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Rancho Mesa's Surety Relationship Executive, Anne Wright sits down with Pam Scholefield of Scholefield Law in San Diego, and discusses the factors subcontractors should consider before signing a prime contract. Show Notes: ⁠Subscribe to Rancho Mesa's Newsletter⁠. ⁠NECA San Diego⁠ Director/Host: ⁠Anne Wright⁠ Guest: Pam Scholefield Editor/Producer: ⁠Megan Lockhart⁠ Music: “A Brand New Start” by TrackTribe, "Home" by JHS Pedals, “News Room News” by Spence © Copyright 2024. Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

Palestinian novelist, poet and activist Susan Abulhawa reports back from her recent trip to Gaza where she observed the fallout of Israel's genocidal war first hand. After that, journalist Prem Thakker talks about the attacks on Al Shifa and his interactions with the State Department's spokesperson Matthew Miller. Then active duty Senior Airman Larry Hebert and Anne Wright join to talk about Larry's hunger strike for Gaza which was inspired by Aaron Bushnell. Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer and human rights activist. She is the author of Mornings in Jenin, which was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies, The Blue Between Sky And Water and Against the Loveless World. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine and the executive director of Palestine Writes (https://palestinewrites.org/). Prem Thakker is a politics reporter at The Intercept, and is a former reporter at The New Republic. His work has also appeared in The American Prospect, Washington Monthly, CNN podcasts, and his newsletter Better World. You can find him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/prem_thakker), Instagram, and TikTok. Active Duty Air Force Active Duty Air Force Larry Hebert Stationed at Naval Station Rota, Spain Larry Hebert is a 26-year-old active duty senior airman in the United States airforce stationed at Naval Station Rota, Spain. He is on hunger strike calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. His actions were inspired by Aaron Bushnell. Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia. In December 2001 she was on the small team that reopened the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the co-author of the book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps

Rancho Mesa's Surety Relationship Executive Anne Wright interviews Andy Berg, Executive Director of National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) San Diego. Andy discusses his successful history with NECA since joining the organization in 2002, and issues facing contractors today. Show Notes: Subscribe to Rancho Mesa's Newsletter. NECA San Diego Director/Host: Anne Wright Guest: Andy Berg Editor/Producer: Megan Lockhart Music: "Home" by JHS Pedals, “News Room News” by Spence © Copyright 2024. Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

Rancho Mesa's Surety Relationship Executive Anne Wright interviews Mike Hall, Vice President of Surety at Philadelphia Insurance Company, to explore what makes Philadelphia Surety unique and the programs they offer businesses placed with them. Show Notes: Subscribe to Rancho Mesa's Newsletter. Director/Host: Anne Wright Guest: Mike Hall Editor/Producer: Megan Lockhart Music: "Home" by JHS Pedals, “News Room News” by Spence © Copyright 2023. Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

Matthew Bannister on Ken Mattingly, the astronaut who missed flying into space on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission because he had been exposed to German measles. We have a tribute from Fred Haise who did take part in that hazardous flight. Anne Wright, who devoted her life to conserving the wild animals of India. Mary “Tiny” Gallacher who worked behind the scenes at Rangers Football Club in Glasgow for over 50 years. David Kirke, the co-founder of the Dangerous Sports Club who took part in the first modern bungee jump wearing top hat and tails and carrying a bottle of champagne. Interviewee: Fred Haise Interviewee: Belinda Wright Interviewee: Raza Kazmi Interviewee: John Gallacher Interviewee: David Mason Interviewee: Chris Baker Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Apollo 13 official movie trailer , Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures All-Access YouTube channel, uploaded 12/04/2011; Ken Mattingly interview, NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, Thomas K. Mattingly II, interviewed by Rebecca Wright, Costa Mesa, California, 06/11/2001; NASA's Look at 50 Years of Apollo, NASA, YouTube channel uploaded 13/04/2020; Apollo 13, CBS News Coverage of Apollo 13, 17/04/1970; Apollo 13 re-entry, BBC One, Cliff Michelmore, James Burke, Geoffery Pardoe and Patrick Moore, BBC, 17/04/1970; Anne Wright interview, Witness History, The End of British Rule in India 22/07/2014; Mary Tiny Gallacher interview, Rangers Retro , Tiny's Team, Rangers Football Club Official YouTube Channel, uploaded 25/10/2023;

President of Rancho Mesa Insurance Dave Garcia interviews Surety Relationship Executive Anne Wright on her upbringing, personal life, and professional career. Show Notes: Subscribe to Rancho Mesa's Newsletter. Director/Producer: Alyssa Burley Host: Dave Garcia Guest: Anne Wright Editor: Lauren Stumpf Music: "Home" by JHS Pedals, “News Room News” by Spence, "Elevators Need Rock Too" by Spence © Copyright 2022. Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

All about partnerships - why finding the perfect partner is key to making apprenticeships work for you.In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we're finding out why partnerships between employers and training providers or between employers and the apprentices themselves are so important when it comes to making an apprenticeship or an apprenticeship scheme work for you and your business. Award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost speaks to Paul Wright, Apprenticeship Lead at the Cooperative Bank, and Anne Wright (no relation), who is CEO of training provider Workpays, to find out how Workpays have delivered for the Cooperative Bank.We also hear from Anna Morrison, from Amazing Apprenticeships, on what practical steps you could take to find the perfect partner for your business.You can find out more about how the HomeServe Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.You can also find out more about Workpays and the Big Assembly here.

This week I am delighted to welcome Dr. Bryant Wright and his wife Mrs. Anne Wright to the podcast. Dr. Wright serves as Founder and Chairman of “Right From the The post Episode 241: Reflections on 40 years of Pastoral Ministry appeared first on Preaching and Preachers Institute.

This week I am delighted to welcome Dr. Bryant Wright and his wife Mrs. Anne Wright to the podcast. Dr. Wright serves as Founder and Chairman of “Right From the Heart Ministries,” and as President of the Southern Baptist Convention's relief organization, Send Relief. Dr. Wright also served as the Founding Senior Pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church and retired in 2019 from his pastorate after serving for 38 years.

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What faith-related insights do you have from the pandemic, the protests against police violence against Black people, and the effect on society of these concurrent crises? What societal or political/economic changes do you see, imagine or hope for?

Assistant AD at Penn State University Chris Grosse returns to talk about sports during and after the pandemic. He shares the success behind Penn States epic Virtual Tailgate and more. Lots of great insights from Chris. Then Anne Wright spent years helping NBA teams refine their game presentations helps us decide on the best Water Cooler moments from May.

Many hospitals have pared their class offerings down to core classes and moved them online. Join us to hear Anne’s story about what those changes have meant for Anne, her staff, and the students.   Anne Wright’s background is in education. She spent 10 years working for Continental Airlines providing leadership development training to over 5,000 leaders worldwide. During that time, Anne developed a desire to bring leadership principles to families during their childbearing years. She began working at Texas Children's Hospital in 2004 as a leadership and organizational development specialist. In her free time, Anne became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and began teaching childbirth classes.  In 2011, Texas Children's opened the Pavilion for Women, and Anne became the manager of patient education. Over the past six years, Anne’s team has developed standardized curriculum for 18 different classes. She put into place class standards, department policies and procedures, and a structured development program for educators.  Listen and Learn:  How to maintain quality, access, and innovation while changing how education is delivered  What complications had to be overcome in quickly launching virtual formats  Reasons for reducing class offerings to only core classes during the crisis  How virtual maternity tours can be beneficial for some parents now and even in the future  Skills her staff is developing in this time that will be beneficial in the long-term  Resources & Mentions:  Building Bridges: Virtual Solutions for Teaching Parents InJoy's eClass Solutions InJoy’s COVID Resources Listen to another episode we recorded with Anne!  

Many hospitals have pared their class offerings down to core classes and moved them online. Join us to hear Anne’s story about what those changes have meant for Anne, her staff, and the students.   Anne Wright’s background is in education. She spent 10 years working for Continental Airlines providing leadership development training to over 5,000 leaders worldwide. During that time, Anne developed a desire to bring leadership principles to families during their childbearing years. She began working at Texas Children's Hospital in 2004 as a leadership and organizational development specialist. In her free time, Anne became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and began teaching childbirth classes.  In 2011, Texas Children's opened the Pavilion for Women, and Anne became the manager of patient education. Over the past six years, Anne’s team has developed standardized curriculum for 18 different classes. She put into place class standards, department policies and procedures, and a structured development program for educators.  Listen and Learn:  How to maintain quality, access, and innovation while changing how education is delivered  What complications had to be overcome in quickly launching virtual formats  Reasons for reducing class offerings to only core classes during the crisis  How virtual maternity tours can be beneficial for some parents now and even in the future  Skills her staff is developing in this time that will be beneficial in the long-term  Resources & Mentions:  Building Bridges: Virtual Solutions for Teaching Parents InJoy's eClass Solutions InJoy’s COVID Resources Listen to another episode we recorded with Anne!  

Ariel Gold and Teri Mattson are joined by Anne Wright and Medea Benjamin. It's a full Pink house! Anne Wright discusses the recent Afghanistan elections as well as possible peace plans with the United States. Medea Benjamin discusses the travel opportunities with CODEPINK to delegations in Latin America and Iran.

Origins of Irene at North Light Describe Little Irene and the lessons your parents gave you that helped you with the level of care and understanding you have had for the families you serviced at North Light.My parents taught me not to judge others by preconceived notions, but to meet each individual as they came to you, and to remember that you don’t really know how anyone feels until you’ve walked in their moccasins. My father also let me know that the world is only as fair a place as you make it.How did you get involved with North Light? In addition, what were some of the reasons you wanted to stay? I was junior day camp counselor as a teen in 1976, returned as intern in 1979 during my sr yr of college followed by a summer stint working for another non-profit that had me supervising some teens at NL and then started as an assn’t prog dir at NL that fall.  In March of 1980, I Was offered prog dir position and I stayed in that position until 1983 when I almost left for a better paying position with less responsibility. After giving notice, I was offered the position of Assn’t ED, and I made the decision to stay because I realized that I had more autonomy at NL and could potentially use that freedom to have a bigger impact on those NL served.While working here, whom did you find to be a mentor or asset toward your professional development? John Willard, NL’s previous ED was definitely my main mentor, nut NL brought me in contact with so many amazing folks from whom I learned so many valuable lessons.  In fact it’s difficult to name them individually, but I learned from Board members, fellow staff members, professional colleagues, community members, and also from constituents that NL served, including children.Are there any stories or fond memories of Anne Wright and John Willard that you would like to share to carry on their legacy? So many. I was privileged to meet NL’s founder, Ann Wright in 1985, when she was in her 80’s.  She told me the story of NL’s beginning.  It turns out that she was a somewhat reluctant founder, but she saw a need, took one step at a time, and soon it took on, and I quote, “A LIFE OF ITS OWN”.Since I worked side-by-side with John Willard for 5 yrs., there are so many memories.  John had such an amazing capacity of love for his fellow human beings, that it was almost contagious.  He often stated that there is no such thing as a bad kid.  He also had a dry sense of humor, so there are many funny stories as well. He was a skilled community organizer who could rile folks around a cause and strongly believed that social justice issues were a major part of his duties at NL. Sometimes he would get folks active by telling them just what they didn’t want to hear. He actually goaded me into accepting the role of acting ED when I was hesitant to accept that responsibility by telling me that “a woman could never do the job”.  He knew then that he had me hook, line and sinker.How were you able to manage many personalities that have entered north light over the years? I think by enjoying them. I enjoy people.  I find them and their diversity fascinating and enriching.  In fact, to quote John Willard and give you more of an idea of his sense of humor, he used to say “NL was like a granola bar…fruits, nuts and flakes, but put them all together and they taste good and are good for you”. This still makes me laugh, but there is a great deal of truth to it as well.Challenging Times What are some of the Learning curves you hit in your early Career? What lessons did you take from those moments? Everything was a learning curve. As I moved into the ED position in the mid-80’s, there were lots of changes so even though NL already had a nearly 50 yr old infrastructure, there was no clearly established road map for me to follow. I had some basic knowledge from my college days and accessed Continuing Education opportunities as available, however, the biggest asset for me was that NL had a wealth of social capital…smart and skilled folks who cared about its work and served as invaluable and willing resources who I reached out to o a regular basis. Social capital is key to a small independent organization like NL.What were some challenges that crippled North Light and how did you overcome them?  For many years, the large majority of NL’s funding came from United Way membership. Since UW disbanded membership and took a different approach to funding, finding charitable resources to support NL’s work in the community has been an ongoing challenge.  As an autonomous organization with limited capacity for earned revenue, there is no established funding model to plug into. To date, NL’s been successful in diversifying NL’s funding base, but sustainable funding for the future remains a challenge.Looking back, was there ever any errors made that you wish could have been rectified that error? Absolutely…probably too numerous to count. It’s not possible to have successes without taking risks and making errors.  The important thing is to learn from your errors and not repeat the same mistakes. One important lesson I’ve learned and try to live by is to never react in a conclusive way while you are upset. Give yourself some time to digest a situation and percolate your thoughts.  I suspect this approach has saved me from many regrets.Was there a time you thought of quitting? Why? Sure.I’ve encountered many difficult challenges over my 40 yrs at NL, some seemingly insurmountable, but I also learned that tough situations don’t last, but tough people do.How was it managing a career in nonprofit and raising a family? A constant juggle and sometimes I felt that I wasn’t doing well enough at either responsibility, but at the same time, I feel privileged to have an opportunity to live in both of those roles. I loved experiencing a marriage and raising children and I also loved the opportunity to have professional goals and successes.Krista’s Introduction Irene, what traditions of yours or former Directors that you would like to see carried on?When identifying a successor, what attributes did, you, and the board look for. What helped yourself and the board arrive to the conclusion that Krista would be the best predecessor Krista can you tell us what made you decide to work at North LightKrista tell us a little about yourself and how you came to North Light Now that you are here, what values and care do you hope to bring to North Light?  Back in my Day:When did you realize you wanted to work in Nonprofit and what difference did in make on your life?Conclusion:There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart. – Mahatma Gandhi. You have been a part of North Light for over 4 decades. This is not a goodbye when your legacy will forever be in the walls, the hearts, and the fine print of North Light. Irene you will be missed but never forgotten. Salutations: Thank you MNYK studios for allowing us to use this space. In addition, thank you for listening. Please share and repost this podcast. In addition, have a blessed week. Thank you Irene, Krista, Jesse, Bernetta, and thank me. Because I am that awesome. 

The hosts sit down with Anne Wright, gifted Bible teacher and friend, to talk about the power of blessing, why it matters, and how we apply it to our lives.

In 2017 Arlington launched Community Choice Aggregation, an energy program that allows communities to bulk purchase green energy, ultimately reducing the cost of renewable energy. Arlington's energy is supplied by Dynegy, an energy company based out of Texas. But, if Dynegy is located almost 2,000 miles away, where does Arlington's green energy come from? We sat down with Erin Taylor (ET) from Mass Energy and Anne Wright from Mothers Out Front to find out.   Have a question? Fill out the survey and your question might get featured on an upcoming episode: https://bit.ly/2qmMGZN

South African born actress & humanitarian, Mary-Anne Wright, tells us about her organization – “Unbounded Lioness Creations” - a Global Art & Entertainment Company supporting Mental Health, Education and Humanitarian Issues. Lyla & Mary-Anne were both performers at her Global Connectivity event that took place in Clinton Cameo Studios, 43rd street Times Square, earlier in April. https://www.unboundedlionesscreations.com/about

Show Notes Anne Wright is the manager of patient education of the Pavilion for Women at Texas Children’s Hospital. She is a leader and organizational development specialist, a Lamaze certified childbirth educator, and a creator of structured programs. Listen to this episode for a look inside creating and enhancing childbirth education.  Listen and Learn: How to create structure through standardization The variety of classes Anne offers in her program Four ways Anne educates The criteria used when hiring new educators How to implement both gradual and sweeping changes into your programs Related Products: InJoy’s Suite of Eclasses InJoy’s Complete Curriculum To Learn More About the Pavilion for Women at Texas Children’s Hospital, Click Here.

Show Notes Anne Wright is the manager of patient education of the Pavilion for Women at Texas Children’s Hospital. She is a leader and organizational development specialist, a Lamaze certified childbirth educator, and a creator of structured programs. Listen to this episode for a look inside creating and enhancing childbirth education.  Listen and Learn: How to create structure through standardization The variety of classes Anne offers in her program Four ways Anne educates The criteria used when hiring new educators How to implement both gradual and sweeping changes into your programs Related Products: InJoy’s Suite of Eclasses InJoy’s Complete Curriculum To Learn More About the Pavilion for Women at Texas Children’s Hospital, Click Here.

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Poets Le Hinton and Laura Shovan read in the company of the 2016 Pratt Library Poetry Contest finalists—Saundra Rose Maley, Maggie Rosen, and Sheri Allen. The host is Steven Leyva, editor of Little Patuxent Review, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. LPR judged the contest.Le Hinton is the author of five poetry collections including The Language of Moisture and Light (Iris G. Press, 2014). His work has been widely published and can be found or is forthcoming in The Best American Poetry 2014, Little Patuxent Review, The Baltimore Review, The Summerset Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and outside Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, incorporated into Derek Parker's sculpture Common Thread. His current manuscript, A Chorus of Cotton, is scheduled to be published later in 2016 or early 2017.Laura Shovan is former editor for Little Patuxent Review and editor of two poetry anthologies. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone, won the inaugural Harriss Poetry Prize. Laura works with children as a poet-in-the-schools and was the 2015-2016 Howard County Poetry and Literary Society's writer in residence. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary is her debut novel-in-verse for children (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House).Contest winner Saundra Rose Maley has had poems in Dryad, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Full Moon on K Street: Poems about Washington D.C., and D.C. Perspectives. Her first book of poems, Disappearing Act, was published in 2015, by Dryad Press. She co-edited A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright with Anne Wright and is currently working again with Anne on a book about Wright and translation, tentatively titled Where the Treasure Lies. She also published Solitary Apprenticeship: James Wright and German Poetry. She teaches Composition and Research at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland.Runner-up Maggie Rosen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She has degrees from Brown University and The George Washington University. Most of her professional work has been as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages. Her poems have been published in Cider Press Review, RiverLit, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Barely South, and Conclave, among other publications. She was recently a finalist in the Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest and in the Montgomery Writes! Contest. Her chapbook, The Deliberate Speed of Ghosts, will be published in 2016 by Red Bird Chapbooks.Runner-up Sheri Allen is a recent Baltimore returnee after decades in other states and countries. Former Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Miami University of Ohio, she worked for the Theology Department at Loyola University Maryland this spring. Sheri earned her MFA in Creative Writing with a multi-genre thesis from the University of Florida, and a PhD in English and Comparative Literature with a Creative Writing track from the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in Lilith, Best New Poets, Tampa Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, and Boulevard.Recorded On: Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Poets Le Hinton and Laura Shovan read in the company of the 2016 Pratt Library Poetry Contest finalists—Saundra Rose Maley, Maggie Rosen, and Sheri Allen. The host is Steven Leyva, editor of Little Patuxent Review, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. LPR judged the contest.Le Hinton is the author of five poetry collections including The Language of Moisture and Light (Iris G. Press, 2014). His work has been widely published and can be found or is forthcoming in The Best American Poetry 2014, Little Patuxent Review, The Baltimore Review, The Summerset Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and outside Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, incorporated into Derek Parker's sculpture Common Thread. His current manuscript, A Chorus of Cotton, is scheduled to be published later in 2016 or early 2017.Laura Shovan is former editor for Little Patuxent Review and editor of two poetry anthologies. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone, won the inaugural Harriss Poetry Prize. Laura works with children as a poet-in-the-schools and was the 2015-2016 Howard County Poetry and Literary Society's writer in residence. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary is her debut novel-in-verse for children (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House).Contest winner Saundra Rose Maley has had poems in Dryad, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Full Moon on K Street: Poems about Washington D.C., and D.C. Perspectives. Her first book of poems, Disappearing Act, was published in 2015, by Dryad Press. She co-edited A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright with Anne Wright and is currently working again with Anne on a book about Wright and translation, tentatively titled Where the Treasure Lies. She also published Solitary Apprenticeship: James Wright and German Poetry. She teaches Composition and Research at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland.Runner-up Maggie Rosen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She has degrees from Brown University and The George Washington University. Most of her professional work has been as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages. Her poems have been published in Cider Press Review, RiverLit, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Barely South, and Conclave, among other publications. She was recently a finalist in the Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest and in the Montgomery Writes! Contest. Her chapbook, The Deliberate Speed of Ghosts, will be published in 2016 by Red Bird Chapbooks.Runner-up Sheri Allen is a recent Baltimore returnee after decades in other states and countries. Former Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Miami University of Ohio, she worked for the Theology Department at Loyola University Maryland this spring. Sheri earned her MFA in Creative Writing with a multi-genre thesis from the University of Florida, and a PhD in English and Comparative Literature with a Creative Writing track from the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in Lilith, Best New Poets, Tampa Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, and Boulevard.

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In the summer of 1947 India declared independence after hundreds of years of British rule. English-born Anne Wright had moved there when she was a child. She speaks to Witness about life in the last days of British India. Photo: Anne Wright (left) with her sister, at home in India.

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Sue Supriano talked to Anne Wright at the Oregon Country Fair, where she was a speaker in July 2008. Ann Wright spent 13 years of active duty in the US Army, and 16 years in the Army Reserves attaining the rank of Colonel in the Army. In 1987, Wright went to work for the Foreign Service within the U.S. State Department and served as US Deputy Ambassador and other positions in Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Mongolia, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada and Nicaragua. She resigned from working for the State Department the day before the invasion of Iraq to which she objected saying that, without the authorization of the UN Security Council the US had no legal right to attack. She objected to the curtailment of civil liberties within the United States as well. While Wright was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in the early 1980s, one of her duties was to draw up contingency plans for invading several countries, one of which was Iraq. She would later express dismay over what she considered the dismissal of such carefully laid plans in the actual invasion of Iraq in 2003. Wright's eventual resignation was not the first time she had spoken out against U.S. policy. She said that she spoke out against United Nations bombing tactics waged in Somalia and she many times "held her nose" about US policies, continuing her State Department work despite her own disagreements with the policy.Since her retirement from the State Department, Wright has become a prominent figure in the movement opposed to the occupation of Iraq. She has attended many conferences and given numerous lectures on her political views and her experiences before and after her resignation. Wright is on the move 365 days a year-- traveling the US and criticizing the policies of the Bush Administration and their implementation, including and especially the war in Iraq and a pending Iran war. She works with several front line peace organizations including Code Pink, Iraq Vets against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Women for Peace. She worked with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on several occasions, including helping organize the Camp Casey demonstration outside George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in August 2005, and by accompanying the southern leg of the Bring Them Home Now bus tour. She also volunteered at Camp Casey 3, the Veterans For Peace shelter for Hurricane Katrina victims in Covington, Louisiana, during the bus tour. Wright has willingly been arrested while taking part in anti-war demonstrations, the first such arrest occurring in front of the White House on September 26, 2005. It has been followed by other arrests too numerous to mention here. She has said in interviews that she does not remove the arrest bracelets attached to her wrists upon the processing of her arrest, but rather collects them.Recorded July 2008.