Staff contributors
Debra Beck, author of the award-winning book My Feet Aren’t Ugly, A Girl’s
Guide to Loving Herself from the Inside Out, is a devoted mentor for teenage
girls and parents on issues facing teenagers and parents today.
Paula Donnelly-Roark is a participation practitioner and social analyst
working on poverty and post-conflict issues in African countries. Her
recent book Social Justice and Deep Participation was recently published
by Palgrave Macmillan.
Michael Iskowitz has worked for decades with national and international
leaders, United Nations, and nonprofit organizations envisioning and shaping initiatives that have made the world a better, fairer and more peaceful
place for the most vulnerable among us. He has built common ground across
party and country lines and often divergent constituencies to create change
in the areas of children and families, global health and human rights.
Wib Middleton, editorial photographer and writer, is co-owner of
Thunder Mountain Design with his wife, Jane Perini. He is a board member
of the Tibetan Buddhist organization, KPC, that built the Amitabha Stupa
and Peace Park in Sedona, where he also serves as one of its caretakers.
Wib and Jane have been involved in helping to establish several nonprofits
dedicated to world peace and sustainability.
Jane Perini held to a vision of Sedona being known around the world as
City of Peace after the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park was established in
Sedona. She is one of the founding members of Sedona City of Peace and is
president of Thunder Mountain Design, which specializes in magazine and
book design for more than three decades.
Lori Rubenstein has a special gift: holding sacred space f