"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Donna Puleio MD
Personal tragedy and grevious loss cause radical change in an individual's world view and a reevaluation of "things that matter". My brother, Gary Puleio, was killed on August 15, 2001 as a result of unsafe working conditions, inadequate regulatory oversite and the pursuit of corporate greed over workers' needs.
What matters to me now is the creation of a just society that values workers and puts peoples' needs and well being before profits.
Donna Puleio MD
"Capital is reckless of the health or length of the life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society"---Karl Marx
"Down with art that aspires to be nothing more than a spot of beauty on the ugly lives of the rich. Down with art that tries to be a glittering stone in the merciless and dirty lives of the poor. Down with art whose sole purpose is to escape a life not worth living. Work for life and not for palaces, cathedrals, cemeteries and museums. Work in the midst of all and with everyone."Alexander Rodtschenko,
A mass of tears have transformed to stones now Sharpened on sufferringAnd woven into slingsHope lies in the rubble of this rich fortress