Annie Anderson's Page

First Name:

Annie

Last Name:

Anderson

Hometown:

Minneapolis

School/Organization Name:

University of Minnesota - Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Job Title:

graduate student

City:

Minneapolis

State:

MN

My Story:

Crane Lake: population 50
Minneapolis: population 400,000
World: 7,000,000,000

This is my story.

My Ideal School is a Place Where:

Voices don't fade into the background but rather resonate through all endeavors, creating a holistic learning environment for everyone. And where yoga is practiced.

My Religious Views:

Naturalist

My Political Views:

Critical Thinker

My Favorite Freedom:

Speech

My Personal Heroes:

my mother and Madeleine Albright

My Personal Motto:

Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and never will. -Frederick Douglass

My Favorite Journey:

The next one...

Recommended Reading:

This list is extensive: everything by Louise Erdrich, everything by Joan Didion, Madeleine Albright's "Memo to the President", Infidel, Eat Pray Love, Catcher in the Rye...

Recommended Web sites:

http://www.kiva.org/
http://www.steepandcheap.com/
http://www.outsideonline.com/

Recommended Blogs:

http://dailyom.com/, http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pnlc/pubtalk/

Quotable:

"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi