change by
> reforming the global debt-based money system; the most
>pressing
> issue of our time.
>
> Elizabeth's work clearly parallels that of her husband,
>Congressman
> Dennis Kucinich. She traveled with him to the Middle East
>in 2006
> where they met with leaders of Israel, Syria, Lebanon and
>Palestine
> immediately after the Israel-Lebanon conflict. In Lebanon,
>Dennis
> and Elizabeth also spent time walking through destroyed
>towns and
> villages, over land mines, cluster bombs and missiles,
>listening to
> the heartbreaking accounts of death and destruction while
>at the
> same time being told time and again about the desire for
>peace.
>
> They heard a heart-rending story from one man in Qana,
>Lebanon who
> said, "We love America. We just don't want what your
>leaders do; we
> want peace." Dennis and Elizabeth were standing in the
>crater of a
> bomb that had destroyed a building sheltering dozens of
>women and
> children. His wife and children had also been killed.
>
> One thing is certain, with Elizabeth Kucinich in the White
>House,
> there would be a staunch supporter of Dennis' goals of
>upholding the
> American dream, reinstating the constitution, having true
> representation for the people and working for global
>prosperity and
> well being.
>