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Knowledge
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Making Change
Never has such a vast amount of information been so readily available,
so quickly, to so many with few barriers.
To know is not enough. We must act.
We are stewards of this world for the generations that follow us.
Catherine Read
is currently the Mayor of Fairfax City, Virginia. She is a strategist, activist, advocate, speaker, trainer, and hosts television and radio shows for Fairfax Public Access. She is a past Board Chair of GrandInvolve, on the board of EV Advocates, and on the Advisory Council for the Virginia Poverty Law Center. She is primarily focused on supporting the work of DC area non-profits and women running for elected office.
Latest Posts
When We Walk By – Kevin Adler
Exclusion presumes unbelonging, but there is no Planet Homelessness from where our neighbors experiencing homelessness emerged. Homelessness is a homegrown…
Miseducated – Brandon Fleming
(June 2023) This is such a powerful book. It’s not just the individual journey of Brandon P. Fleming, which is…
Bellwether – David J. Toscano
(Nov 2022) I love this book! I told the author, David Toscano, that I wanted to crawl between the pages…
Books
We Are Your Children Too – P. O’Connell Pearson
(Sept 25, 2022) Catherine Read talks with author P. O’Connell Pearson about her newest book We Are Your Children…
Closing the Slaughterhouse – Dale Brumfield
(Sept 5, 2022) Catherine Read talks with Dale Brumfield, author, and former Field Director for Virginians for Alternatives to the…
Decide & Conquer – David Siegel
(May 23, 2022) As business books go, this is a standout. The personality of the author David Siegel shines through…
Making Change Radio
Holly Seibold – Founder of BRAWS
(Aug 22, 2022) Catherine Read talks with Holly Seibold, Founder of BRAWS: Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters, a non-profit…
Resettling Afghan Refugees in Northern Virginia
(Mar 10, 2022) Catherine Read talks with fellow Rotarian Sonia Harter Patterson about the coordination efforts being made to assist…
League of Women Voters Virginia
(Jan 30, 2021) Catherine Read interviews Debora “Deb” Wake, President of the League of Women Voters – Virginia. The League…